Hiring: Founding Developer Relations Lead Company: Runway Location: United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-09 18:04:38 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AI, HBase, Kind, Mage About the job Required Skills: •Open to hiring remote across North America + Europe — we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, and Seattle •We are hiring for our first Developer Relations lead. This role is for someone who lives at the intersection of code and creativity – deeply technical, genuinely plugged into the generative AI space, and excited to build the developer community around putting frontier media models to use. This is a high-ownership, high-visibility role with real influence over how developers experience Runway. You will own the end-to-end developer experience – driving awareness, activation, and long-term engagement among the creative technologists and engineers building on the Runway Dev platform. Success in this role requires a blend of technical depth, creative sensibility, and a genuine enthusiasm for where generative AI is going. •What you’ll do •Produce Content That Gets Developers Building •Produce high-quality tutorials, demos, sample repos, and technical walkthroughs that showcase what's possible with media models •Own social and X content strategy for the developer audience – rapid demos, creative experiments, prompting tips, and technical threads •Run regular developer communications including email newsletters, changelogs, and recurring developer office hours •Prototype creative, targeted content that meets developers where they are •Build & Energize the Creative Developer Community •Lead hackathons, sponsorships, and developer events end-to-end – from concept and logistics to execution and follow-through •Build and nurture a community of creative technologists, researchers, and developers pushing the boundaries of generative video and image •Represent Runway at conferences, meetups, and online communities; be a recognizable and trusted presence in the generative AI developer ecosystem •Surface developer sentiment, emerging use cases, and market signals back to internal teams to inform product direction •Optimize the Developer Funnel. •Optimize the full developer funnel from awareness to activation; drive adoption and engagement across our Runway Dev user base with a structured, data-informed engagement strategy Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!