Founding Developer Relations Lead

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Founding Developer Relations Lead at Payward creating developer experiences and engaging AI agents to drive adoption. Overseeing product launches and defining technical narratives for the platform.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $134,200 - $298,900 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own developer activation end-to-end across APIs, SDKs, CLIs, MCP servers, wallets, and emerging agent interfaces
Drive adoption metrics that matter: API usage, SDK installs, production integrations, GitHub engagement, and agent retrievals
Build quickstarts, reference implementations, SDKs, CLIs, MCP servers, and developer tooling that make Payward easy to integrate with
Partner directly with Product and Engineering to ensure every launch is developer-ready and agent-friendly on day one
Help define how developers and AI agents discover, understand, and interact with Payward infrastructure
Create technical narratives, launch content, demos, and documentation that establish Payward as a leading developer platform
Carry keynotes, live demos, and technical presentations at industry events and developer conferences
Represent developers internally by identifying friction, surfacing ecosystem needs, and influencing product direction
Help build the long-term DNA, processes, and culture of a world-class Developer & Agent Interface organization

Requirements

What you’ll need

Built and scaled developer adoption at a top-tier developer platform company such as Stripe, Vercel, Cloudflare, Anthropic, GitHub, OpenAI, Twilio, Stainless, or equivalent
Strong technical credibility - you can read OpenAPI specifications, ship code, review integrations, and engage engineers as a peer
Proven track record of owning measurable adoption outcomes, not just awareness or engagement metrics
Exceptional storyteller capable of writing launch posts, delivering keynotes, creating demos, and making complex products feel intuitive
Builder mentality with a bias toward shipping and experimentation
Deep understanding of modern developer ecosystems and workflows
Agent-era literacy - you’ve worked with MCP servers, agent tooling, structured retrieval, or AI-native developer experiences and understand where retrieval beats SEO
Experience working closely with engineering and product teams to shape the developer experience itself, not just the messaging around it.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Offers Equity
Offers Bonus
Wellness allowance
Health insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

APIsSDKsCLIsMCP serversdeveloper toolingOpenAPI specificationsintegration reviewagent toolingstructured retrievalAI-native developer experiences

Soft Skills

storytellingcommunicationpresentationcollaborationproblem-solvingcreativityadaptabilityinfluencebias toward shippingexperimentation