Developer Relations & Community Manager (North America)

About the Foundation:

The OpenClaw Foundation is the steward of the world's largest open source AI agent project. Its mission is grounded in a foundational conviction: that AI must be open, safe, and ultimately owned by the individuals and communities who use it.

The Foundation operates across three core mandates:

• Advancing research into the human-agent relationship while continuously evolving the OpenClaw platform;

• Maintaining and hardening the codebase to ensure security, reliability, and long-term sustainability;

• Establishing interoperability standards for the emerging agent era, defining how agents configure, communicate, establish trust, transact, and represent user identity across ecosystems.

Modeled after the governance structures that shaped the open web and modern computing infrastructure, the Foundation serves as a neutral, multi-stakeholder convening body — the equivalent of W3C or the Linux Foundation for the agentic AI era. Major laboratories and infrastructure providers collaborate under its umbrella on shared, vendor-neutral infrastructure, with no single organization controlling the roadmap or direction.

The OpenClaw Foundation believes that individuals should have full sovereignty over their AI: their data, their interactions, and the behavior and personality of their agents. Open source is not incidental to this mission but central to it — code must remain free to use, modify, and build upon. The future of agentic AI will be defined by a broad, developer-driven community, not prescribed by any single commercial interest.

The Role

The OpenClaw Foundation is seeking a Developer Relations & Community Manager to build and scale the community behind one of the most ambitious open-source AI initiatives in the world.

This is a founding role. There is no existing DevRel organization to join. You will define the Foundation's approach to developer engagement, contributor growth, ecosystem partnerships, education, events, and community governance.

You will become one of the primary public faces of the Foundation, helping cultivate a global community of developers, researchers, maintainers, enterprises, and AI enthusiasts who are shaping the future of open agentic systems.

This role sits at the intersection of community building, developer advocacy, technical education, ecosystem development, and open-source stewardship.

The ideal candidate is equal parts community organizer, storyteller, ecosystem builder, and technical communicator.

What You'll Do

Build the OpenClaw Community

• Design and execute OpenClaw's developer community strategy

• Grow contributor participation across Foundation projects

• Create onboarding experiences for developers, researchers, and maintainers

• Establish community programs that encourage meaningful participation and long-term retention

• Foster an inclusive and welcoming contributor culture

• Develop recognition programs for contributors, ambassadors, and community leaders

• Support community governance initiatives as the Foundation grows

Lead Developer Relations

• Serve as a public advocate for OpenClaw and the broader open-agent ecosystem

• Build relationships with developers, researchers, AI practitioners, and ecosystem partners

• Collect community feedback and communicate insights to maintainers and Foundation leadership

• Help shape project priorities based on developer needs and ecosystem trends

• Represent OpenClaw at conferences, hackathons, podcasts, webinars, and industry events

Create Technical Content

• Produce high-quality content that helps developers successfully build with OpenClaw

• Create:

  • Tutorials

  • Technical guides

  • Documentation

  • Blog posts

  • Videos

  • Demos

  • Webinars

  • Case studies

  • Newsletters

• Collaborate with maintainers and researchers to translate complex technical concepts into accessible educational content

• Develop contributor guides and onboarding materials

Grow the Ecosystem

• Help establish OpenClaw as the default platform for open AI agents

• Cultivate relationships with startups, enterprises, academic institutions, and open-source communities

• Support the development of interoperability standards and ecosystem initiatives

• Identify opportunities for partnerships and community-driven collaboration

• Work alongside sponsors, contributors, and industry stakeholders to strengthen the Foundation's impact

Run Community Programs & Events

• Launch and manage:

  • Ambassador programs

  • Contributor programs

  • Community grants

  • Mentorship initiatives

  • Hackathons

  • Meetups

  • Virtual events

  • Working groups

• Coordinate Foundation participation in major open-source, AI, and developer conferences

• Support the creation of local and global community chapters

Measure Community Success

Track and improve key ecosystem metrics including:

• Active contributors

• New contributor growth

• Contributor retention

• Community engagement

• Documentation adoption

• Event participation

• Developer satisfaction

• Ecosystem partnerships

• Open-source project adoption

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, Community Management, Open Source Program Management, or related roles

• Experience building and scaling technical communities

• Deep understanding of open-source development and contributor workflows

• Strong familiarity with GitHub-based collaboration models

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

• Experience creating technical content for developer audiences

• Proven ability to build trust with engineers, maintainers, researchers, and community leaders

• Strong project management and organizational skills

• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in AI, developer tools, infrastructure, security, robotics, or adjacent technical domains

• Previous experience working at an open-source foundation or standards body

• Familiarity with governance models used by organizations such as the Linux Foundation, W3C, Apache, CNCF, or Mozilla

• Experience managing large-scale developer programs, conferences, or hackathons

• Technical background in software engineering or computer science

• Experience supporting globally distributed communities