Who We Are With over 5M+ installs and 57k+ GitHub stars, a community that grew 4,704% year over year. Cline is the leading open-source AI coding agent. Trusted by the world's largest engineering organizations and individual developers alike, Cline is model agnostic, provider agnostic, and IDE agnostic, meeting engineers everywhere they work while keeping code on your infrastructure. Teams choose Cline because it's the only coding agent that combines cutting-edge capability with enterprise-grade security, using existing provider contracts directly with zero markup. Cline has raised $32M in combined Series A and Seed funding, led by Emergence Capital and Pace Capital, with participation from 1984 Ventures, Essence VC, and Cox Exponential.

What We Are Looking For This is your chance to shape the future of AI-assisted development and help onboard the next 10 million users to Cline.

As a Senior Developer Advocate at Cline, you will be the bridge between our revolutionary technology and the developers who need it most. You'll lead our technical documentation strategy and become the premier teacher who shows professional engineers at enterprise companies how to effectively leverage our AI coding assistant. You won't just be explaining features—you'll be igniting a movement that transforms how developers work.

Your passion will be contagious. When you walk into a room of developers, you'll leave with a room full of Cline enthusiasts. Your presentations at conferences won't just inform—they'll inspire. Your tutorials won't just instruct—they'll empower. Your community engagement won't just support—it'll cultivate evangelists.

This role is for someone who is genuinely, intrinsically motivated by Cline's mission to redefine how developers interact with AI. You see the potential of our technology and are excited by the responsibility of bringing that potential to life for millions of developers worldwide.

With your leadership, Cline will become the default choice for developers seeking AI assistance. Your work will directly impact adoption rates, user satisfaction, and ultimately, how software is built in the AI era. If you're passionate about empowering developers through education, advocacy, and community building, this role offers you a platform to make a lasting impact on the industry.

As a Developer Advocate, you will spend 25% of your time engaging with Developers at events in-person and 75% of your time creating content and recording videos.

Responsibilities Lead Technical Education & Documentation

• Architect and own our comprehensive technical documentation strategy that will enable millions of developers to master Cline
• Create exceptional learning experiences that turn first-time users into power users
• Develop clear, compelling technical content that demonstrates the full potential of our AI coding assistant
• Establish documentation standards and systems that can scale with our rapid growth

Inspire Through Community Engagement

• Be the passionate, charismatic face of Cline at high-profile industry events and conferences
• Host and lead 3-7 engaging developer meetups and workshops monthly in San Francisco
• Transform technical discussions into inspiring conversations about the future of development
• Build genuine relationships with key community members, turning them into product champions

Drive Strategic Growth

• Take ownership of growing our user base from 1M+ to 10M+ developers
• Develop and execute programs that convert enterprise developers into Cline advocates within their organizations
• Create metrics-driven approaches to measure and optimize the impact of your advocacy efforts
• Collaborate with product and marketing teams to align developer education with growth objectives

Elevate Our Product Through Feedback

• Establish sophisticated feedback loops between users and our product team
• Translate developer challenges into product opportunities
• Become the authoritative voice for how developers experience our product
• Help shape our roadmap by bringing the developer perspective into strategic decisions

Build a Developer Relations Program That Scales

• Design and implement the foundation of Cline's developer relations strategy
• Create scalable systems and resources that amplify your impact
• Identify and nurture new channels for developer engagement
• Measure what matters and continuously refine our approach to developer education

Qualifications

Extraordinary Candidates Will Also Have

• Experience leading technical documentation teams or initiatives that significantly improved product adoption
• A established following in developer communities or social media platforms
• Background in AI/ML products, particularly those focused on developer tooling
• Track record of successfully launching or scaling products to millions of users
• Demonstrated ability to measure and optimize developer relations programs with data-driven approaches

The annualized OTE (On Target Earnings) range for this position is $150,000 - $175,000+.

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package. Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.