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Developer Relations roles sit at the intersection of engineering and advocacy, and most hiring companies treat them as specialty occupation positions eligible for H-1B visa sponsorship. Your degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field is the credential that anchors the petition. Sponsoring employers file the LCA with DOL before USCIS reviews your I-129.
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Gimlet is building the first multi-silicon neocloud designed for fast, efficient AI inference. We combine large-scale compute infrastructure with an execution platform that partitions AI workloads and maps each stage to the hardware best suited to run it. We work with foundation labs, hyperscalers, and AI-native companies, giving our team access to technical problems spanning frontier models, production infrastructure, and emerging hardware.
About The Role
Gimlet Labs is seeking an AI Developer Advocate to help developers discover, evaluate, and successfully build on our AI inference platform. You’ll sit at the intersection of engineering, product, and community. You’ll create technically credible demos and educational content, engage directly with AI builders, and turn their feedback into improvements across our APIs, SDKs, documentation, and product experience. This is a hands-on technical role for someone who enjoys building in public, explaining complex systems clearly, and helping developers move from their first API call to reliable production deployments. Developer advocacy is not simply promotion. The role succeeds when developers trust our technical guidance, enjoy building with the platform, and see their needs reflected in the product. You should be equally comfortable writing code, teaching a technical concept, talking with a developer who is stuck, and explaining to an internal team why a particular piece of developer friction matters.
What Success Looks Like
In the first 6 months, you will:
- Identify the best channels for Gimlet’s developer outreach and build initial presence
- Build trusted relationships within relevant AI developer communities
- Ship useful examples and educational content that developers actively adopt
- Establish a reliable feedback loop between developers and the product team
- Set an objective for developer experience on our upcoming developer cloud offering
You may be a good fit if you have
- Evidence of technical communication, including articles, talks, videos, documentation, open-source projects, or sample applications
- Strong empathy for developers and an instinct for recognizing friction in APIs, documentation, and tooling
- The ability to explain technical subjects clearly to audiences with different levels of expertise
- Comfort engaging publicly and representing a technical product
- The ability to operate independently in a fast-moving environment
- Hands-on experience building applications with LLM or multimodal-model APIs
- A practical understanding of AI inference concepts such as latency, throughput, context length, batching, quantization, model routing, and cost
- Professional software development experience, ideally with Python or TypeScript
Strong candidates may also have
- Experience with open-weight models and serving frameworks such as vLLM, SGLang, or TensorRT-LLM
- Familiarity with agent frameworks, retrieval systems, evaluations, observability, and fine-tuning
- Experience running workshops, hackathons, developer programs, or technical communities
- Contributions to open-source AI projects
- Experience working in developer relations, developer experience, solutions engineering, or developer education
- Familiarity with GPU infrastructure and production ML systems
Why join now?
Gimlet is expanding from its core technology into a production neocloud spanning new hardware, customers, and data centers.
- Solve hard problems
- Own meaningful work
- Build for production
- Help define what’s next
Agency Policy:
Gimlet Labs does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited resumes submitted without a signed agreement will be considered the property of Gimlet Labs, and no fees will be paid.
About us
Gimlet is building the first multi-silicon neocloud designed for fast, efficient AI inference. We combine large-scale compute infrastructure with an execution platform that partitions AI workloads and maps each stage to the hardware best suited to run it. We work with foundation labs, hyperscalers, and AI-native companies, giving our team access to technical problems spanning frontier models, production infrastructure, and emerging hardware.
About The Role
Gimlet Labs is seeking an AI Developer Advocate to help developers discover, evaluate, and successfully build on our AI inference platform. You’ll sit at the intersection of engineering, product, and community. You’ll create technically credible demos and educational content, engage directly with AI builders, and turn their feedback into improvements across our APIs, SDKs, documentation, and product experience. This is a hands-on technical role for someone who enjoys building in public, explaining complex systems clearly, and helping developers move from their first API call to reliable production deployments. Developer advocacy is not simply promotion. The role succeeds when developers trust our technical guidance, enjoy building with the platform, and see their needs reflected in the product. You should be equally comfortable writing code, teaching a technical concept, talking with a developer who is stuck, and explaining to an internal team why a particular piece of developer friction matters.
What Success Looks Like
In the first 6 months, you will:
- Identify the best channels for Gimlet’s developer outreach and build initial presence
- Build trusted relationships within relevant AI developer communities
- Ship useful examples and educational content that developers actively adopt
- Establish a reliable feedback loop between developers and the product team
- Set an objective for developer experience on our upcoming developer cloud offering
You may be a good fit if you have
- Evidence of technical communication, including articles, talks, videos, documentation, open-source projects, or sample applications
- Strong empathy for developers and an instinct for recognizing friction in APIs, documentation, and tooling
- The ability to explain technical subjects clearly to audiences with different levels of expertise
- Comfort engaging publicly and representing a technical product
- The ability to operate independently in a fast-moving environment
- Hands-on experience building applications with LLM or multimodal-model APIs
- A practical understanding of AI inference concepts such as latency, throughput, context length, batching, quantization, model routing, and cost
- Professional software development experience, ideally with Python or TypeScript
Strong candidates may also have
- Experience with open-weight models and serving frameworks such as vLLM, SGLang, or TensorRT-LLM
- Familiarity with agent frameworks, retrieval systems, evaluations, observability, and fine-tuning
- Experience running workshops, hackathons, developer programs, or technical communities
- Contributions to open-source AI projects
- Experience working in developer relations, developer experience, solutions engineering, or developer education
- Familiarity with GPU infrastructure and production ML systems
Why join now?
Gimlet is expanding from its core technology into a production neocloud spanning new hardware, customers, and data centers.
- Solve hard problems
- Own meaningful work
- Build for production
- Help define what’s next
Agency Policy:
Gimlet Labs does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited resumes submitted without a signed agreement will be considered the property of Gimlet Labs, and no fees will be paid.
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Match your degree to the role
Developer Relations is classified under technical occupations requiring a directly related bachelor's degree. If your degree is in a non-technical field, document any computer science coursework and gather evaluation letters before the LCA stage to avoid an RFE.
Search LCA filings by SOC code
Developer Relations roles are typically filed under SOC code 15-1299 or 11-9041. Use the OFLC Wage Search to identify which employers have certified LCAs for those codes in your target metro, giving you a verified list of active sponsors.
Target companies with dedicated developer programs
Employers running active developer programs, SDKs, or open-source ecosystems file H-1B petitions for DevRel roles regularly. On Migrate Mate, you can filter by occupation and sponsorship history to surface companies with a documented track record for this title.
Verify the specialty occupation argument early
USCIS scrutinizes DevRel petitions more than pure engineering roles because the job blends communication with technical work. Ask your employer's legal team to confirm the job description ties every duty back to a specific technical discipline before the I-129 is drafted.
Negotiate filing before your OPT or grace period ends
If you're transitioning from OPT, the H-1B cap-gap rule only protects you if your employer files before April 1. Confirm your employer's internal HR and legal timelines at the offer stage, not after you've signed.
Check prevailing wage for your specific metro
Developer Relations wages vary sharply between wage levels and metros. Run your SOC code and location through the OFLC Wage Search before finalizing your offer so you know whether the offered salary clears the Level I or Level II threshold DOL will certify.
H-1B Visa Developer Relations: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Developer Relations role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, if the job description requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific technical field such as computer science, software engineering, or electrical engineering. The challenge is that DevRel duties often include community and communication work, so the employer's legal team must frame every core duty around that technical foundation. A vague job description is the most common reason USCIS issues an RFE for this title.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Developer Relations jobs?
Companies with active developer ecosystems, such as cloud platform providers, API-first software companies, and developer tooling firms, are the most consistent H-1B sponsors for DevRel roles. You can browse employers with verified H-1B filing history for technical advocacy and developer relations positions on Migrate Mate, which surfaces DOL Labor Condition Application data by occupation and employer.
Can I switch from an H-1B in a software engineering role to Developer Relations at the same employer?
A material change in job duties, title, or work location requires your employer to file an amended I-129 petition before you move into the new role. If the SOC code changes alongside the title shift, the amended petition must include a new LCA certified by DOL at the wage level for the DevRel classification. Moving into the role before the amendment is filed risks a status violation.
How does the H-1B lottery affect Developer Relations job seekers?
Developer Relations roles subject to the annual cap enter the same lottery as all other cap-subject H-1B petitions, with 65,000 slots plus 20,000 for U.S. master's degree holders. If your employer is a university, nonprofit research institution, or government research organization, the cap exemption applies and the lottery doesn't affect your petition. USCIS publishes updated registration and selection timelines each fiscal year cycle.
What documentation should I prepare before an employer files my H-1B petition for a DevRel role?
Gather your academic transcripts, diploma, and any third-party credential evaluation if your degree is from outside the U.S. Because DevRel sits at the boundary of technical and non-technical work, a detailed letter from your academic advisor or a credential evaluator connecting your degree field to your specific job duties strengthens the specialty occupation argument. Portfolio materials showing technical content you've authored, such as API documentation or code samples, can also support the petition.