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ZenML is an open-source framework for production ML and agentic pipelines, built in Munich with thousands of engineering teams using it globally. You'll be the company's first US hire, based in San Francisco, reporting directly to the founders.
Your core mission is to build ZenML's presence and go-to-market motion in the San Francisco AI/ML infrastructure community. You'll own the entire US community strategy and execution.
Key responsibilities:
**Community & Events**: Host a bi-weekly ZenML meetup series, building it from zero into a must-attend event for the SF ML-infra crowd. Curate speakers, secure venues, and create the kind of gatherings people actively want to attend and discuss afterward.
**Presence & Networking**: Work the broader AI-infra ecosystem—meetups, hackathons, conferences. Be the connector who knows everyone, introduces people to each other, and ensures ZenML becomes synonymous with ML pipelines and MLOps in the Valley.
**Evangelism**: Create content—talks, blog posts, social media, demo videos—that reflects what you're actually seeing in the community. You're the authentic voice of ZenML in the US, not a mouthpiece for corporate messaging.
**Product Demos**: Deliver live, credible product demonstrations to technical audiences. You'll read code, answer real questions, and never hide behind slides. You won't ship features, but you'll understand the product deeply enough to represent it authentically.
**Instrumentation & Measurement**: Engineer the GTM motion underneath community building. Instrument events and conversations using product signals (Mixpanel, GitHub, Attio, Clay) and modern GTM tools. Wire up automated enrichment, scoring, and follow-up so every conversation traces into measurable pipeline and signups, not lost business cards.
**Market Intelligence**: Be the company's eyes and ears in the Valley. Feed insights about what engineers are building, what frustrates them, and who's evaluating what directly back to product and GTM teams.
**Success metrics at 6 months**: ZenML is a recognized name in the SF AI-infra scene with a thriving, growing bi-weekly meetup; a measurable stream of pipeline and signups traceable to community efforts; a repeatable, engineered system (not heroic hustle) that compounds month-over-month; and a content/social presence that ties it all together.
**Who you are**: Ambitious, high-energy, and driven—you make things happen and can't sit still. You have real reps in DevRel, community, growth, or developer-facing GTM (ideally at smaller, scrappier companies). You're a natural connector and host who genuinely likes people and brings them together. You're technical enough to demo a Python framework, read code, work with APIs, and hold your own with ML engineers. You're systems-minded, turning manual hustles into repeatable, measurable processes. You're comfortable in the modern GTM stack (CRM, enrichment tools, Clay, light automation, LLM workflows) or eager to learn fast. You're self-directed and thrive without constant direction. You're based in or moving to San Francisco—this role requires in-person presence.
**Nice to have**: Existing network in the SF AI/ML/infra community; visible personal brand (talks, events, following); experience running GTM off product-usage or open-source signals (PLG/usage-based motions); experience with open-source communities; familiarity with MLOps/LLMOps/agent-infrastructure landscape.
**What's offered**: Attractive compensation including stock options as employee #1 in the US; real budget for events, travel, and tooling; direct access to founders who visit SF regularly; opportunity to build ZenML's entire US presence and go-to-market motion with your fingerprints on it.
