DevRel Engineer
About Kernel
We’re building the developer platform that lets AI agents use real applications, starting with browsers. Our edge is an infrastructure platform that’s extensible, observable, and built for scale from day one. We’ve shipped foundational tech, landed paying customers, and are well-funded while still in stealth. Our serverless platform handles the hard stuff: autoscaling reliable browser infrastructure, observability, and the messy details of web interaction so developers can focus on what their agents do, not how they do it. Kernel makes AI tangible, practical, and powerful, allowing developers to deploy agents that can truly interact with the digital world. If you’re interested in building critical infrastructure for the next generation of AI applications, we’d love to chat. One line of code deploys any web agent to our cloud. The rest is up to you.
About the role
As a DevRel Engineer at Kernel, you’ll be part builder, part solutions engineer, and fully embedded in the developer community.This is a hands-on engineering role: you’ll spend~50% of your time coding open source tools, demos, and SDKs and the rest helping developers succeed. You’ll be the Alex Albert of Kernel, pushing the AI industry forward by showing what is possible.
What you’ll do
Build OSS tools, libraries, demos, and integrations that make Kernel’s devEx more powerful and easier to use
Support enterprise customers with hands-on solutions engineering
Engage with our community on GitHub, Slack, and Twitter, answering questions and amplifying cool projects
Contribute to Kernel’s technical blog, developing content that educates, inspires, and grows developer adoption
Influence Kernel’s culture, product, and direction as a founding team member
What we’re looking for
You ship: tools, projects, and ideas that push the ecosystem forward
You code (and vibe code): strong engineering background who cares about great devEx (our inspirations: Modal, Supabase, PlanetScale)
You get developers: you know what excites them, what annoys them, and how to speak their language
You want impact: you’re energized by small, high impact teams and want to build something that delights software engineers
What you can expect as a Kernel
Industry-competitive salary
Above market equity
Premium medical + dental coverage + dependent coverage
Small, trusting team of senior + staff engineers
Default async with minimal bureaucracy, only two meetings a week
$1k / mo budget for LLM usage fees #vibecheck
Daily lunches on us
Unlimited PTO
401k + company match
Relocation assistance
Hiring process
We have a simple process focused on real world collaboration and jointly getting to know each other:
30 minute intro calls with each of Kernel’s co-founders (1 hour total)
Half-day on-site (virtual or in-person) working with our team and co-founders on relevant challenges.
Offer!
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