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# Member of DevRel Staff - Developer Advocate at Tessl

- **Company:** Tessl
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tesslcareers/8eeda9c5-5790-4fb4-a209-fc071d4d9d4c/application

**Skills:** Coding, Software development, Integration building

> Tessl seeks a Developer Advocate to build with its AI-native development platform, create technical content, and engage deeply with the AI developer community through events and social channels.

## Job description

Tessl is a fast-growing Series A startup based in London, founded by Guy Podjarny, who previously founded Snyk. We’ve raised more than $100 million from world-class investors, including Index Ventures, Accel, GV and Boldstart. In 2025, Tessl ranked #2 in Sifted’s B2B SaaS Rising 100 and #20 in its AI 100.

We’re building the context layer for AI coding agents and a platform for AI-native software development. As an early member of the team, you’ll help shape how we build and scale a company operating at the forefront of AI and software development.

## OVERVIEW OF ROLE

We're looking for a Developer Advocate to be Tessl's presence in the Bay Area AI community. Someone already deep in the local scene, building with AI every day, showing up at the meetups and hackathons, and pushing what's possible with agentic coding alongside the people defining it. This is a builder's role first. You'll be a power user of our product, creating integrations, tools and projects that show what AI native development really looks like, then taking that into the community to hack, demo and present. Your main focus will be the Bay Area, but you'll also travel to give customer and conference sessions across the US. Because the rest of the team is in London, this role suits someone who thrives with the autonomy to set their direction and the self-motivation to act on it without much steering.

## KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Build with Tessl: Go beyond writing about the product, build with it. Create apps, integrations and creative projects using Tessl that inspire and enable the developer community to do the same.
- Own the Bay Area: Be Tessl's visible presence in the local AI scene. Show up at the meetups and hackathons that matter, hack alongside people, demo what you've built and present what's possible with agentic coding.
- Content creation: Write articles, tutorials and guides, and produce videos that give developers practical, actionable insight into AI native development with Tessl.
- Speak across the US: Travel to give customer and conference sessions around the country while keeping your main focus in the Bay.
- Ecosystem exploration: Constantly explore the AI developer tooling landscape, identifying integration opportunities and ways to connect Tessl with the broader ecosystem.
- Show up where developers are: Run webinars, appear on podcasts and make yourself at home in other people's communities, from Discord servers and Slack groups to subreddits and newsletters.

## WHAT YOU'LL NEED

- Already in the Bay Area scene: You're a regular at the meetups and hackathons that matter, a recognised face in the local AI developer community, and an active voice online where the discussion is happening.
- Living on the edge of agentic coding: You live and breathe cutting-edge agentic development. You're using the newest tools the week they land and you have a point of view on them.
- A builder's mindset: You'd rather ship something than describe it. A slick integration, a creative app, an experiment no one's tried yet, you get excited about making things.
- Scrappy and self-directed: You set your own direction and get on with it. With the majority of the team in London, you're comfortable operating with less day-to-day steering.
- Comfortable on the road: You have the experience to travel and present customer and conference sessions across the US.
- Strong communicator: You can write and speak clearly and engagingly about technical AI topics.
- Development skills: You're comfortable enough with code to build and hack on things yourself. You don't need to be a full-time engineer, but you ship.

## NICE TO HAVE

- Experience with open-source communities and contributor ecosystems
- An existing network in the Bay Area AI developer tooling space
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving, early-stage startup environment

We care deeply about the warm, inclusive environment we’re building at Tessl and we value diversity – we welcome applications from those typically underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this role but are not totally sure whether you’re the right person, do apply anyway!

Learn how we think and work

- [On Tessl, The AI Native Development Startup](https://www.tessl.io/blog/announcing-tessl-the-ai-native-development-startup)
- [Announcing skills on Tessl: the package manager for agent skills](https://tessl.io/blog/skills-are-software-and-they-need-a-lifecycle-introducing-skills-on-tessl/)
- [Podcast Episode: The End of Fragmented Agent Context, Guy Podjarny Tessl CEO](https://youtu.be/ntkM-hRblfo)

## About Tessl

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tessl provides a security, visibility, and governance platform for AI agent skills, enabling enterprise teams to manage, secure, and continuously improve skills across agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; total raised $125M)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom (Kings Cross area)
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Guy Podjarny (Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Developer tools / AI infrastructure / Agent enablement
- **Target customers**: Enterprise engineering and platform teams, security leaders; B2B
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Skills are the new code. Treat them that way." – Tessl aims to turn chaotic, invisible skill sprawl into a governed, measurable system that scales agent adoption safely.

## Products & Services
- **Tessl Agent Enablement Platform**: The core SaaS platform that integrates with AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini) to publish, version, security-scan, and govern skills. Features include a shared skill registry, policy enforcement, audit logs, eval-driven improvement dashboards, and three-layer visibility (published, project coverage, real activation).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $125M (Series A, as of 2024 per CB Insights)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Index Ventures, GV (Google Ventures), boldstart ventures, Accel
- **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2024 by serial entrepreneur Guy Podjarny (ex-Snyk founder, scaled to $8B+ valuation); rapid Series A raise of $100M+; early category leadership in "skill management" for AI agents; active hiring across engineering, product, sales, DevRel, and marketing.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founder-market fit**: Guy Podjarny previously founded Snyk, a multi-billion-dollar developer security category leader, and sold a prior company (Blaze) to Akamai.
- **First-mover in a new category**: Tessl defines the "agent enablement" layer that sits between developers and AI agents – a gap no other major tool addresses.
- **Depth of governance**: Security scanning, policy gating, audit logs, and eval-driven improvement are baked into the platform, making it enterprise-ready from day one.
- **Strong investor syndicate**: Backed by top-tier VC firms with deep developer-tool and infrastructure expertise (Index, GV, Accel, boldstart).

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Scaling enterprise adoption – proving visibility, governance, and continuous improvement for agent skills; building integrations with all major AI coding agents; expanding the skills registry and community.
- **Growth direction**: Opening a San Francisco remote office (DevRel role), growing sales and marketing teams, and deepening platform capabilities in security and compliance.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture highlights**: Described as "AI Native" with operating principles like "Grab a Shovel" (get scrappy), "Embrace the Pace," "Build, then Break," and "Own It." The company values in-person collaboration and regularly hosts AI community events at its London HQ.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Hybrid with anchor days in the office on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Some roles (e.g., DevRel) are remote-friendly (San Francisco, New York).
- **Perks**: 25 days holiday, employee stock options, private health insurance, 2 volunteer days, learning & development budget, enhanced parental leave and sick leave, Cycle to Work scheme, commuter stipend for travel outside London.

## Sources
1. [tessl.io](https://tessl.io/) – Product overview and features
2. [tessl.io/careers](https://tessl.io/careers/) – Culture, perks, and open roles
3. [tessl.io/about](https://tessl.io/about/) – Leadership, funding, and investors
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/tessl) – Funding history and company data

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