Developer Relations, MCP

As Developer Relations for MCP (Model Context Protocol) at Anthropic, you will be crucial in enabling developers to build agents interacting with external systems. This role focuses on growing the MCP developer ecosystem, gathering feedback for protocol evolution, and driving scaled adoption. You will execute strategic initiatives, create technical content, and advocate for developer needs, directly shaping the protocol's impact across numerous use cases while fostering a collaborative culture.

Must Have

• Execute near and long-term strategy for developer engagement with MCP
• Prioritize community building and growth initiatives based on data and developer needs
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to inform roadmap
• Foster a collaborative culture embodying Anthropic's values
• Understand diverse needs of customers, partners, and stakeholders
• Partner with customer-facing teams for unified developer campaigns
• Organize and lead high-impact developer events, workshops, and community activities
• Generate high-quality technical content (sample apps, tutorials, documentation, integration guides, best practices)
• Act as an advocate for MCP developer needs at Anthropic
• Collaborate with Research to translate AI capabilities into educational resources
• Partner with Communications and Marketing to amplify developer success stories
• 5+ years of experience in developer relations, developer experience, or technical product teams
• Proven track record of measurably growing developer ecosystems
• Technically credible, able to deeply understand AI/ML and API concepts
• Capable of creating own code demos, reviewing samples, providing technical feedback
• Deep insight into developer psychology and behavior
• Passionate about AI's potential and committed to responsible development, AI safety, and ethical considerations
• Advocate for open source and Anthropic’s contributions
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Good to Have

• Experience working with large language models or generative AI
• Background in AI safety, ethics, or responsible AI development
• Public speaking experience at industry conferences and events
• Content creation experience (technical writing, video tutorials, etc.)
• Experience working with open source software communities

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Lovely office space for collaboration
• Visa sponsorship available

About the Role

As Developer Relations for MCP (Model Context Protocol), you will play a crucial role in how developers build agents that interact with external systems. This role will be pivotal in growing the MCP developer ecosystem, including gathering crucial feedback to inform evolution and development of the protocol.

Your success in this role will directly shape the role the protocol plays in the ecosystem across countless use cases. Building strong relationships with our developer community will be essential as we advance our mission of creating reliable, interpretable AI that follows human intent.

What You'll Do

Drive Strategic Impact

• Execute the near and long-term strategy for how developers discover and engage with MCP
• Prioritize community building and growth initiatives based on data, feedback, and the needs of developers building with AI
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to ensure developer needs inform the roadmap
• Foster a collaborative culture that embodies Anthropic's values while driving innovation in how we engage developers

Drive Scaled Developer Adoption and Success

• Understand the diverse needs of customers, partners, and stakeholders across different segments within the open source community
• Partner strategically with customer-facing teams to create unified developer-focused campaigns that drive adoption
• Organize and lead high-impact developer events, workshops, and community activities that introduce MCP to strategic developer communities
• Generate high-quality technical content including sample apps, tutorials, documentation, integration guides, and best practices that demonstrate how to use MCP responsibly and effectively

Drive Alignment and Innovation Through Cross-Functional Leadership

• Act as an advocate for MCP developer needs, translating developer feedback into strategic initiatives
• Collaborate with Research to translate AI capabilities into accessible educational resources
• Partner with Communications and Marketing teams to amplify developer success stories

About You

• You have 5+ years of experience in developer relations, developer experience, or technical product teams, with a proven track record of measurably growing developer ecosystems
• You're technically credible. You’re able to deeply understand AI/ML and API concepts and translate complex technical ideas for various audiences ranging from individual developers to enterprise executives
• You have hands-on technical abilities. You’re capable of creating your own code demos, critically reviewing developer samples for quality and best practices, and providing specific technical feedback that elevates the work of your team
• You have deep insight into developer psychology and behavior. You know how to reach developers through the right channels, build authentic affinity for products, and design education programs that drive meaningful adoption
• You're passionate about AI's potential and deeply committed to ensuring it's developed responsibly, with a genuine interest in AI safety and ethical considerations
• You’re an advocate for open source and Anthropic’s contributions to the community

Nice to Have

• Experience working specifically with large language models or generative AI
• Background in AI safety, ethics, or responsible AI development
• Public speaking experience at industry conferences and events
• Content creation experience (technical writing, video tutorials, etc.)
• Experience working with open source software communities

The expected base compensation for this position is below. Our total compensation package for full-time employees includes equity, benefits, and may include incentive compensation.

Annual Salary:

$305,000 - $385,000 USD

Logistics

Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process