HeyGen

Head of Developer Experience

Los Angeles, San Francisco · Exec

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$270kDetected 86 days ago

GitCI/CDMachine LearningAgentic AILangGraphResearchLeadership

About the role

What we need is someone who can take that foundation and turn it into the developer platform builders reach for first: through narrative and community, but also through direct ownership of the product surface developers actually touch.

Define and own HeyGen's positioning for the AI builder and developer audience: software developers, AI/ML engineers, and technical founders building products that incorporate video, voice, and avatar capabilities.
Build HeyGen's presence where developers live: GitHub, Hacker News, X, Discord, ProductHunt, and AI framework communities.
Develop relationships with AI agent and developer tool ecosystems (OpenAI Agents SDK, LangGraph, CrewAI, Google ADK, OpenClaw, Cursor, Claude Code) to drive integration partnerships and ensure HeyGen is a first-class plugin across platforms.
Get HeyGen front and center at hackathons, AI builder meetups, developer conferences, and other events where the target audience gathers. Sponsor, speak, judge, and build demo experiences that make HeyGen the tool people reach for.
Create and curate "build with HeyGen" content: tutorials, sample apps, integration guides, and technical blog posts.
Launch developer programs that drive API adoption and create evangelists.
Drive Developer Adoption
Own the developer adoption motion end-to-end, from awareness through activation and expansion.
Plan and execute launches targeting the developer audience, including new API capabilities, CLI updates, MCP and Skills integrations, and partner announcements.
Drive adoption across all three integration paths: MCP for AI assistants (Claude, OpenClaw, Cursor), Skills for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor), and Direct API/CLI for full programmatic control and CI/CD pipelines.

Track record of driving developer adoption for an API-first or platform product.
You can read API docs, understand SDKs and CLIs, write working code when you need to, and credibly engage with engineers as a peer.
You know what gets developers' attention and what gets ignored.

Over the last decade, visual content has become the preferred method of information creation, consumption, and retention.
Learn more at www.heygen.com.
The AI agent ecosystem is growing fast, projected to reach $120B+ by 2032.
HeyGen already has the foundation - a V3 API, CLI, MCP server, and Skills for AI coding agents - plus first-mover advantage in avatar quality.
This is a senior leadership role with significant scope across both product and go-to-market.
Preferred: Los Angeles or San Francisco

Craft the narrative that HeyGen is essential infrastructure for AI agents that communicate with humans - not just a video creation tool.
Meaningful growth in API developer signups, CLI installs, and active integrations via MCP and Skills
HeyGen featured in "awesome lists," framework documentation, and AI developer toolchains
Partnerships with leading AI agent frameworks that put HeyGen in their ecosystem
HeyGen as a visible presence at major hackathons and developer events, with measurable adoption lift

As part of our total rewards package, HeyGen offers comprehensive benefits including a 401k plan, health benefits, generous PTO, a parental leave program and emotional health resources.

Every company building agentic AI that needs a human-facing interface will need video generation, voice, and real-time interactive avatars.

Sponsor, speak, judge, and build demo experiences that make HeyGen the tool people reach for

This listing is sourced directly from HeyGen's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.