# Rohan Sharma > Developer Relations Engineer and AI Developer — Bihar, India. Developer Relations Engineer and AI Developer with 3+ years building developer education, technical content, and communities for venture-backed AI startups like Tessl backed by top London Venture Captials including Google Ventures, Index Ventures, etc. Delivered 800K+ impressions in under 60 days, grew an open-source project from 7K to 15K+ GitHub stars, added 4,000+ Discord members, and lifted website traffic 60%. Engineer first, building production applications alongside the docs, tooling, and content that drive adoption. ## Contact - Website: https://rohansrma.me - Email: rohansrma3@gmail.com - GitHub: https://github.com/RS-labhub - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohan-sharma-9386rs - X: https://x.com/rrs00179 ## Experience ### Developer Relations Engineer — LLMWare.ai (Jan, 2025 - Present) - Grew the open-source framework from ~7K to 15K+ GitHub stars and 1.5K to 3K forks organically, while adding 4,000+ Discord members through outreach programs, hackathons, and developer events - Lifted website traffic 60% and social following 80% by authoring blogs, tutorials, and docs on RAG, agents, and private small-language-model deployment - Shipped the company website plus Model HQ's full documentation and API reference solo in 2 months, supporting enterprise product adoption - Develop Model HQ, the enterprise SLM platform serving Silicon Valley clients, including its new UI/UX, improving usability and accessibility ### Developer Relations Engineer — Tessl (Aug, 2025 - Aug, 2026) - Generated 800K+ impressions in under 60 days at Tessl (valued $500M+ on $125M raised), driving 1.5K+ reactions, 600+ comments, and ~10K visits - Built content automation tooling for cross-posting, analytics, and GTM workflows, saving 20+ hours of manual work per week - Owned Reddit GTM and community strategy across Tessl and AI Native Dev, and revamped a 70K+ subscriber YouTube channel with new playlists and 400+ rewritten descriptions - Drove marketing and community operations for AI DevCon end to end, and catalogued 250+ tools for the AI Native Dev landscape ### Developer Advocate — Quira (Apr, 2024 - Aug, 2025) - Joined a $2M-funded open-source monetisation platform as a community moderator and was promoted into developer advocacy after driving the highest Discord engagement - Grew and moderated Quira's 6K+ members Discord, mobilising developers for open-source Quests and weekly participation. - Published technical content and Quest write-ups on sustainable open-source funding, and proposed community programs that measurably improved retention ## Featured projects - **R's PlacePrep** (Next.js · PostgreSQL · Permit.io): Placement-prep and secure online exam platform for universities. Reached 500+ active users, 120K visits and page views, and 1M+ requests within 60 days. Solved the problem of training and placement management. - **RsOpsHub** (Next.js · PostgreSQL · Integrations): Self-hosted operations hub unifying content, tasks, documents, analytics, work logs, and hours tracking. Integrates Linear, Notion, Google Workspace, Reddit, Hacker News, dev.to, and PostHog behind a single AI assistant, with workspace-level data isolation. ## Skills - Languages: C, C++, Python, TypeScript, SQL - Frameworks: React, Next.js, Node.js, Tailwind, Astro - Tools: Git, Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis, Azure, Figma, Sanity ## Education - B.Tech · CS, Nalanda College of Engineering, Chandi (2022-2026), CGPA 8.3 ## Certifications - Azure AI Fundamentals (2023) - GCD Leader Training Specialization (2023) - Rust & Solana Dev Training (2023) - Python Essentials 1 & 2 (2023) - Programming Essentials in C++ (2023) ## Achievements - Winner, Permit.io Authorization Challenge (May 2025) - Mattermost MVP, Hall of Fame contributor (Jan 2025) - 3rd globally, DevFest AI open-source competition (Nov 2024) - Winner, Arcjet Security Challenge (Sep 2024) - 8th globally, HackSquad'23 (Oct 2023) ## Frequently asked questions ### Who is Rohan Sharma? Rohan Sharma is a Developer Relations Engineer and AI Developer from India. He currently works at LLMWare.ai, where he leads developer relations and helps build the enterprise product Model HQ. He also writes technical articles on AI, RAG and open source, and builds production apps with Next.js and TypeScript. ### What does Rohan Sharma do at LLMWare.ai? He works as a Developer Relations Engineer and AI Developer. On the DevRel side he owns documentation, technical writing and community programs for LLMWare's enterprise RAG framework, and the open-source project grew from about 7K to 15K+ GitHub stars with 4,000+ new Discord members. On the engineering side he helps develop Model HQ, LLMWare's enterprise AI product. ### What is Model HQ and what has Rohan Sharma built for it? Model HQ is LLMWare.ai's enterprise AI platform for building, deploying and managing small language model applications that run privately. Rohan helps develop the product, designed its new UI/UX, and wrote its full documentation and API reference solo in 2 months. ### Which companies has Rohan Sharma worked with? LLMWare.ai, Tessl, Quira and devEco. Tessl is a venture-backed AI startup valued at $500M, backed by investors such as Google Ventures and Index Ventures. Quira is a $2M-funded open-source monetisation platform where he was promoted from community moderator to Developer Advocate. ### How much developer relations experience does Rohan Sharma have? Over 3 years across LLMWare.ai, Tessl and Quira, including the funded startups Tessl and Quira. At Tessl he generated 800K+ impressions in under 60 days, and at Quira he helped grow the Discord community from 4K to 6K+ members. ### What projects has Rohan Sharma built? R's PlacePrep, a secure exam platform with AI-assisted evaluation, RsOpsHub, a self-hosted workspace for content and operations, R's DocManager, an AI document manager with fine-grained authorization, and Discord Live Badge, a real-time member count badge for GitHub repositories. ### Which technologies does Rohan Sharma work with? C, C++, Python, TypeScript and SQL for languages, React, Next.js, Node.js and Tailwind for the web, and PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Azure and Vercel for infrastructure. ### Where can I read Rohan Sharma's articles or contact him? His technical articles are on this site under Blogs and on dev.to/rohan_sharma. For roles, collaborations or questions, use the contact page or email him directly, he replies to everyone. ## Articles - [AI Native DevCon Day 2: From Agent Demos to Operating Models](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/ai-native-devcon-day-2-from-agent-demos-to-operating-models-51hf): TL;DR Day 2 of AI Native DevCon shifted from agent capability to operating discipline. The... - [AI Native DevCon Day 1: Making AI Agents Ready for Enterprise](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/ai-native-devcon-day-1-making-ai-agents-ready-for-enterprise-1e50): TL;DR Day 1 of AI Native DevCon was a practical reality check for AI-native software... - [AI Native DevCon’26: The London conference for developers building with AI](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/ai-native-devcon26-the-london-conference-for-developers-building-with-ai-4nm9): The bottleneck moved from writing code to governing it. The promise was 2× throughput. The reality... - [GPT-5.5 is OpenAI's best model. But paying more for it makes no sense.](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/gpt-55-is-openais-best-model-but-paying-more-for-it-makes-no-sense-2227): We added OpenAI’s gpt-5.5 model to our eval suite the day it launched. We ran 1,742 tests overall,... - [My Docs Are Safer Than My Search History 😎](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/my-docs-are-safer-than-my-search-history-5e4f): This is a submission for the GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge: Build with AI Hey there! Welcome back.... - [Creating a Chatbot that actually Stands Out! (vibe coded version)🦖](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/creating-a-chatbot-that-actually-stands-out-vibe-coded-version-draft-1ake): Hi there, As I promised at the start of this year, I'm fulfilling my commitment. 😆 In this blog, I... - [2025 in Review: Growth, Grief, and the Cost of Momentum](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/2025-in-review-growth-grief-and-the-cost-of-momentum-f8b): Hey there, I know, I know it's been a long time since I last posted or wrote anything. It might be... - [How to Create a Local Chatbot Without Coding in Less Than 10 Minutes on AI PCs](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/how-to-create-a-local-chatbot-without-coding-in-less-than-10-minutes-on-ai-pcs-2ajl): 🔖 No cloud. No internet. No coding. 🔖 Just you, your laptop, and 100+ powerful AI models running... - [Here's how I created a Real-Time Discord Badge for Github Readme 🌠](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/heres-how-i-created-a-real-time-discord-badge-for-github-readme-4adg): Hello all, I'm back with another project. This time, I built a Real-Time Discord badge that shows the... - [How to Run AI Models Privately on Your AI PC with Model HQ; No Cloud, No Code](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/how-to-run-ai-models-privately-on-your-ai-pc-with-model-hq-no-cloud-no-code-3o9k): In an era where efficiency and data privacy are paramount, Model HQ by LLMWare emerges as a... - [Creating a Chatbot from Scratch and Vibe Coding the UI💃](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/creating-a-chatbot-from-scratch-and-vibe-coding-the-ui-1bij): Hey all, I hope you remember me. (Yes?? LMK in the comment section.) In this blog, I will discuss... - [Find My Portfolio’s Secret Page; If You Can 🤫](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/find-my-portfolios-secret-page-if-you-can-25j1): Did you miss me? I guess, yeah, you did. Sorry for that. I was so busy with my DevRel work at... - [Access Granted!! Here's the recipe behind my AI DMS 🤞](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/access-granted-heres-the-recipe-behind-my-ai-dms-351b): This is a submission for the Permit.io Authorization Challenge: AI Access Control   Hey... - [Access Control? Handled. Here's How I Built My DMS 🌠](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/access-control-handled-heres-how-i-built-my-dms-212): This is a submission for the Permit.io Authorization Challenge: Permissions Redefined What... - [Top 10 Open-Source RAG Frameworks you need!! 🧌](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/top-10-open-source-rag-frameworks-you-need-3fhe): The capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) are enhanced by Retrieval-Augmented Generation... - [Creating and Managing a nextJS Event Planning Website with Daytona! 🐦‍🔥](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/creating-and-managing-a-nextjs-event-planning-website-with-daytona-1n29): It's been a long time since I wrote a blog. Let's make this happen! This blog will focus on three... - [My 2024 Unwrap (of course, it's not a must-read)](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/my-2024-unwrap-of-course-its-not-a-must-read-4ap6): I never thought, after reading the title, you'd jump into this blog. Thanks for coming. I try my best... - [Open-Source will make you richhhh! 🤑💸](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/open-source-will-make-you-richhhh-5gf8): YESSSSSSSSSSSS! YOU READ IT RIGHT 🎉 Open-source will make you rich. And, I'm NOT lying! Open-source... - [Leverage IP Data for Dynamic User Access Management 🌐](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/leverage-ip-data-for-dynamic-user-access-management-2429): In today's world, it is very important to have access control. Access control means creating some... - [How did a dumbo become an Open-Source contributor 🪔](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/how-did-a-dumbo-become-an-open-source-contributor-333c): This is a submission for the 2024 Hacktoberfest Writing challenge: Contributor Experience The title... - [Top 5 open-source MLOps tool to boost your production ✨](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/top-5-open-source-mlops-tool-to-boost-your-production-4j0a): Someone: How's everything going in your production? Engineers: 🙂 Let's start this blog with basics... - [Top open-source repos/projects to contribute (Hacktoberfest Edition 🎃)](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/top-open-source-reposprojects-to-contribute-hacktoberfest-edition--273o): And we all know Hacktoberfest has already started. You might be looking for some repos/projects to... - [Get ready Bounty Huntersss! Algora 🔥 V/S Opire ❄️](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/get-ready-bounty-huntersss-algora-vs-opire-30jc): I know-I know, many of you will be thinking What's a bounty?, Who's a bounty hunter? in the... - [Fly with AI Copilots using CopilotKit 🪁](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/fly-with-ai-copilots-using-copilotkit-1d57): Once there was a man named Pete. He had an urgent need for AI copilots for his enterprise. But it's a... - [RAG Simplified!! 🐣](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/rag-simplified-2a9p): Hii Hiiiii! 👋 Are you stuck between AI and AI?? I'm too! But we have to go with the flow else we... - [10 upcoming Open-Source events you can not miss!! 🦚](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/10-upcoming-open-source-events-you-can-not-miss-1a7b): Welcome friend! Open source is a model for software development and distribution that allows anyone... - [Secure your app in just a few lines of code using Arcjet! ✈️](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/secure-your-app-in-a-few-lines-of-code-using-arcjet-2cbb): Hi there! I belong to the 21st century. Oh, wait! You too?? Then you must be using something to add... - [Top 3 Open-Source Events that will make your October memorable!](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/top-3-open-source-events-that-will-make-your-october-memorable-4hce): October is often called the month of Techies. It brings many joys in a programmer's life through the... - [Add an authorization layer to your app with Permit.io🔏 in a few minutes ⏱️](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/add-an-authorization-layer-to-your-app-with-permitio-in-a-few-minutes-32d6): Struggling with writing permissions and authorization codes?? Feeling sad for you man! I was too... - [LLMware.ai 🤖: An Ultimate Python Toolkit for Building LLM Apps](https://rohansrma.me/blogs/llmwareai-a-revolutionary-python-platform-that-will-accelerate-your-enterprise-3d84): Welcome to the world of AI 🚀! 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