Curriculum vitae
Resume
Developer relations, technical content, and the community growth numbers behind them.
ROHAN SHARMA
Developer Relations Engineer
Professional Summary
Developer Relations Engineer with 2+ years building developer education, technical content, and communities for venture-backed AI startups, including a company valued at $500M+ on $125M raised and a $2M-funded open-source platform. 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.
Experience
Developer Relations Engineer
Jan, 2025 - PresentLLMWare.ai · Remote
- 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
- Designed and delivered a new UI/UX for Model HQ, the enterprise SLM platform serving Silicon Valley clients, improving usability and accessibility
Developer Relations Engineer
Aug, 2025 - Aug, 2026Tessl · Remote
- Generated 800K+ impressions across 72 posts in under 60 days at a startup 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 50K+ 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
Apr, 2024 - Aug, 2025Quira · Remote
- 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+ member 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.ioPlacement-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 · IntegrationsSelf-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.
Education
B.Tech · CS
2022-2026Nalanda College of Engineering, Chandi · CGPA 8.3
Technical Skills
Languages
Frameworks
Tools
Certifications
Azure AI Fundamentals
2023GCD Leader Training Specialization
2023Rust & Solana Dev Training
2023Python Essentials 1 & 2
2023Programming Essentials in C++
2023Achievements
- 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)
