Developer Experience Engineer

Department: Customer Success

Location: San Francisco

Employment Type: FullTime

About Us

Tavus is a research lab pioneering human computing. We’re building AI Humans: a new interface that closes the gap between people and machines, free from the friction of today’s systems. Our real-time human simulation models let machines see, hear, respond, and even look real, enabling meaningful, face-to-face conversations. AI Humans combine the emotional intelligence of humans with the reach and reliability of machines, making them capable, trusted agents available 24/7, in every language, on our terms.

Imagine a therapist anyone can afford. A personal trainer who adapts to your schedule. A fleet of medical assistants that can give every patient the attention they need. With Tavus, individuals, enterprises, and developers can all build AI Humans to connect, understand, and act with empathy at scale.

We’re a Series B company backed by world-class investors including Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, and Scale Venture Partners.

Be part of shaping a future where humans and machines truly understand each other.

The Role

We’re hiring a Developer Experience Engineer who is deeply technical, and can make our DevEx as fantastic as our product quality. Developers are one of Tavus’ primary customers, and we want to enhance their experience. This role is critical to ensuring LLMs and agents can effectively code with Tavus correctly, strengthen tooling, and drive Tavus as a preferred developer platform in a competitive marketplace.

Help us shape what comes next! We’re looking for someone who thrives in early-stage chaos, loves building systems, and is excited to attract the kind of people who want to build what hasn’t been built before.

Your Mission 🚀

• Full ownership on improving tools, workflows, and systems to enhance developer satisfaction

• Improve and maintain API usability by reducing complexity, eliminating friction, and ensuring all interfaces are intuitive and easy to implement

• Ensure LLMs and agents can reliably integrate with Tavus APIs

• Build and evolve developer tooling that meets or exceeds industry standards across customer journey

Requirements

• 4+ years of DevEx working on tooling, DX platforms, docs, SDKs, CI/CD

• 1-2+ years working with LLM-based systems or familiarity with modern LLM stacks

• You’re a builder: you’ve created recruiting systems/processes from scratch or significantly improved existing ones

• Highly organized, self-directed, and comfortable working in ambiguity

• Passion for AI and the opportunity to shape a team working at the edge of what’s possible

Bonus if you have:

• Experience as a founder, or startup building experience

• Hands on experience with MCP and CLI tooling/workflows

• Played Portal 1 and 2 - or willing to as part of onboarding 😄

Benefits

When you join Tavus, you’re joining a family. Our work is driven by our team, and our success is shared by all. This position has a flexible work schedule, unlimited PTO, competitive healthcare and gear stipends, as well as, of course, plenty of fun! At the end of the day, we want Tavus to be a place for you to learn, directly drive impact, and be with a team you love.

To learn more about our team culture, and benefits, check out our hiring page!

Tavus is growing fast, and we’d like you to grow with us! Are you excited to get your hands dirty? Drop your resume and we’ll be in touch!

We are not looking for cultural fits, we are looking for culture creators. In fact, diversity is what drives our success – it’s at the core of how we hire, communicate, and work. We are inclusive to all and combine our diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and thinking to build the best experiences for our clients.