{"id":7600,"date":"2021-06-04T21:10:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T16:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/?p=7600"},"modified":"2023-02-09T11:46:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T06:46:25","slug":"hiring-developer-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/hiring-developer-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring the DevRel A-Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have some pretty big news. I am hiring and extending RapidAPI’s Developer Relations (DevRel & DX) team. A team of developers, program engineers, developer advocates, and dev-community advocate roles.<\/p>\n

And I want you to be a part of it!<\/strong> This is your chance to join a DevRel A-Team and make a difference for over 50 million developers in our community who use our code and content to build cutting-edge APIs and Web\/AI\/ML startups. Let’s do this!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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I’m the VP of Developer Relations (DevRel & DX) at RapidAPI<\/a><\/strong>, hiring for the DevRel team \u2014 I have eleven headcounts. Global. Remote US\/EU. Exciting times, eh?!<\/p>\n

READ MORE:
\n\ud83d\udc19 RapidAPI DevRel 2021 Year in Review: 20M Developers, Learn Platform, Teaching & Helping Developers!<\/a><\/div>\n

But what is Rapid or RapidAPI?#<\/a><\/h2>\n

Rapid is the world’s largest premier API Developers Hub. Access 40K+ APIs and cutting-edge DevTools to find, build and monetize innovation. Over 4+ Million developers on our platform already.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, here’s the shortest personal story in the history of my blog. Last year, I had job offers from Amazon and Apple, plus I was actively interviewing with Google, Netflix, and the like \u2014 you know how it goes. Yet, I decided to join RapidAPI as their new Head of Developer Relations.<\/p>\n

You see, I’ve always been a Web Purist<\/a> \u2014 and RapidAPI is all about APIs (the foundation of our Web Platform). So it’s an opportunity I couldn’t say no to.<\/p>\n

You know how Google has the Play Store for Android?<\/p>\n

\u2026 and how Apple has the App Store for iOS\/iPhone\/iPad?<\/p>\n

What about the web? You guessed it, didn’t you?<\/em><\/p>\n

RapidAPI is the world’s largest API Hub, with four million developers and 40,000 APIs<\/strong>. Developers use RapidAPI to find, test, buy, and even sell APIs \u2014 making tens of thousands of dollars monthly. Can I call it the Web App Store?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dozens of Fortune 500 Companies use RapidAPI Enterprise Hub to enable digital transformation initiatives.\u00a0A global company with offices in San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Tallinn, and Berlin.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd84 RapidAPI has raised over $272M in funding at a $1 Billion valuation<\/b> from Microsoft Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Stripes, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Green Bay, and more incredible investors.<\/p>\n

Quick overview of RapidAPI Products#<\/a><\/h2>\n
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