US AI firms hire only 33 DevRel roles but forward-deployed engineers quadruple to 136 in a year
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-14
A survey of 86 US AI and developer-tool companies shows job postings grew from 2,870 to 4,779 in a year, yet DevRel roles rose only from 26 to 33 while forward-deployed engineers quadrupled from 34 to 136. Half of DevRel teams have fewer than 2 people, median pay is $190K, and Anthropic offers $290–435K.
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