Erin Mikail Staples (she/her/hers)
Developer Experience + Relations Engineer
Brooklyn, NY
Profile
Bridging code, content, and community to build better developer experiences. I build tools that help developers not only learn, but love the tools they use.
As a Developer Experience & Relations Engineer, I specialize in API/SDK development and education, AI/LLM tooling, and developer productivity. Fluent in Python, TypeScript, and React/Next.js — hands-on with Human-in-the-Loop, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, Mastra.ai, CrewAI, and MCP. Comfortable across RAG pipelines, vector databases, feature management, OpenTelemetry, Docker, and CI/CD.
With a background spanning product-led growth, education, and community, I translate complex systems into approachable, production-ready workflows that help developers ship faster — with confidence.
I come with a strong track record of building joyful developer experiences and communities, and the academic chops backed by a Masters degree focusing on the new business models of the internet economy.
Professional Experience
Galileo.ai - Senior Developer Experience Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | 11/2024 – 11/2025 (1 year)
- Fostered and led 6+ technical partnerships (NVIDIA, CrewAI, Stripe, Mastra.ai, Daytona, Block/Goose, AWS, Google Gemini).
- Facilitated recurring developer feedback sessions that informed 15+ product enhancements and improved issue-resolution speed by 30%.
- Hosted or presented at 7+ events and meetups reaching 15K+ developers (NVIDIA GTC, Google Next, AI Engineer Fest, MCP NYC, HackNight).
- Implemented automated doc-quality tests (grammar, style, known failpoints), reducing manual review time by 20%.
- Led SDK version migration; modernized docs workflows using MCP + Mintlify to improve accessibility and reduce support queries.
- Built full-stack demos integrating LangChain, CrewAI, and OpenTelemetry to showcase AI evaluation in production.
LaunchDarkly - Developer Experience Engineer | New York, NY | 11/2023 – 11/2024 (1 year)
- Translated developer feedback into actionable insights for product & SDK teams.
- Delivered talks/workshops at AWS re:Invent, KCDC, PyData NYC on feature flagging, AI integrations, and experimentation — reaching 50K+ developers.
- KCDC talk rated 4.65/5 and reused in internal training programs.
- Facilitated high-impact conversations with AWS, Google, and OpenAI at Galaxy Conference; drove 10K+ event impressions.
- Authored the “Guide to Experimentation,” a top-performing article by engagement and sales enablement use.
- Designed and hosted Developer Day @ Galaxy Conference (500+ attendees) featuring AWS, Webbys, Google, and OpenAI speakers.
New York University - Technical Advisor, Studio 20 Graduate Program | NYC | 01/2022 – 12/2023 (2 years)
- Adjunct instructor teaching media product development and technical skill building at NYU Journalism (Studio 20 program led by Jay Rosen).
- Mentored 15+ graduate students per semester on Python, Node.js, and UX research.
- Improved alumni data accuracy and engagement by 62%.
- Fostered industry partnerships (Google, The Intercept, Financial Times, Discord, BuzzFeed).
HumanSignal (Label Studio) - Senior Developer Advocate + Open Source Maintainer | Remote | 12/2022 – 08/2023
- Drove developer engagement and community growth across ML and data labeling ecosystems.
- Created and maintained the Label Studio Integrations Library (15+ partner integrations).
- Authored educational content like “How to Use the New Generative AI Templates in Label Studio.”
- Co-led Zero-Shot Learning Workshop with Data Scientist in Residence.
- Sustained the Label Studio open-source project (15K+ GitHub stars) and fostered community contributions (e.g., Segment Anything model).
Orbit - Senior Developer Advocate | Remote | 03/2021 – 09/2022 (1 year 7 months) *acquired by Postman*
- Scaled community from 7K → 30K+ members (+327%).
- Launched education initiatives (cohorts, workshops, live streams, tutorials) with 83% of attendees as active users.
- Organized Community Camp and Nexus user conferences (2K+ attendees).
- Represented Orbit at How To Web, CMX, Codeland, Dev.to, Hashtag Paid, Medium, and more.
Unsplash - Program + Community Consultant | Remote | 07/2022 – 12/2022 (6 months) *acquired by Getty Images*
- Advised on community onboarding, creator advocacy for both photographers and developers, and content creation.
- Developed the series "Behind one Billion" directly working with photographers who had reached over one billion views on the platform.
- Managed partnerships with community members with external partners and agencies including Microsoft, BoxedWater, and more.
- Handled community communications for the transition to Getty Images
Financial Times - Graduate Student Product Researcher | Remote | 2020 (1 year)
- Worked with the Financial Times to research user flows with the goal of increasing engagement and retention of the under 35 audience.
- Used early BERT models to review comment sections and identify patterns in user behavior.
- Conducted user interviews, as well as ran user testing sessions to inform human-centered design decisions on specific newsletter verticals.
Earlier Roles (Condensed)
- Neurable — Product Manager → Community Consultant
- Elliot — Product Manager → Head of Open Source Community — built the Elliot Virtual Mall; drove 200+ qualified leads and livestreamed product tutorials.
- Laxalt & McIver — Product Manager, Ecommerce + UX (“Director of Everything”) — Clients included Patagonia, Eight Sleep, NASA, Bills Beans, and West Elm.
Skills
- Languages & Frameworks: FastAPI, Flask, Handlebars, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Jinja, Next.js, Node.js, Python, React, SQL, TypeScript
- AI & LLM Tooling: AI Observability, Anthropic, CrewAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, Mastra.ai, MCP (Model Context Protocol), Model Drift, Multimodal App Development, OpenAI, RAG Pipelines, Speech & Audio APIs, Vector Databases (Pinecone, Vercel AI SDK, Weaviate)
- Developer Experience: API Design, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Documentation Automation, Feature Management (LaunchDarkly, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, OpenFeature), OpenTelemetry, PostHog, SDK Development
- Developer Relations: Ambassador Programs, Community Building, Content Creation (Video & Blog), Cross-Team Enablement, Curriculum Design, Demo Development & Production, Event Production, Product Feedback, Public Speaking, Technical Writing, Tutorials & Workshops
- Platforms & Tools: AWS, Cloudflare, Figma, Framer, Insomnia, Notion, OBS Studio, Postman, Render, Sanity CMS, Vercel
Education
New York University
Research: intersection of open source, fandoms, and the creator economy.