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                            <h2 class="resume-name">Erin Mikail Staples <span class="resume-pronouns">(she/her/hers)</span></h2>
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                        <p class="resume-headline resume-title">Developer Experience + Relations Engineer</p>
                        <p class="resume-location">Brooklyn, NY</p>
                        
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                        <h2 class="section-title">Profile</h2>
                        <p><strong>Bridging code, content, and community to build better developer experiences.</strong> I build tools that help developers not only learn, but <em>love</em> the tools they use.</p>
                        <p>As a Developer Experience & Relations Engineer, I specialize in <strong>API/SDK development and education</strong>, <strong>AI/LLM tooling</strong>, and <strong>developer productivity</strong>. Fluent in <strong>Python</strong>, <strong>TypeScript</strong>, and <strong>React/Next.js</strong> — hands-on with <strong>Human-in-the-Loop</strong>, <strong>Vercel AI SDK</strong>, <strong>LangChain</strong>, <strong>Mastra.ai</strong>, <strong>CrewAI</strong>, and <strong>MCP</strong>. Comfortable across <strong>RAG pipelines</strong>, <strong>vector databases</strong>, <strong>feature management</strong>, <strong>OpenTelemetry</strong>, <strong>Docker</strong>, and <strong>CI/CD</strong>.</p>
                        <p>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.</p>

                        <p>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. 
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                                <strong>Galileo.ai</strong> - Senior Developer Experience Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | 11/2024 – 11/2025 (1 year)
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                                    <li>Fostered and led 6+ technical partnerships (NVIDIA, CrewAI, Stripe, Mastra.ai, Daytona, Block/Goose, AWS, Google Gemini).</li>
                                    <li>Facilitated recurring developer feedback sessions that informed 15+ product enhancements and improved issue-resolution speed by 30%.</li>
                                    <li>Hosted or presented at 7+ events and meetups reaching 15K+ developers (NVIDIA GTC, Google Next, AI Engineer Fest, MCP NYC, HackNight).</li>
                                    <li>Implemented automated doc-quality tests (grammar, style, known failpoints), reducing manual review time by 20%.</li>
                                    <li>Led SDK version migration; modernized docs workflows using MCP + Mintlify to improve accessibility and reduce support queries.</li>
                                    <li>Built full-stack demos integrating LangChain, CrewAI, and OpenTelemetry to showcase AI evaluation in production.</li>
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                                <strong>LaunchDarkly</strong> - Developer Experience Engineer | New York, NY | 11/2023 – 11/2024 (1 year)
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                                    <li>Translated developer feedback into actionable insights for product & SDK teams.</li>
                                    <li>Delivered talks/workshops at AWS re:Invent, KCDC, PyData NYC on feature flagging, AI integrations, and experimentation — reaching 50K+ developers.</li>
                                    <li>KCDC talk rated <strong>4.65/5</strong> and reused in internal training programs.</li>
                                    <li>Facilitated high-impact conversations with AWS, Google, and OpenAI at Galaxy Conference; drove 10K+ event impressions.</li>
                                    <li>Authored the “Guide to Experimentation,” a top-performing article by engagement and sales enablement use.</li>
                                    <li>Designed and hosted <strong>Developer Day @ Galaxy Conference</strong> (500+ attendees) featuring AWS, Webbys, Google, and OpenAI speakers.</li>
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                                <strong>New York University</strong> - Technical Advisor, Studio 20 Graduate Program | NYC | 01/2022 – 12/2023 (2 years)
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                                    <li>Adjunct instructor teaching media product development and technical skill building at NYU Journalism (Studio 20 program led by Jay Rosen).</li>
                                    <li>Mentored 15+ graduate students per semester on <strong>Python</strong>, <strong>Node.js</strong>, and <strong>UX research</strong>.</li>
                                    <li>Improved alumni data accuracy and engagement by 62%.</li>
                                    <li>Fostered industry partnerships (Google, The Intercept, Financial Times, Discord, BuzzFeed).</li>
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                                <strong>HumanSignal (Label Studio)</strong> - Senior Developer Advocate + Open Source Maintainer | Remote | 12/2022 – 08/2023
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                                    <li>Drove developer engagement and community growth across ML and data labeling ecosystems.</li>
                                    <li>Created and maintained the <strong>Label Studio Integrations Library</strong> (15+ partner integrations).</li>
                                    <li>Authored educational content like “How to Use the New Generative AI Templates in Label Studio.”</li>
                                    <li>Co-led Zero-Shot Learning Workshop with Data Scientist in Residence.</li>
                                    <li>Sustained the Label Studio open-source project (15K+ GitHub stars) and fostered community contributions (e.g., Segment Anything model).</li>
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                                <strong>Orbit</strong> - Senior Developer Advocate | Remote | 03/2021 – 09/2022 (1 year 7 months)
                                *acquired by Postman* 
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                                    <li>Scaled community from <strong>7K → 30K+</strong> members (+327%).</li>
                                    <li>Launched education initiatives (cohorts, workshops, live streams, tutorials) with 83% of attendees as active users.</li>
                                    <li>Organized <strong>Community Camp</strong> and <strong>Nexus</strong> user conferences (2K+ attendees).</li>
                                    <li>Represented Orbit at How To Web, CMX, Codeland, Dev.to, Hashtag Paid, Medium, and more.</li>
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                                <strong>Unsplash</strong> - Program + Community Consultant | Remote | 07/2022 – 12/2022 (6 months)
                                *acquired by Getty Images*
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                                    <li>Advised on community onboarding, creator advocacy for both photographers and developers, and content creation.</li>
                                    <li>Developed the series "Behind one Billion" directly working with photographers who had reached over one billion views on the platform.</li>
                                    <li>Managed partnerships with community members with external partners and agencies including Microsoft, BoxedWater, and more.</li>
                                    <li>Handled community communications for the transition to Getty Images</li>
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                                <strong>Financial Times</strong> - Graduate Student Product Researcher | Remote | 2020 (1 year)
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                                    <li>Worked with the Financial Times to research user flows with the goal of increasing engagement and retention of the under 35 audience.</li>
                                    <li>Used early BERT models to review comment sections and identify patterns in user behavior.</li>
                                    <li>Conducted user interviews, as well as ran user testing sessions to inform human-centered design decisions on specific newsletter verticals.</li>
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                                    <li><strong>Neurable</strong> — Product Manager → Community Consultant</li>
                                    <li><strong>Elliot</strong> — Product Manager → Head of Open Source Community — built the <em>Elliot Virtual Mall</em>; drove 200+ qualified leads and livestreamed product tutorials.</li>
                                    <li><strong>Laxalt & McIver</strong> — Product Manager, Ecommerce + UX (“Director of Everything”) — Clients included Patagonia, Eight Sleep, NASA, Bills Beans, and West Elm.</li>
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                        <h2 class="section-title">Skills</h2>
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                            <li><strong>Languages & Frameworks:</strong> FastAPI, Flask, Handlebars, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Jinja, Next.js, Node.js, Python, React, SQL, TypeScript</li>
                            <li><strong>AI & LLM Tooling:</strong> 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)</li>
                            <li><strong>Developer Experience:</strong> API Design, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Documentation Automation, Feature Management (LaunchDarkly, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, OpenFeature), OpenTelemetry, PostHog, SDK Development</li>
                            <li><strong>Developer Relations:</strong> 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</li>
                            <li><strong>Platforms & Tools:</strong> AWS, Cloudflare, Figma, Framer, Insomnia, Notion, OBS Studio, Postman, Render, Sanity CMS, Vercel</li>
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                                <h3 class="role-company">New York University</h3>
                                <div class="role-title-dates meta">M.A. in Journalism, Media Innovation (Studio 20)</div>
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                            <p>Research: intersection of open source, fandoms, and the creator economy.</p>
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                                <h3 class="role-company">University of Nevada, Reno</h3>
                                <div class="role-title-dates meta">Graduate Special in Sociology and Educational Leadership</div>
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                                <h3 class="role-company">University of Nevada, Reno</h3>
                                <div class="role-title-dates meta">B.A. in Journalism (Studio Art + Sociology)</div>
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