Jay Saadana

Community Manager with 5+ years building, moderating, and growing online developer communities with measurable impact. Hands-on across Discord, Reddit, Telegram, and forums.

Founded Social

Winter of Code (50,000+ members), owning everything from engagement and moderation to programs and events. Strong project ownership, running initiatives from concept to completion. Genuine interest in developer tools, AI, and software development, with the ability to engage credibly with developers on technical topics and translate community feedback into actionable insights for product and business teams. AI-forward in my daily workflow.

Developer Community & Growth Strategist - Independent Consulting

(2023-01)

• Foster engagement and nurture relationships across developer communities on Discord, Reddit, and forums for AI and dev tools companies (Steadwing, Drizz), with demonstrated impact on activation and retention
• Plan, coordinate, and execute community programs including webinars, office hours, workshops, and educational events that developers actually want to attend
• Support developers throughout their journey: onboarding guidance, platform usage, best practices, and troubleshooting, engaging credibly on technical topics
• Gather feedback and community sentiment through conversations, events, and direct interactions, and share actionable recommendations with product and engineering teams
• Monitor community health, engagement metrics, and participation trends to identify growth and improvement opportunities
• Collaborate cross-functionally with DevRel, product, engineering, and marketing to align community initiatives with broader business objectives

Community & Client Relationship Manager - Quira (Quine)

(2023-01 - 2025-01)

• Built and grew developer communities across Daytona, Taipy, MindsDB, CopilotKit, Browserless, and LLM Ware, moderating discussions and driving engagement on technical platforms
• Communicated product updates, feature releases, and announcements to keep developer communities informed and engaged
• Translated community feedback and recurring developer pain points into actionable insights for product teams

Developer Community Growth Lead - Endless Domains

(2024-01 - 2026-04)

• Owned and moderated developer community across Discord, Telegram, Reddit, and forums, fostering authentic engagement and managing community-managed channels
• Organized regional meetups and in-person community events, including a 248-attendee Delhi event, end to end

Founder - Social Winter of Code (SWoC)

(2019-01)

• Built, moderated, and grew a 50,000+ member developer community across 6 cycles with demonstrated, measurable impact
• Independently managed initiatives from concept to completion: contests, workshops, contributor programs, and community channels with bots and moderation systems
• Identified and elevated standout community members into mentors and ambassadors, keeping a large community active and meaningful

Podcast Host - Charcha Chain Podcast

(2024-01)

• Public speaking and technical conversation hosting with founders and engineers; create engaging content tailored to technical audiences

PG Program - Applied AI & Agentic AI - IIIT Bangalore (2025-01)

PGPM - Marketing - Great Lakes Institute of Management (2023-01)

B.Voc - Software Development - GGSIPU, Delhi (2021-01)