Jonathan

Developer Relations Engineer | MCP & AI Tooling Specialist
San Francisco Bay Area [email] LinkedIn [github] smeltser.dev

Summary

Developer Relations Engineer with proven MCP ecosystem credibility: served as Judge at AWS MCP Agents Hackathon (San Francisco, sponsored by Anthropic), evaluating multi-agent AI implementations and providing technical feedback to developers. Built production MCP-inspired orchestration system (15K+ TypeScript) coordinating Claude, Gemini, and Codex agents. 5+ years bridging complex platforms with developer communities at Make.com and Zapier.

MCP Ecosystem Experience

AWS MCP Agents HackathonJudge
San Francisco
Anthropic Sponsor AWS Sponsor
SaaStr AI Conference
Make.com Representative

Technical Skills

TypeScript JavaScript Python React Claude API Gemini API Codex Multi-Agent Orchestration Vector Databases RAG WebSockets Redis Docker CLI Development Protocol Design Developer Experience Technical Writing

Experience

Solutions Engineer | Make.com
Pre-sales Enterprise
Technical Customer Success | Zapier

Featured Project

code-chat
15,000+ lines · 130+ files · TypeScript

CLI-Native Multi-Agent Orchestration System. After judging MCP hackathon submissions, I built my own system to explore better tooling patterns. MCP wins for standardization, but its current iteration is cumbersome. CLI allowed faster iteration while maintaining MCP-inspired architecture.

Multi-model: Claude + Gemini + Codex
Custom agent communication protocol
Vector DB for semantic context
CLI toolkit: spawn, send, claim, read
Plan approval for human oversight
Guardian file protection (T0-T3)
Real-time WebSocket heartbeats
Widget system with live canvas
This system powers its own development. Agents coordinate in real-time to build features, review code, and manage the project.

Why Anthropic – DevRel MCP

I've already been doing this work—at an Anthropic-sponsored event. As a judge at the AWS MCP Agents Hackathon, I evaluated how developers build with MCP. As a builder, I created my own MCP-inspired system. As a solutions engineer, I taught developers to adopt complex platforms.

I judged a hackathon where developers built MCP agents. Then I built my own system because I saw what was missing. Now I want to help every developer succeed where those hackathon participants struggled.