Developer relations, API strategy, and technical storytelling.
I’m Richard Moot. I’ve spent the last decade working across developer relations, API platforms, commercial developer products, and technical go-to-market at Block, Square, Shippo, and Codility.
I’m currently looking for remote roles and taking selective consulting engagements. This site is the working archive for what I’ve built, what I’ve shared publicly, and the kinds of problems I help teams solve.
What I help with
01
Developer relations strategy
Positioning, narrative, launch motion, and programs for teams that need technical credibility with developers.
02
API + platform systems
Governance, onboarding, roadmap clarity, and developer experience reviews for commercial or internal platforms.
03
AI + MCP tooling
Tool architecture, workflow design, and practical adoption plans for teams bringing AI-assisted development into real use.
Availability
Status
Open to remote senior individual contributor and leadership roles, plus selective consulting work.
Best fit
Developer relations leadership, platform strategy, API product work, technical storytelling, and AI tooling.
Full-time
Considering remote-only positions.
Selected output
Talks, podcasts, and write-ups that show how I work through developer relations, platform strategy, API design, and AI tooling in public.
Designing the Layered Tool Pattern
MCP Dev Summit
Shared how the Square MCP server orchestrates discovery, planning, and execution layers so MCP clients like Goose stay reliable even across hundreds of endpoints.
Layered Tool Pattern for MCP
WorkOS MCP Night 2.0
Demoed how the Square MCP server’s layered tool pattern compresses 30+ APIs into discovery, planning, and execution tools that Goose, our MCP client, can reason over.
MCP Night 2.0 Demo Recap
WorkOS Blog
WorkOS covered Block’s layered tool approach that shrinks a massive API surface into three MCP primitives for AI enablement.
Experience
A compressed timeline of roles across developer relations, API platforms, advocacy, sales engineering, and technical product work.
Career / Selected work
Where I have led, shipped, and grown.
Block
Developer Relations Tech Lead, AI Enablement
2023 / 2026
Square
Head of Developer Relations
2021 / 2023
Square
Staff API Engineer & Advocate
2020 / 2021
Square
Senior Developer Advocate
2017 / 2020
Shippo
Developer Evangelist
2017 / 2017
Codility
Sales Engineer
2015 / 2016
Codility
Technical Product Specialist
2015 / 2016