SDK/API & Developer Platform Lead

Velaura AI, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Velaura is seeking an SDK/API & Developer Platform Lead to own the customer-facing software experience for Velaura’s AI SoC, defining public APIs, SDK structure, CLI tools, sample apps, docs, and developer workflows.

This role will partner with AI, multimedia, robotics, and model-zoo teams to deliver model examples, ROS and camera pipelines, containers, and reference applications, while mentoring engineers and shaping the developer portal.

Qualifications

• Experience building SDKs and developer platforms for customer-facing tools.
• Strong APIs, production-quality examples, and documentation.
• Experience with Linux-based embedded systems and robotics.
• Ability to align SDK with hardware/software platforms.
• Experience leading technical teams in SDK/API architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own SDK architecture, public APIs, command-line tools, sample applications, documentation strategy, and developer workflows.
• Set the API standards, versioning, error handling, logging, packaging, compatibility, and deprecation policies across platform, AI runtime, camera, and robotics components.
• Lead the developer experience for installing the SDK, flashing boards, running demos, deploying models, using cameras, and integrating with applications.
• Work with AI, multimedia, robotics, and model-zoo teams to deliver model examples, camera-to-NPU pipelines, ROS examples, containers, and reference applications.
• Own developer documentation structure, getting-started guides, tutorials, API references, troubleshooting guides, migration guides, and known-issues workflows.
• Partner with Tools/Release on downloads, package repos, release notes, compatibility matrices, SDK artifacts, archived releases, checksums, and versioned documentation.
• Help define developer portal requirements including docs, downloads, model/app catalog, camera compatibility, KB integration, entitlement/access control, and support-bundle workflows.
• Ensure SDK quality by partnering with SQA on examples, docs validation, install tests, compatibility tests, and release readiness.
• Represent the customer developer perspective in architecture and prioritization discussions.
• Hire, mentor, and lead engineers focused on SDK APIs, developer tools, documentation systems, developer portal integration, and sample applications.

Skills

SDK development

C/C++

Python

Linux embedded

Developer experience

Leadership

API design

Tools

ROS 2

GStreamer

OpenCV

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for an SDK/API & Developer Platform Lead to own the customer-facing software experience for Velaura’s AI SoC.

This role will define and lead development of public APIs, SDK structure, command-line tools, sample applications, documentation, developer workflows, model and camera examples, developer portal content, compatibility matrices, and the path from “unboxing the eval kit” to running real robotics and AI workloads.

Responsibilities

• Own SDK architecture, public APIs, command-line tools, sample applications, documentation strategy, and developer workflows.

• Set the API standards, versioning, error handling, logging, packaging, compatibility, and deprecation policies across platform, AI runtime, camera, and robotics components.

• Lead the developer experience for installing the SDK, flashing boards, running demos, deploying models, using cameras, and integrating with applications.

• Work with AI, multimedia, robotics, and model-zoo teams to deliver model examples, camera-to-NPU pipelines, ROS examples, containers, and reference applications.

• Own developer documentation structure, getting-started guides, tutorials, API references, troubleshooting guides, migration guides, and known-issues workflows.

• Partner with Tools/Release on downloads, package repos, release notes, compatibility matrices, SDK artifacts, archived releases, checksums, and versioned documentation.

• Help define developer portal requirements including docs, downloads, model/app catalog, camera compatibility, KB integration, entitlement/access control, and support-bundle workflows.

• Ensure SDK quality by partnering with SQA on examples, docs validation, install tests, compatibility tests, and release readiness.

• Represent the customer developer perspective in architecture and prioritization discussions.

• Hire, mentor, and lead engineers focused on SDK APIs, developer tools, documentation systems, developer portal integration, and sample applications.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience building SDKs, developer platforms, embedded software APIs, or customer-facing developer tools.

• Strong C/C++ and Python experience, with ability to design clean APIs and production-quality examples.

• Experience with Linux-based embedded systems, AI/ML runtimes, robotics, camera pipelines, or hardware/software platforms.

• Strong sense of developer experience, documentation quality, API usability, and release discipline.

• Ability to work across kernel, runtime, compiler, multimedia, robotics, tools, SQA, and product teams.

• Experience translating complex low-level capabilities into usable customer-facing software.

• Experience leading technical teams or major SDK/API architecture areas.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI accelerator SDKs, robotics SDKs, Jetson-like platforms, edge AI products, or semiconductor developer kits.

• Familiarity with ONNX/PyTorch/TFLite model flows, ROS 2, GStreamer, OpenCV, containers, Linux packaging, or Python packaging.

• Experience building developer portals, documentation sites, SDK installers, CLI tools, sample catalogs, knowledge bases, or model zoos.

• Experience with API governance, semantic versioning, compatibility matrices, customer migration guides, and release notes.

• Experience working with early customers, field teams, support teams, or developer relations.

• Ability to write excellent technical documentation and set a high bar for customer-facing materials.

$200,000 - $300,000 a year

Compensation & Benefits

At Velaura, we believe exceptional talent deserves exceptional rewards. Compensation for this role includes a base salary and very competitive equity compensation, allowing team members to share in the company’s long-term success.

The base pay listed represents a good faith estimate that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of hire. Actual compensation will depend on multiple factors, including the candidate's skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and geographic location.

In addition to base salary and equity compensation, Velaura offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off; flexible work arrangements; professional development opportunities; and other benefits designed to support the well‑being and growth of our team.

Velaura is committed to pay equity and transparency and regularly benchmarks compensation to ensure we remain competitive in the market.

Why Velaura?

Velaura is building next‑generation compute technology for cloud, edge, and PhysicalAI. Our solutions will enable robots, autonomous systems, drones, and other intelligentmachines to operate efficiently in the physical world.
This is an opportunity to help build foundational technology at a time when the industry is undergoing fundamental change. You will work alongside experienced leaders, architects, engineers, and operators who have delivered industry‑defining products across mobile, cloud, semiconductor, and AI platforms. If you enjoy solving difficult problems, working across disciplines, and helping shape thefuture of Physical AI, we would love to hear from you.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Accommodations

Velaura is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability orprotected veteran status. We also take affirmative action to offer employment
opportunities to minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.

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