Senior AI/ML DevRel Advocate — Bay Area

Databricks Inc.; Seattle (WA); Ibrido; USD 133.000 - 186.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Databricks Inc. is hiring a Senior Developer Advocate for AI/ML in the Bay Area to drive community engagement and translate practitioner needs into production-ready demos and content.

You will build relationships with AI engineers and data scientists, deliver talks and tutorials, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to shape the Databricks AI platform. This role requires frequent community presence and strong Python skills.

Competenze

• 5+ years of combined experience as a developer advocate and in a hands-on technical role.
• Professional experience actually building and operating AI or ML systems.
• Subject matter knowledge of solving AI and ML problems at scale, including agent design, evaluation, and production operations.
• Comprehensive understanding of the Databricks AI ecosystem, including Genie Agents, Genie, MLflow, and Databricks Unity AI Gateway.
• Strong Python skills and fluency with the current agent and ML tooling landscape.
• Based in the Bay Area and genuinely willing to be out in the community on a regular basis, including evenings.
• Active participation and recognized leadership in AI and ML community forums, chats, and meetups.
• A public portfolio of technical work: tutorials, talks, repositories, or sustained community contributions.
• Proven track record in nurturing developer communities, organizing user groups, and facilitating meetups.
• Exceptional communication skills, with a talent for articulating complex concepts through writing, teaching, video, and public speaking.
• Deep empathy for developer needs, with the ability to craft engaging experiences across tutorials, notebooks, and community platforms.
• Adept at collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to align community initiatives with product objectives.

Mansioni

• Be a consistent, recognized presence in the Bay Area AI community — speaking at local user groups and meetups, building real relationships with practitioners and founders.
• Own medium-to-large advocacy projects end-to-end, from scoping through delivery, for the AI and agents area.
• Create production-ready reference implementations, starter kits, and demos that show practitioners how to build, evaluate, and govern agents on Databricks.
• Create high-quality educational content — videos, sample notebooks, datasets, tutorials, courseware, and blog posts.
• Drive awareness and adoption of Databricks AI capabilities through speaking engagements at industry events and conferences.
• Act as a trusted advisor between the AI community and our product teams, and influence roadmap discussions with what you learn.
• Expand and nurture the Databricks AI and ML community by growing meetups and user groups and supporting practitioners in online communities.
• Gather and analyze community feedback to drive continuous improvement of Databricks products and services.
• Mentor and unblock less-experienced advocates in content, demos, and public speaking.

Conoscenze

Python

Public speaking

Community building

Cross-functional collaboration

AI/ML systems

Descrizione del lavoro

Databricks Inc. is hiring a Senior Developer Advocate for AI/ML in the Bay Area to drive community engagement and translate practitioner needs into production-ready demos and content.

You will build relationships with AI engineers and data scientists, deliver talks and tutorials, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to shape the Databricks AI platform. This role requires frequent community presence and strong Python skills.