Senior Developer Advocate — Global AI & Edge Tech

Akamai Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Senior Developer Advocate to bridge AI infrastructure and practical application development, with a focus on our China initiatives. You will collaborate with engineering and product teams to showcase capabilities while supporting a global developer ecosystem.

You will craft examples, tutorials, and content, document distributed edge systems, and engage with developers on GitHub, Discord, and at events.

Qualifications

• Strong AI engineering foundation with LLMs and open-source ecosystem.
• Hands-on experience with AI frameworks (PyTorch, Transformers, etc.).
• Proficient in running and optimizing GPU inference.
• Experience building distributed edge systems.
• Excellent communication and technical storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Develop clean, well-documented examples and projects for the developer community.
• Build and document distributed systems designed for global scale and high-performance inference at the edge.
• Create high-quality written and video content, including deep-dive YouTube tutorials and engaging short-form videos.
• Optimize and demonstrate LLM inference on GPUs within the open-source ecosystem.
• Lead community-building efforts with GitHub, Discord, and at industry events to foster a culture of technical excellence.
• Provide actionable feedback to internal engineering teams based on hands-on testing and developer insights.
• Represent the company through technical storytelling at conferences, workshops, and events in Asia and globally.

Skills

LLMs experience

Open-source AI

GPU inference

Tools

PyTorch

Hugging Face Transformers

vLLM

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Pydandic AI

Crew AI

Job description

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Senior Developer Advocate to bridge AI infrastructure and practical application development, with a focus on our China initiatives. You will collaborate with engineering and product teams to showcase capabilities while supporting a global developer ecosystem.

You will craft examples, tutorials, and content, document distributed edge systems, and engage with developers on GitHub, Discord, and at events.