Senior Developer Advocate

Company: Recruiting From Scratch
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 24, 2025

Job Description:

Who is :Recruiting from Scratch is a talent firm that focuses on placing the best candidate for our clients.Title of Role: Senior Developer AdvocateLocation: San Francisco, CACompany Stage of Funding: Series AOffice Type: Hybrid (with many team members onsite 5 days a week)Salary: $150,000 - $200,000 + Generous EquityCompany DescriptionOur client is a fast-growing AI infrastructure startup founded by former Uber and Google engineers with deep experience in large-scale artificial intelligence and open source. Originally launched as an AutoML platform, the company pivoted 1.5 years ago to focus exclusively on generative AI and large language models (LLMs).Their platform is built to power the next wave of AI applications-offering a secure, customizable, and high-performance infrastructure layer for serving and fine-tuning LLMs. Unlike commercial offerings that treat AI as a black box, this company gives developers control, ownership, and flexibility with their models. Their unique value prop centers on faster, cheaper, and more accurate models-plus reinforcement fine-tuning as a managed service.With a team of -30 and customers including major enterprises like Qualcomm, Checkr, Marsh McLennan, and a large social media company, the company is scaling quickly and has a passionate user base in the AI community.What You Will DoAs the Senior Developer Advocate, you will become the bridge between our client's cutting-edge AI platform and the broader machine learning and developer communities. You will:

• Lead the company's developer advocacy function and define its strategy.
• Create compelling technical content such as blog posts, tutorials, video demos, and benchmark articles.
• Deliver presentations at conferences, webinars, and virtual events to share insights on generative AI and the platform's capabilities.
• Translate advanced ML concepts into clear, accessible content for technical audiences.
• Build hands-on demos and tutorials that show how to get started and go deep with the platform.
• Engage with developers across communities like Discord, GitHub, Reddit, and Twitter.
• Partner with the engineering and product teams to ensure feedback loops from the community shape future roadmap and go-to-market.Ideal Candidate BackgroundYou might be a great fit for this role if you have:
  • 3-6 years of experience in engineering, developer relations, or technical advocacy/content creation.
  • A solid engineering foundation, ideally having started in software development or ML engineering.
  • Strong technical communication skills: whether writing, speaking, or recording.
  • A portfolio of content-blogs, videos, talks, docs-that educates and inspires developers.
  • Experience working with LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama, DeepSeek), vector databases (Pinecone), and modern data pipelines.
  • A background in AI infrastructure, model training, or AI serving platforms is highly desirable.Preferred
    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
    • Demonstrated community-building experience: from leading workshops to organizing meetups or driving engagement on technical social platforms.
    • Active social media presence with a track record of promoting technical content.
    • Experience in a high-growth startup environment with a fast-paced, iterative product mindset.Compensation, Benefits, and Other Details
      • Salary Range: $150,000 - $200,000
      • Equity: Generous stock options package
      • Benefits:
        • Comprehensive healthcare
        • Unlimited vacation policy
        • 401(k) plan
        • Commuter benefits
        • Free meals provided in-office
        • Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
        • Urgent need - ideal start date within the month.
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