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Sr. Developer Advocate, AI and Machine Learning

Databricks· Engineering / Developer Relations
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Hybrid (Bay Area)$133k - $186.1kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Developer Advocate focused on AI and Machine Learning in the Bay Area, acting as the voice of Databricks in the AI community and bridging engineering with practitioners through content, demos, and events.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver engaging talks, host panels and meetups, create blogs and video content, develop courseware, answer questions in community forums, and meet one-on-one with influential AI engineers and data scientists.
  • Be the voice of Databricks in the Bay Area AI community and a crucial link between engineering and the global community of data scientists and AI engineers.
  • Translate learnings from customers and the community into reference implementations, demos, and content that are production-ready.
  • Build relationships with the Bay Area AI practitioner community and relay feedback to product and engineering teams.
  • Collaborate with Developer Advocates and program managers to create and execute a cohesive developer relations strategy.
  • Mentor and unblock less-experienced advocates in content, demos, and public speaking.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of combined experience as a developer advocate and in a hands-on technical role — software engineer, ML engineer, data scientist, or solutions architect.
  • 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 willing to be out in the community regularly, including evenings.
  • Active participation and recognized leadership in AI and ML community forums, chats, and meetups.
  • Public portfolio of technical work: tutorials, talks, repositories, or sustained community contributions.
  • Proven track record in nurturing developer communities and organizing user groups and meetups.
  • Exceptional communication skills across writing, teaching, video, and public speaking.
  • Deep empathy for developer needs and 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.

Skills

Required:Developer advocacy and public speakingPythonAI/ML systems engineeringCommunity building

Benefits

  • Benefits information available via regional page link.
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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