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Developer Relations Engineer

Vast AI· Marketing
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San Francisco, Los Angeles$160k - $200kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Engineer role that operates in public, using Vast.ai to rent GPUs, build and deploy open-source models, and report friction back to engineering. Focused on running workloads, creating public repos and benchmarks, and acting as a highly credible technical voice in community channels and at events.

Responsibilities

  • Run real workloads on Vast every week. Deploy, fine-tune, and serve open source models, and keep live endpoints running.
  • Build public example repos, Docker templates, and benchmarks that developers can clone and use.
  • Turn what you build into teaching: guides, short videos, talks, livestreams.
  • Be the most technically credible voice in our Discord, on Reddit, and on X.
  • Represent Vast at hackathons and conferences, roughly one trip a month.
  • Report the friction, the breakage, and the missing docs straight to engineering and product.

Qualifications

  • You can take an open source model from Hugging Face to a running endpoint on rented GPUs with nobody helping you. Linux, Docker, Python, SSH.
  • You can debug the GPU stack. Driver and CUDA mismatches, out of memory errors, and multi-GPU configuration including NCCL and topology issues do not scare you.
  • Public proof of work you have shipped. A GitHub profile, technical writing, or live projects. We will ask you to walk us through code you wrote and explain the parts that went wrong.
  • You work without a roadmap and prefer it that way. Nobody here will hand you a task list.
  • You can explain a hard thing clearly, in writing and out loud.

Skills

Required:Open-source model deploymentLinuxDockerPythonSSH

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • Meals on site.
  • Travel and conference budget.
Last updated Aug 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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