Akamai Technologies

Senior Developer Advocate

Akamai Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: CaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $169,300 - $280,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Developing and maintaining creative, hands-on technical samples that highlight platform capabilities through real-world AI use cases
  • Building and documenting distributed systems designed for global scale and high-performance inference at the edge
  • Creating high-quality written and video content, including deep-dive Youtube tutorials and efficient, engaging short-form videos for social platforms
  • Optimizing and demonstrating LLM inference on GPUs, focusing on performance, latency, and efficiency within the open-source ecosystem
  • Leading community building efforts by engaging with developers on GitHub, Discord, and at industry events to foster a culture of technical excellence
  • Contributing to the open-source LLM ecosystem and ensuring our tools integrate seamlessly with popular AI frameworks and libraries
  • Providing actionable feedback to internal engineering teams baed on hands-on testing and developer community insights
  • Representing the company through technical storytelling at conferences, workshops, and live-coding sessions
  • Engage with the developer community in SF and the Bay Area and globally

Requirements

  • Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
  • Have a strong technical foundation at AI Engineering with significant experience in LLMs and the open-source AI ecosystem
  • Possess hands-on experience with AI frameworks such as PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, vLLM, LangChain or LlamIndex, Crew AI, Pydandic AI, or similar
  • Be proficient in running and optimizing inference on GPU's and deploying models in edge computing environments
  • Understand the principles of building and scaling distributed systems for global workloads
  • Be an expert communicator capable of producing high-production-value video content and clear technical documentation
  • Be a strategic thinker who can identify emerging AI trends and translate them into practical developer resources
  • Enjoy mentoring other developers and influencing technical roadmaps across cross-functional organizations
  • Provide a portfolio when applying that includes: GitHub Samples (Repositories showing practical AI engineering or distributed systems work) Video Content (Links to your technical videos long-form and short-form styles) Written Work (Links to technical blogs, whitepapers, or samples of documentation) Talks and Presentations (Evidence of previous technical speaking engagements or webinars
Benefits
  • healthcare
  • 401K savings plan
  • company holidays
  • vacation (in the form of PTO)
  • sick time
  • family friendly benefits including parental leave
  • employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
AI EngineeringLLMsPyTorchHugging Face TransformersvLLMLangChainLlamIndexCrew AIPydandic AIGPU optimization
Soft Skills
expert communicatorstrategic thinkermentoringcommunity buildingtechnical storytellingengagementinfluencingcollaborationfeedback provisioncontent creation
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeequivalent degree