Sr. Developer Advocate, Machine Learning

Company: Databricks Inc.
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

Are you a charismatic data science Developer Advocate at heart, someone who excels in the spotlight, loves presenting and hosting events, and possesses a deep knowledge of machine learning, data science, AI, and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform?As a Machine Learning Developer Advocate, you'll share your expertise in agents, AI, GenAI, MLOps, and LLMOps and be a conduit between the engineering teams and the developer community of data scientists and AI engineers building their careers on technologies including (but not limited to) pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, DSPy, MLflow, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and Databricks. You'll share your knowledge of best practices for developing and productionizing AI and machine learning by giving talks, hosting panels and meetups, blogging, answering forum questions, and meeting 1:1 with influential data scientists and AI engineers in the Databricks community. You'll work closely with the community and Mosaic AI product and engineering teams.This role will leverage your strong expertise in Databricks Mosaic AI to educate, inspire, and support our growing user base.Your responsibilities will encompass a wide range of knowledge-sharing activities. You'll deliver engaging talks, host insightful panels and meetups, create informative blogs and video content, develop comprehensive courseware, provide expert answers in community forums, and conduct one-on-one sessions with influential data engineers and scientists. These efforts will help disseminate best practices and foster a thriving Databricks community.Community engagement will be at the heart of your role. You'll work closely with the Databricks community and the product and engineering teams, ensuring that user needs and product development align seamlessly. Reporting directly to the Head of Developer Relations, you'll collaborate with fellow developer advocates and program managers to create and execute a cohesive and impactful developer relations strategy.The ideal candidate for this position will embody the values of our Developer Relations team: a deep passion for data and AI, genuine empathy for developers' needs, and a strong commitment to effectively explaining our products.You'll use your diverse Databricks skill set to educate the community about Databricks technologies and continuously gather and utilize community feedback to improve the developer experience.More about the DevRel team:At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data and AI teams to solve the world's most challenging problems - from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business.Our ability to execute this mission depends on building trust and recognition with an ever-growing community of data engineers, analysts, scientists, machine learning, and AI practitioners.The Developer Relations (DevRel) team at Databricks is dedicated to building and fostering relationships with communities of data practitioners. Our primary goal is to drive awareness and adoption of Databricks Mosaic AI and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.The impact you will have:

• Share knowledge about machine learning and large language model development, production, and operations; demonstrating an intricate understanding of how to streamline ML/AI/LLM lifecycles.
• Generate awareness for Databricks Mosaic AI by establishing it as a leading technical solution through regular speaking engagements at industry events.
• Expand Databricks Mosaic AI and MLflow meetups and user groups to attract tens of thousands of participants, fostering a thriving community.
• Foster enthusiasm for Databricks Mosaic AI and MLflow by leveraging creativity and innovation to create engaging experiences and content, welcoming novel perspectives and stimulating discussions.
• Enable data engineers to build MLOps and LLMOps infrastructure with MLflow.
• To facilitate the widespread adoption of new Databricks Mosaic AI features, create high-quality educational resources such as videos, sample notebooks, tutorials, and blog posts.
• Advocate for the needs and desires of the ML and AI communities within Databricks, ensuring their voices are heard and considered by other teams.
• Provide robust support for users across platforms like Slack, StackOverflow, and online communities to stay attuned to their feedback and requirements.What we look for:
  • 5+ years experience as DevRel and as a software developer, solutions architect, or related profession
  • Subject matter knowledge of solving data engineering problems at all scales.
  • Active participation and recognized leadership in Databricks community forums, chats, and meetups
  • You have experience with Python and SQL, machine learning and deep learning frameworks such as scikit-learn and PyTorch, and open source and SaaS AI models.
  • You are a leader in the data science and machine learning communities, including MLflow.
  • You have experience working with and contributing to open source communities.
  • You have experience managing, operationalizing, and engaging with developer communities, running user groups, or holding global meetups.
  • You are a solid communicator with experience writing about, teaching, and speaking about complex technical topics.
  • You have empathy and a deep technical understanding of developer personas and can apply that to the design and development of good experiences in tutorials, notebooks, communities, and more.Pay Range TransparencyDatabricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks utilizes the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here .
    Zone 2 Pay Range$133,000 - $203,800 USDAbout DatabricksDatabricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide - including Comcast, Cond-- Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 - rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter ,LinkedIn and Facebook .
    
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    Our Commitment to Diversity and InclusionAt Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.ComplianceIf access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.
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