Sr. Developer Advocate, Machine Learning

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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.