Sr. Developer Advocate, AI and Machine Learning

More about the DevRel team

The Developer Relations (DevRel) team at Databricks is dedicated to building and fostering relationships with communities of data practitioners. Our goal is to drive awareness and adoption of the Databricks Data + AI Platform — including Lakeflow, Lakebase, Genie Agents, and AI/BI — alongside the open source projects that underpin it, such as Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, MLflow, Apache Iceberg™, and Omnigent. Our team also owns programs like the Databricks MVP program, the user group program, and DevConnect roadshows.

The impact you will have

• Be a consistent, recognized presence in the Bay Area AI community — speaking at local user groups and meetups, showing up to the events that matter, and building real relationships with the practitioners and founders shaping the space.
• Own medium-to-large advocacy projects end-to-end, from scoping through delivery, for the AI and agents area.
• Create production-ready reference implementations, starter kits, and demos that show practitioners how to build, evaluate, and govern agents on Databricks — and get them to first value in minutes, not hours.
• Create high-quality educational content — videos, sample notebooks, datasets, tutorials, courseware, and blog posts — and reuse each core asset across formats to reach practitioners wherever they already are.
• Drive awareness and adoption of Databricks AI capabilities through speaking engagements at industry events and conferences.
• Act as a trusted advisor between the AI community and our product teams, and influence roadmap discussions with what you learn.
• Expand and nurture the Databricks AI and ML community by growing meetups and user groups and supporting practitioners in online communities.
• Gather and analyze community feedback to drive continuous improvement of Databricks products and services.
• Mentor and unblock less-experienced advocates in content, demos, and public speaking.

What we look for

• 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, not only presenting about them.
• 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 genuinely willing to be out in the community on a regular basis, including evenings.
• Active participation and recognized leadership in AI and ML community forums, chats, and meetups — measured by what the community builds with your help, not by follower count.
• A public portfolio of technical work: tutorials, talks, repositories, or sustained community contributions.
• Proven track record in nurturing developer communities, organizing user groups, and facilitating meetups.
• Exceptional communication skills, with a talent for articulating complex concepts through writing, teaching, video, and public speaking.
• Deep empathy for developer needs, with the 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.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected 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 anticipates utilizing 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—$186,100 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

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