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Senior Developer Advocate, AI Content & Community

SambaNova · San Jose

Pay
$196K–$240K
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Posted
Sep 23, 2026
Tracked open for 33 days
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About the role

SambaNova is a leader in next-generation AI infrastructure, delivering a full-stack inference platform for customers worldwide. At the core of SambaNova's technology is the RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit) — a chip built on a dataflow architecture rather than the traditional GPU model. Its decode performance is especially strong for agentic workloads like multi-turn agents, code generation, and long-running applications. RDUs are packaged into SambaRack, rack-scale hardware that lets customers deploy state-of-the-art models with better performance, greater energy efficiency, and faster time to value.


SambaNova is hiring a Senior Developer Advocate, AI Content & Community to make its technology visible, useful, and compelling to AI builders. This role will combine hands-on development with the reach and instincts of a trusted creator: building standout demos, showing developers what is possible, and working with influential voices across the developer ecosystem to amplify SambaNova’s technology.

 

About the Role

 

This is a builder-and-influencer role centered on working demos and developer credibility. You will use SambaCloud and the broader SambaNova platform to create agentic AI demos, applications, code, tutorials, videos, and live experiences that developers want to try and share. You will also cultivate relationships with technical creators, open-source contributors, community leaders, and developer influencers, turning product capabilities and ecosystem integrations into credible moments of discovery. The right candidate can prototype quickly, explain the technology clearly, perform naturally on camera or onstage, and convert one strong demo into content that travels across repositories, social channels, livestreams, workshops, and events.

 

Responsibilities

 

  • Build polished agentic AI applications, reference demos, and repeatable developer workflows that showcase what developers can create with SambaCloud
  • Own a steady demo pipeline from concept and prototype through testing, packaging, documentation, recording, live delivery, and reuse by the field and community
  • Create original developer content across code repositories, videos, livestreams, tutorials, blog posts, social posts, and other developer-native formats
  • Serve as an authentic public voice for SambaNova across GitHub, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, community forums, meetups, hackathons, and conferences
  • Develop relationships with developer influencers, technical creators, open-source maintainers, and community leaders who can extend the reach and credibility of SambaNova’s work
  • Co-create demos, technical content, events, and social moments with creators and ecosystem partners
  • Translate inference, model serving, agent workflows, and platform capabilities into practical examples without sacrificing technical substance
  • Turn product launches, integrations, benchmarks, and technical proof points into compelling demos and developer stories
  • Engage directly with developers, answer questions, gather feedback, and bring recurring friction and feature requests back to Product and Engineering
  • Partner with Developer Relations, Product, Engineering, Product Marketing, Design, and Partner teams to align demos and content with priority use cases and launches
  • Measure demo usage, developer activation, creator participation, social reach, engagement, community growth, and qualitative feedback; use those insights to improve the program

 

What We’re Looking For

 

  • 5+ years of experience in developer advocacy, software engineering, technical content creation, developer marketing, or a combination of these disciplines
  • Hands-on experience building with Python, APIs, large language models, and contemporary agent or orchestration frameworks
  • A substantial public portfolio of working demos, repositories, tutorials, talks, videos, livestreams, or substantive social content
  • A demonstrated ability to earn attention and engage a technical audience through developer communities and social platforms
  • Strong on-camera, live presentation, writing, and technical storytelling skills
  • Fluency in the AI developer ecosystem and genuine curiosity about new models, agent patterns, tools, and infrastructure tradeoffs
  • Ability to prototype quickly, troubleshoot live demos, learn in public, and respond constructively to technical feedback
  • Comfort owning an editorial and demo calendar and shipping consistently in a fast-moving environment

 

Preferred Qualifications

 

  • Experience creating agentic AI demos, multimodal applications, or production-oriented reference implementations
  • Familiarity with OpenAI-compatible APIs, model evaluation, prompt caching, retrieval, tool use, and inference performance concepts
  • An established network or engaged presence among AI developers, technical creators, open-source projects, or developer communities
  • A track record of successful collaborations with developer influencers, technology partners, creators, or open-source maintainers
  • Experience hosting workshops, hackathons, meetups, panels, livestreams, or conference sessions
  • Video production or editing skills and an instinct for adapting one technical demo to multiple channels without turning it into hype

 

Why This Role Matters

 

Developers trust working code, useful demos, and respected voices more than claims. This role will make SambaNova tangible to builders, create demonstrations that prove what the platform can do, and mobilize the developer influencers and communities that can carry those stories across the AI ecosystem.

Base Salary Range:


Base Pay Range
$196,000—$240,000 USD

Submission Guidelines
Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any position at SambaNova Systems, you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified. 

EEO Policy
SambaNova Systems is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard basis of age (40 and over), color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin/ancestry, race, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), sexual orientation, and any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Benefits Summary for US-Based, Full-Time Employment Positions
SambaNova offers a competitive total rewards package, including the base salary, plus equity and benefits. We cover 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, and 77% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution. We also offer Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans in addition to Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options like Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care. Our library of well-being benefits available to you and your dependents includes a full subscription to Headspace, Gympass+ membership with access to physical gyms, One Medical membership, counseling services with an Employee Assistance Program, and much more.

From SambaNova's careers page. First seen Sep 24, 2026, last verified Oct 26, 2026.

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