Developer Advocate AI/ML

Company: Encord
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

About us Encord is the universal data layer for AI that helps 300 AI teams train and run models on the right data. Our platform indexes, curates, annotates, and evaluates data across the full AI lifecycle, from development through production. Trusted by Woven by Toyota, AXA, UiPath, Zipline, and more. We're an ambitious team of 100 working at the frontier of AI and have raised $60M in Series C funding from Wellington Management, CRV, Next47 and Y Combinator. The Role We're looking for a Developer Advocate AI/ML to become the technical voice of Encord in the AI/ML developer community and leadership ecosystem. You'll create compelling technical content, speak at industry events, and build authentic relationships with practitioners building production AI systems as well as technical leaders shaping AI strategy. You'll represent Encord at major conferences and technical meetups, engaging with everyone from engineers to Directors of AI/ML, VPs of Engineering, and CTOs. This role combines technical education with executive-level thought leadership — producing tutorials and sample code for practitioners while creating strategic content on AI infrastructure, team scaling, and organisational best practices for technical leaders. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced ML practitioner to own a foundational developer relations function and grow your personal brand across all levels of AI/ML communities. What you'll do Build real-world examples and reference projects demonstrating Encord workflows across AI/ML use cases, using these implementations as the foundation for technical content including blog posts, video tutorials, interactive notebooks, code samples, and guides Speak at industry conferences and AI/ML meetups, delivering technical workshops for practitioners and strategic talks for engineering leaders on building effective AI teams and infrastructure Build and nurture Encord's developer community across various social platforms, engaging with individual contributors, team leads, and technical executives Lead research on emerging trends in foundation models and AI/ML, translating developments into actionable insights for both practitioners and leaders Serve as the voice of developers and technical leaders within Encord, channelling feedback from engineers and strategic insights from VPs and CTOs to Product and Engineering teams Organise and host virtual meetups, community workshops, and executive roundtables that bring together practitioners and leaders around shared technical and organisational challenges Who we're looking for An effective communicator who can explain complex technical concepts clearly to engineers while articulating strategic value and organisational impact to technical executives Comfortable being the technical face of a rapidly growing company, representing Encord credibly to both hands-on practitioners and C-level technical leaders at industry events Self-directed and entrepreneurial, able to identify opportunities and execute independently in a fast-moving start-up environment Passionate about helping developers solve problems and building technical communities while understanding the broader organisational challenges leaders face when scaling AI teams Experience requirements 3 years of hands-on experience as an ML Engineer, Computer Vision Engineer, or equivalent role, with a demonstrable track record of building and deploying models in production environments Strong Python proficiency and familiarity with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, with the ability to write clean, well-documented reference code and tutorials that practitioners can learn from and build on Proven experience creating technical content — blog posts, notebooks, video walkthroughs, or conference talks — that has reached and resonated with a developer or ML audience Demonstrated ability to communicate across audiences: translating low-level technical detail for practitioners and framing strategic value and organisational impact for VPs, Directors, and CTOs Experience representing a product or technology externally — at conferences, meetups, or in online communities — with comfort owning a stage and engaging authentically with technical audiences at all levels Self-starter with strong project ownership instincts, able to identify high-impact opportunities and execute independently in a fast-moving environment Bonus: Prior developer relations or developer advocacy experience; an existing presence in the AI/ML community (social following, published content, open-source contributions); familiarity with data-centric AI, computer vision pipelines, or multimodal data workflows Why Encord Competitive salary, commission, and meaningful equity in a high-growth start-up Clear, accelerated growth opportunities as the company scales rapidly Strong in-person culture: 3–5 days/week in our newly launched North Beach loft office Flexible PTO to fully recharge 18 paid vacation days in the U.S. plus federal holidays Annual learning & development budget Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage Frequent travel opportunities across the U.S., London, and Europe Bi-annual company offsites, twice-weekly team lunches, and monthly socials

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