Etched · 3 days ago
Developer Advocate
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expEtched is preparing to ship its first inference systems to customers and is looking for a Developer Advocate to shape the developer experience from documentation to production workloads. The role involves defining the developer experience vision, shaping technical content strategy, and bridging software and hardware interactions.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)ComputerHardwareSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Define the developer experience vision: Own how developers discover, learn, and succeed with Etched products—ensuring a clear path from unboxing to generating tokens
Shape technical content strategy: Set direction for documentation across Kayak software, hardware installation, system architecture, and operational guides; ensure consistency and coherence across teams
Bridge software and hardware: Work cross-functionally to connect the dots between chip-level capabilities and customer-facing workflows
Represent the developer: Bring customer perspective into technical decisions; identify gaps in the developer journey and drive solutions
Lead without writing everything: Technical writers handle content production within their orgs—you provide direction, review, and ensure the pieces fit together
Support benchmarking and demos: Partner with engineering to publish reproducible performance metrics and curate customer-facing demonstrations
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in developer relations, developer experience, or technical strategy roles
Strong familiarity with ML/AI systems—you don't need to be an inference specialist, but you should be comfortable navigating conversations about model serving, hardware acceleration, and datacenter infrastructure
Experience shaping how developers interact with technical products (not just writing docs, but defining what should exist and why)
Customer-facing instincts: you've worked directly with developers and understand what makes technical content land
A proactive, ownership-oriented mindset—you see gaps, speak up, and drive to resolution without waiting for permission
Strong opinions about what great developer experiences look like, and the ability to articulate and defend those opinions
Preferred
Experience in developer advocacy or dev rel at an AI/ML infrastructure company
Familiarity with inference serving stacks (vLLM, SGLang) or ML frameworks (PyTorch, JAX)
Background in technical education, workshops, or deep learning instruction
Experience with datacenter hardware, system architecture, or platform engineering
Comfort with modern documentation tooling (docs-as-code, versioned repos, auto-generation from source)
Benefits
Full medical, dental, and vision packages, with generous premium coverage
Housing subsidy of $2,000/month for those living within walking distance of the office
Daily lunch and dinner in our office
Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
Company
Etched
Building the hardware for superintelligence
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$125.36MKey Investors
Primary Venture Partners
2024-06-25Series A· $120M
2023-05-16Seed· $5.36M
Leadership Team
Chris Zhu
Co-Founder
Robert Wachen
Co-Founder and President
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