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Our team ensures developers succeed by providing the samples, architectural guidance, and storytelling they need to build global-scale AI applications.\nPartner with the best\nAs a Senior Developer Advocate in China, you will bridge the gap between deep AI infrastructure and practical application development. You will collaborate with engineering and product teams highlighting our technology's capabilities, while advocating the need for global AI developer ecosystem.\nAs Senior Developer Advocate, you will be responsible for:\nDeveloping clean, well-documented examples and projects for our developer community\nBuilding and documenting distributed systems designed for global scale and high-performance inference at the edge.\nCreating high-quality written and video content, including deep-dive YouTube tutorials and efficient, engaging short-form videos for social platforms.\nOptimizing and demonstrating LLM inference on GPUs, focusing on performance, latency, and efficiency within the open-source ecosystem.\nLeading community building efforts engaging with developers on GitHub, Discord, and at industry events to foster a culture of technical excellence.\nProviding actionable feedback to internal engineering teams based on hands-on testing and developer community insights.\nRepresenting the company through technical storytelling at conferences, workshops, live-coding sessions, and engaging with the developer community in Asia and globally.\nDo what you love\nTo be successful in this role you will:\nHave a good technical foundation in AI Engineering with significant experience in LLMs and the open-source AI ecosystem.\nPossess hands-on experience with AI frameworks, i.e. PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, vLLM, LangChain or LlamaIndex, Crew AI, Pydandic AI, or similar.\nBe proficient in running and optimizing inference on GPUs and deploying models in edge computing environments.\nUnderstand the principles of building and scaling distributed systems for global workloads.\nBe an expert communicator capable of producing high-production-value video content and clear technical documentation.\nBe a strategic thinker who can identify emerging AI trends and translate them into practical developer resources.\nEnjoy mentoring other developers and influencing technical roadmaps across cross-functional organizations.\nAbout us\nAt Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.\nWhether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. 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