Senior Developer Advocate - Video AI (Remote)

Livepeer • Full-time • Remote (Brooklyn, United States) • 6d ago

Location: Remote
Compensation: Competitive Salary & Benefits

About Livepeer AI:

Livepeer is on a mission to build the world’s open video infrastructure. Founded in 2017, it is the world’s first open-source protocol for decentralized video streaming, built on Ethereum. The project has empowered developers to create scalable, cost-effective, and censorship-resistant video applications. The Livepeer network has transcoded billion of minutes, serving Web3 and Web2 platforms across gaming, entertainment, social media, and beyond.

In 2024, Livepeer AI was introduced, unlocking Livepeer’s compute network for AI inference workflows. From real-time video transcription and object detection to scene recognition and AI-powered editing, Livepeer AI brings advanced machine learning directly into the decentralized video stack. These new tools not only reduce costs but also empower developers to build richer, smarter, and more engaging video experiences—whether for Web3 platforms, AI-powered dApps, or even traditional video use cases.

Your Role:

As a Senior Developer Advocate for Video AI, you’ll help developers around the world unlock the potential of Livepeer’s advanced AI capabilities. From crafting impactful proof-of-concept projects to hosting webinars that educate and inspire, you’ll empower developers to create innovative video applications and workflows. You’ll also leverage your own personal following to amplify the reach of Livepeer’s mission, connecting with developers where they already are and driving excitement for the platform.

Responsibilities:

1. Building Easy-To-Copy Demos

Experiment with the latest AI/ML magic to create interesting new workflows (pipelines) on ComfyUI and beyond.
Dream up and code small, eye-catching projects that show off Livepeer’s superpowers in real-time AI video.
Craft open-source tools, SDKs, and libraries to make life easier (and more fun) for developers diving into Livepeer.

2. Growing An Awesome Dev Community

Engage a community of worldwide developers —answer their questions, gather their ideas, and build something amazing together.
Host and join hackathons, meetups, and events where creativity meets innovation (bonus points if snacks are involved).
Be the ultimate developer cheerleader, ensuring their feedback shapes Livepeer’s future and makes them feel heard.

3. Making Stellar Content

Produce technical tutorials, guides, and blog posts to educate developers on building video AI applications using Livepeer.
Create engaging video demos and walkthroughs to visually demonstrate Livepeer’s capabilities.
Host webinars and workshops to teach best practices and inspire creative uses of Livepeer technology.

Experience Required:

Experience: 5–6 years of relevant experience.
Strong Past experience - You’ve got a solid track record in developer advocacy / evangelism, solutions engineering or , with hands-on experience in video technology, AI/ML, or building tools that developers love
Comfy UI Experience: Proficient in creating modular node graphs and workflow modularization, with custom node development in Python and experience in visual tools like TouchDesigner and Grasshopper.
Strong Social Following - you have an active and engaged Twitter following, with a track record of sharing insightful content, fostering discussions, and building connections within the developer, AI, or video technology communities.
Community Building: Proven track record of fostering developer communities, driving engagement through various channels. A bonus is experience working with Discord, Twitter Spaces and streaming platforms.
Giving Workshops - Comfortable delivering presentations and workshops to both technical and non-technical audiences. Experience giving presentations both virtually and IRL.
Creating Documentation: Actively shares workflow designs, documents custom nodes, maintains repositories, produces tutorials, and emphasizes clear attribution and licensing for collaborative development.

Technical Skills:

Strong AI/ML Proficiency: good understanding of diffusion models, LoRA training, model merging, ONNX optimization, and prompt engineering, alongside expertise in TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Hugging Face for AI/ML development and integration.
Cloud and Edge Deployment: Experienced in deploying scalable AI workloads on AWS, GCP, Azure, NVIDIA Jetson, and containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes, with a focus on real-time, low-latency solutions.
Computer Vision and Video AI Expertise: Skilled in computer vision and video-specific AI models (e.g., Stable Diffusion, StyleGAN) with a focus on optimizing inference for real-time performance using GPUs, TPUs, and FPGAs.
Performance Optimization Expertise: Skilled in GPU memory management, model pruning, quantization, batch processing, and VRAM optimization, with advanced knowledge of hardware acceleration techniques and scaling for high-concurrency, low-latency applications.
Good Video Technology Skills: Proficient with video processing tools like OpenCV, FFmpeg, and GStreamer, familiar with codecs, frame extraction/reconstruction, and real-time video transformation, though limited experience with live streaming protocols (e.g., RTMP, HLS).
Workflow and Infrastructure Development: Competent in infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines for deploying AI models into production, managing data flows, and ensuring seamless scalability with robust error handling.
Modular, Composable Pipelines: Strong preference for pre-built libraries, plug-and-play functionality, and robust APIs/SDKs for rapid experimentation and integration with cloud and edge platforms.

Compensation and Benefits:

Base Salary: Competitive and dependent on location.
Token Package: Competitive token package with a 3-year vesting schedule.
Employee Stock Option Plan: Competitive ESOP with 4-year vesting and a 1-year cliff.
Holidays: 25 vacation days per year plus any national holidays.
Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance in applicable locations.
Pension: Company pension contributions in applicable locations.
Equipment: Choose a laptop of your preference (we’ll purchase it for you).
Remote Work: Work anywhere in the world. Global mobility support.
Flexible Working: Flexible hours to support work-life balance.
Team-Building: Regular virtual team-building activities.
Latest Tech: Work with cutting-edge AI and the latest technologies alongside an innovative and entrepreneurial team.