Global Head, AI Software Developer Evangelism

Intel is seeking a visionary leader to head its global Developer Evangelism team, focusing on AI at the edge and on the PC. This role involves building and nurturing developer communities around OpenVINO and Open Edge Platform, championing open-source, and advocating for developer needs. The leader will drive flagship outreach programs, engage with executives, develop technical content, and speak at global conferences to inspire innovation and measure impact.

Must Have

• Build and nurture thriving developer communities around OpenVINO and the Open Edge Platform.
• Champion the health and growth of the OpenVINO open-source ecosystem.
• Represent developer needs internally, influencing product, engineering, and marketing roadmaps.
• Drive major outreach programs including OpenVINO DevCon, Google Summer of Code, and presence at top-tier conferences.
• Deliver compelling demos and presentations to customers and partners.
• Collaborate on high-impact technical content, tutorials, and documentation.
• Speak at global conferences, webinars, and workshops.
• Analyze community engagement metrics and refine strategy.
• BS in Computer Science or related field with 10+ years of related experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Deep learning, AI and data science knowledge.
• 5+ years of experience in Generative AI and Large Language Model applications and fundamentals.
• 5+ years of experience in C, C++ and Python, and familiar with hardware accelerations.
• 5+ years of experience in public presentations (webinars, podcasts, presentations, training and writing technical blogs).
• 5+ years of experience in software evangelism or developer advocate experience.
• Ability to write functional code (demos) as a contributor.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time.

Good to Have

• Expertise in one or more AI frameworks such as PyTorch or experience in working with libraries such as Hugging Face.
• PhD and peer-reviewed publications in relevant field.
• Experience in product prototyping (both software and hardware).
• Experience in working with hardware accelerated platform, instruction sets, multi-thread/multi-processors, and high-performance parallel computing languages.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Stock
• Bonuses
• Health benefits
• Retirement programs
• Vacation

Job Description:

Are you passionate about empowering developers and shaping the future of AI at the edge and on the PC? Intel is seeking a dynamic, visionary leader to head our global Developer Evangelism team. AI inferencing is driving a technology transformation in consumer, enterprise and Edge/IOT use cases across the industry landscape. Whether it's on an AI PC where creators are using AI agents to build content and execute tasks, or in the enterprise where AI is transcribing collaboration sessions and fetching insights from the organization's data store, or at the Edge where physical and Agentic AI are coming to life in robotics, AI is everywhere.

Developers are exploring new capabilities emerging every day, leveraging LLM, VLM and VLA model architectures to do new and exciting things. Within the PC Client and Edge ecosystem of ISVs running on Intel processors, OpenVINO (https://www.openvino.ai), the open source software library used for optimized inferencing, has grown rapidly since its launch in 2018 and today gets over a million downloads a month. It's critical to the Intel ecosystem, and is leveraged by the majority of software companies. More recently, Intel launched Open Edge Platform on github for Edge/IOT industry Edge AI use cases, leveraging OpenVINO for inferencing and extending it to capabilities within Manufacturing, Retail, Smart Cities, Robotics and more.

Your Mission

This role gives the right leader a chance to shape developer outreach for one of the leading inferencing software projects in the world today, managing a global team to take growth to the next level in partnership with developer marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Community Leadership: Build and nurture thriving developer communities around OpenVINO and the Open Edge Platform.
• Open Source Stewardship: Champion the health and growth of the OpenVINO open-source ecosystem.
• Developer Advocacy: Represent developer needs internally, influencing product, engineering, and marketing roadmaps.
• Flagship Initiatives: Drive major outreach programs including:
• OpenVINO DevCon – our premier virtual developer event
• Google Summer of Code participation
• Presence at top-tier conferences (CVPR, NeurIPS, etc.)
• Executive Engagement: Deliver compelling demos and presentations to customers and partners, showcasing the power of Intel’s inferencing technologies.
• Content Strategy: Collaborate with internal teams to produce high-impact technical content, tutorials, and documentation.
• Thought Leadership: Speak at global conferences, webinars, and workshops to share insights and inspire innovation.
• Impact Measurement: Analyze community engagement metrics and continuously refine strategy for greater reach and effectiveness

Additional Skills

• Self-motivated and willingness to work independently.

• Communication skills with experience in writing about, teaching and speaking about complex technical topics to both technical/business decision-maker audiences.

• Passion and empathy towards technical communities.

The right person for this job has a passion for how AI can enable new solutions for AI PC and the Edge, is a strong public communicator, is a coder fluent in deep learning and the major frameworks and has experience in prior roles supporting developers of a software platform or framework. This role will partner closely with engineering, planning, enabling and marketing teams to drive developer satisfaction and success.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field with 10+ years of related experience

• 5+ years of experience in the following areas:

• Deep learning, AI and data science knowledge (e.g., familiar with CNN and Transformer concepts and applications).

• Generative AI and Large Language Model applications and fundamentals

• C, C++ and Python, and familiar with hardware accelerations.

• Public presentations; experience conducting one or all of these is highly preferred: webinars, podcasts, presentations, training and writing technical blogs.

• Software evangelism or developer advocate experience

• Write functional code (demos) as a contributor.

• Travel up to 30% of the time to developer conferences and workshops is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in one or more AI frameworks such as PyTorch or experience in working with libraries such as Hugging Face.

• PhD and peer-reviewed publications in relevant field is a huge plus.

• Experience in product prototyping (both software and hardware).

• Experience in working with hardware accelerated platform, instruction sets, multi-thread/multi-processors, and high-performance parallel computing languages is a plus.

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

US, California, Santa Clara

Additional Locations:

US, Arizona, Phoenix, US, Oregon, Hillsboro

Business group:

The Client Computing Group (CCG) is responsible for driving business strategy and product development for Intel's PC products and platforms, spanning form factors such as notebooks, desktops, 2 in 1s, all in ones. Working with our partners across the industry, we intend to deliver purposeful computing experiences that unlock people's potential - allowing each person use our products to focus, create and connect in ways that matter most to them.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

This role is a Position of Trust. Should you accept this position, you must consent to and pass an extended Background Investigation, which includes (subject to country law), extended education, SEC sanctions, and additional criminal and civil checks. For internals, this investigation may or may not be completed prior to starting the position. For additional questions, please contact your Recruiter.

Benefits:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here:

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Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $237,770.00-335,680.00 USD

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Work Model for this Role

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