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SDK/API & Developer Platform Lead

Auradine - Santa Clara, CA, United States - In-office

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Salary: USD 200,000 - 300,000 / annual

Velaura is building next-generation compute technology for cloud, edge, and Physical AI, enabling robots, autonomous systems, drones, and intelligent machines to operate efficiently. You will own the customer-facing software experience for Velaura's AI SoC, defining and leading development of public APIs, SDKs, command-line tools, sample applications, documentation, and developer workflows. Key Responsibilities: - Own SDK architecture, public APIs, command-line tools, sample applications, and documentation strategy - Set API standards, versioning, error handling, logging, packaging, compatibility, and deprecation policies across platform, AI runtime, camera, and robotics components - Lead the developer experience for installing the SDK, flashing boards, running demos, deploying models, using cameras, and integrating with applications - Work with AI, multimedia, robotics, and model-zoo teams to deliver model examples, camera-to-NPU pipelines, ROS examples, containers, and reference applications - Own developer documentation structure including getting-started guides, tutorials, API references, troubleshooting guides, and migration guides - Partner with Tools/Release teams on downloads, package repos, release notes, compatibility matrices, and versioned documentation - Help define developer portal requirements including docs, downloads, model/app catalog, camera compatibility, and support-bundle workflows - Ensure SDK quality by partnering with SQA on examples, docs validation, install tests, and compatibility tests - Represent the customer developer perspective in architecture and prioritization discussions - Hire, mentor, and lead engineers focused on SDK APIs, developer tools, documentation systems, developer portal integration, and sample applications You will work alongside experienced leaders, architects, engineers, and operators who have delivered industry-defining products across mobile, cloud, semiconductor, and AI platforms. Required Qualifications: - Strong experience building SDKs, developer platforms, embedded software APIs, or customer-facing developer tools - Strong C/C++ and Python experience, with ability to design clean APIs and production-quality examples - Experience with Linux-based embedded systems, AI/ML runtimes, robotics, camera pipelines, or hardware/software platforms - Strong sense of developer experience, documentation quality, API usability, and release discipline - Ability to work across kernel, runtime, compiler, multimedia, robotics, tools, SQA, and product teams - Experience translating complex low-level capabilities into usable customer-facing software - Experience leading technical teams or major SDK/API architecture areas Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with AI accelerator SDKs, robotics SDKs, Jetson-like platforms, edge AI products, or semiconductor developer kits - Familiarity with ONNX/PyTorch/TFLite model flows, ROS 2, GStreamer, OpenCV, containers, Linux packaging, or Python packaging - Experience building developer portals, documentation sites, SDK installers, CLI tools, sample catalogs, knowledge bases, or model zoos - Experience with API governance, semantic versioning, compatibility matrices, customer migration guides, and release notes - Experience working with early customers, field teams, support teams, or developer relations - Ability to write excellent technical documentation and set a high bar for customer-facing materials

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