Job Description

About Livepeer AI:

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

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

Your Role:

As a Senior Developer Advocate for Video AI, you’ll help developers worldwide unlock the potential of Livepeer’s advanced AI capabilities. You'll craft impactful proof-of-concept projects and host webinars to educate and inspire, empowering developers to create innovative video applications and workflows. With your personal social following, you'll amplify the reach of Livepeer’s mission, connecting with developers where they are and driving excitement for the platform.

Responsibilities:

1. Building Easy-To-Copy Demos

• Experiment with the latest AI/ML advancements to create innovative new workflows (pipelines) on ComfyUI and beyond.
• Envision and code small, eye-catching projects to showcase Livepeer’s capabilities in real-time AI video.
• Develop open-source tools, SDKs, and libraries to facilitate engaging experiences for developers diving into Livepeer.

2. Growing An Awesome Dev Community

• Engage a community of developers worldwide by answering their questions, gathering their ideas, and collaboratively building innovative solutions.
• Host and join hackathons, meetups, and events where creativity and innovation intersect (bonus points if snacks are involved).
• Be the ultimate developer cheerleader, ensuring that feedback shapes Livepeer’s future and developers feel valued.

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 showcase 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: A solid track record in developer advocacy/evangelism, solutions engineering, or similar fields, 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: Active and engaged Twitter following, with a history 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 and driving engagement through various channels. Experience with Discord, Twitter Spaces, and streaming platforms is a plus.
• Giving Workshops: Comfortable delivering presentations and workshops to technical and non-technical audiences, 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. 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, focusing 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, with limited experience in 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 a 4-year vesting and a 1-year cliff.
• Holidays: 25 vacation days per year plus 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: Ability to work from 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.

Apply Now! Join Livepeer AI and shape the future of video streaming and AI tooling.

Resources to learn more about Livepeer:

• The Livepeer Primer
• Livepeer snags $20M for decentralized video transcoding
• Messari Profile
• Grayscale Livepeer Report