SDK/API & Developer Platform Lead
Velaura AI develops ultra-low-power silicon and software technologies for AI compute infrastructure.
Funding history
About Velaura AI, Inc.
Velaura AI is an AI compute infrastructure company developing ultra-low-power silicon and software technologies. Its Titan Core™ platform uses proprietary digital chip IP, low-voltage libraries, EDA flows, and design methodologies to improve performance per watt in AI accelerators while maintaining performance, yield, and reliability. The company also applies this technology to Physical AI systems, including industrial robots, autonomous machines, drones, humanoids, and edge devices. Velaura engages hyperscalers, XPU companies, and developers of next-generation AI infrastructure and Physical AI solutions.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own the customer-facing software experience for Velaura’s AI SoC. You will define SDK architecture, public APIs, command-line tools, sample applications, documentation, developer workflows, and developer portal requirements. You will establish API and release standards, coordinate cross-functional delivery, ensure SDK quality, and hire and lead engineers working on SDKs and developer tools.
Requirements
- Experience building SDKs, developer platforms, embedded software APIs, or customer-facing developer tools
- Strong C/C++ and Python experience
- Experience designing clean APIs and production-quality examples
- Experience with Linux-based embedded systems, AI/ML runtimes, robotics, camera pipelines, or hardware/software platforms
- Knowledge 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 low-level capabilities into customer-facing software
- Experience leading technical teams or major SDK/API architecture areas
Responsibilities
- Own SDK architecture, public APIs, command-line tools, sample applications, documentation strategy, and developer workflows
- Set API standards, versioning, error handling, logging, packaging, compatibility, and deprecation policies
- Lead the developer experience for SDK installation, board flashing, demos, model deployment, cameras, and application integration
- Collaborate with AI, multimedia, robotics, and model-zoo teams to deliver examples, pipelines, containers, and reference applications
- Own developer documentation, including guides, tutorials, API references, troubleshooting, migration, and known-issues workflows
- Partner on downloads, package repositories, release notes, compatibility matrices, SDK artifacts, checksums, and versioned documentation
- Define developer portal requirements for documentation, downloads, catalogs, compatibility, knowledge-base integration, access control, and support bundles
- Ensure SDK quality through documentation validation, install tests, compatibility tests, and release readiness
- Represent customer developer needs in architecture and prioritization discussions
- Hire, mentor, and lead engineers focused on SDK APIs, developer tools, documentation systems, developer portal integration, and sample applications
Benefits
- Equity compensation
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements