Faraday Future designs and manufactures intelligent electric vehicles and mobility software—including FF 91 production, AI-driven autonomous driving systems, over-the-air software updates, and global manufacturing and sales expansion.
<p><strong><u>The Company:</u></strong></p> <p>Faraday Future (FF) is a California-based mobility company, leveraging the latest technologies and world’s best talent to realize exciting new possibilities in mobility. We’re producing user-centric, technology-first vehicles to establish new paradigms in human-vehicle interaction. We’re not just seeking to change how our cars work – we’re seeking to change the way we drive. At FF, we’re creating something new, something connected, and something with a true global impact.</p> <p><strong><u>Your Role: </u></strong></p> <p>We are seeking a <strong>Director </strong><strong>of Open Source & Open Developer Platform</strong> to help lead the strategy, execution, and growth of EAI Brain’s open source ecosystem and developer platform.</p> <p> </p> <p>Reporting directly to the Head of the department, this role will co-own the development of the EAI Brain SDK, APIs, developer tools, Skill Store ecosystem, and open source initiatives, while driving cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Product, Operations, Legal, and Platform teams.</p> <p> </p> <p>This is a high-impact leadership role at the forefront of embodied AI and intelligent robotics, offering the opportunity to help build a next-generation developer ecosystem and open platform from the ground up.</p> <p><strong><u>Key Responsibilities:</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Open Source & Developer Ecosystem</strong></p> <ul> <li>Support the strategy and execution of the EAI Brain open source program and developer ecosystem.</li> <li>Manage open source governance, GitHub operations, developer engagement, and community growth initiatives.</li> <li>Represent the company within the global robotics and AI developer community.</li> </ul> <p><strong>SDK, API & Developer Platform</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead the roadmap and management of the EAI Brain SDK, APIs, developer tools, and developer portal.</li> <li>Partner with R&D teams to define and improve developer-facing platform capabilities and interfaces.</li> <li>Oversee SDK/API versioning, compatibility, and platform reliability.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Skill Store & Platform Operations</strong></p> <ul> <li>Support the development and operation of the Skill Store ecosystem, including developer onboarding, Skill submission workflows, certification standards, and platform operations.</li> <li>Drive platform usability, developer experience, and ecosystem scalability.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Platform Governance & Commercialization</strong></p> <ul> <li>Collaborate with Operations, Legal, and Compliance teams to establish platform governance, security standards, monetization models, and developer policies.</li> <li>Support ecosystem growth initiatives, developer incentive programs, and platform business strategy.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Provide day-to-day leadership support for technical and platform teams.</li> <li>Drive cross-functional collaboration across Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, Finance, and Business teams.</li> <li>Support OKR execution, operational planning, and organizational development initiatives.</li> </ul> <p><strong><u>Basic Qualifications:</u></strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience</li> <li>10+ years of experience in developer platforms, open source programs, or developer ecosystem roles, with 3+ years in a senior leadership or people-management capacity.</li> <li>Deep expertise in open source software governance: licensing models (Apache 2.0, MIT, GPL), contributor agreements (CLA/DCO), GitHub organization management, and contributor community building.</li> <li>Strong technical foundation in software architecture and API/SDK design; able to engage credibly with and constructively challenge engineering teams on platform decisions.</li> <li>Demonstrated experience building or scaling a developer ecosystem, marketplace, or platform — in developer tools, IoT, robotics, cloud infrastructure, or adjacent domains.</li> <li>Excellent cross-functional leadership in a matrix organization: proven track record operating across product, engineering, legal, and business teams in a high-velocity environment — including managing dotted-line or shared-service reporting relationships without direct authority.</li> <li>Demonstrated marketplace or two-sided platform thinking: ability to balance developer supply-side and OEM/user demand-side needs simultaneously, with an understanding of how cross-side network effects are built and sustained.</li> <li>Commercial acumen in platform economics: experience owning or co-owning take-rate models, developer incentive programs, or marketplace unit economics at a meaningful scale.</li> <li>Experience designing or operating a Trust & Safety or App Review function, including risk-tiered content policies, IP enforcement workflows, and incident response — preferably in a context where product failures carry real-world safety consequences.</li> <li>Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; Mandarin Chinese working proficiency strongly preferred given the team’s bilingual operating environment.</li> </ul> <p><strong><u>Preferred Qualifications:</u></strong></p> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;">Background in robotics, autonomous systems, or embodied AI — e.g., ROS/ROS2,</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: left;"> simulation environments, motion planning, sensor fusion, or robot middleware.</p> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Experience with AI/ML developer tooling: LLM inference APIs, model fine-tuning platforms,</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: left;"> multi-model orchestration, or AI agent frameworks.</p> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Prior experience at a platform company running developer programs at scale (e.g., Google, Meta, Microsoft, AWS, NVIDIA, Qualcomm) or at a high-gr