Responsibilities:

An Developer Advocate:

• Will seek out communities and projects that can benefit from our platform, contribute pull requests and participate in discussions to help those communities


• Acts as the public face and technology domain expert for our Platform


• Seeks out real pain points for developers in regards to using open source languages


• Identifies speaking opportunities, responds to CFPs, and speaks at industry events and meetings


• Seeks out opportunities—whether in person or online—to advocate  our Platform, promoting company and product strengths with influencer communities and industry press through technical product demos, conference participation, writing, blogging, webinars, and more


• Is a thought leader in open source adoption, and pens frequent blog posts and bylines


• Builds relationships with key communities, customers, partners, and media influencers


• Works with Marketing on social-media efforts


• Collaborates with marketing, and product management, by influencing messaging and product features

Skills / Experience:

• BA/BS in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience


• 5+ years industry experience working in open source languages and/or high-tech software


• Development experience in one or more of the following: Python (preferred), Perl, PHP, Java, Go, Ruby/Rails, Node.js


• Contributes to open source project(s)


• Previous technical advocacy experience preferred


• Experience writing/blogging around topics in software development


• Public speaking: Industry conference speaking experience preferred


• Willing to travel—Must be able to travel unrestricted in North America


• Self-starter, high-energy, with ability to execute on technical and business objectives


• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills


• A fun and positive attitude, and a great sense of humor

Work Environment

The team is scattered around the US and Canada, so we coordinate with each other and the rest of the company using Slack for chat, Highfive for video calls and screen sharing, Pivotal Tracker, and the Google Suite.

We use open source software whenever possible, and we also like to contribute back to the open source ecosystem.