Creators of SpiceDB: open-source permissions database inspired by Google's Zanzibar. YC W21.
Senior Developer Advocate
Location
United States
Posted
136 days ago
Salary
$140K - $170K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Developer Advocate
AuthZed
• Collaborate with the Lead Developer Advocate to shape advocacy strategy, quarterly priorities, and long-term vision. • Define and track success metrics for advocacy initiatives, iterating based on developer engagement and product outcomes. • Act as a technical authority for our products and technologies, producing opinionated technical content (e.g. webinars, tutorials, sample apps, reference architectures, and integrations). • Serve as a conduit of feedback to Product/Engineering by turning external observations into actionable recommendations. • Regularly engage with developers in physical communities (like KubeCon) and via social media channels (Reddit, Linkedin, HackerNews, DevTo). • Be the voice of all things AuthZed, nurturing community engagement to foster adoption of SpiceDB OSS and our enterprise services.
Job Requirements
- 3+ years in a developer relations, developer experience, or community role.
- 2+ years experience in a programming role.
- A deep understanding of working with commercial open source projects.
- Experience working with developers and building community following on social media.
- Have helped teach developers by producing live streams, creating videos, and by speaking at meetups/conferences.
- Comfort wearing many hats, often context switching between them in the same workday.
- Ability to work effectively in a remote setting often during travel.
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Stock options at an early-stage startup.
- Comprehensive benefits including healthcare (US-based) and other insurance.
- A full remote and flexible schedule to accommodate different timezones.
- Twice-yearly travel for team offsites focused on team bonding, collaboration, and having fun!
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