Developer Advocate - Digital Evangelist
Summary
A developer advocate who serves as the face of the company's developer platform: answering questions on forums/GitHub, writing tutorials, blogs and sample apps, and speaking at meetups, webinars and conferences. Requires hands-on coding (Python or JavaScript) and close collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Marketing on SDKs, APIs, and docs.
Community Engagement
- Act as the primary point of contact for developer
inquiries — answering questions on forums, GitHub, and community channels.
- Build trust and rapport with developers by helping them
troubleshoot issues and share solutions.
- Collect feedback from the community and relay insights
to Product and Engineering teams to improve the developer experience.
Education & Enablement
- Create and publish technical tutorials, blog
posts, and how-to guides that showcase platform features
and best practices.
- Develop and maintain reference applications, sample
datasets, and code repositories that illustrate common use
cases.
- Collaborate with the documentation team to improve
clarity, accessibility, and usability of developer docs.
Advocacy & Evangelism
- Represent the company at developer meetups, webinars,
and industry conferences (as speaker or panelist).
- Host and organize developer-focused webinars,
live coding sessions, and workshops to onboard new users and highlight
advanced capabilities.
- Build authentic relationships with open-source and
developer communities.
- Amplify developer success
stories through blogs, social posts, and demos.
Internal Collaboration
- Partner with Product and Engineering to ensure SDKs,
APIs, and developer tools are intuitive and well-documented.
- Provide developer feedback on new releases and advocate
for improvements that enhance usability and adoption.
- Work with Marketing to create
compelling technical content and drive community engagement initiatives.
Requirements
Qualifications
Required
- 3 + years in software development, developer advocacy,
or related technical communication roles
- Strong coding experience in one or more modern
languages (Python, JavaScript or similar).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able
to explain complex concepts simply and clearly.
- Experience creating developer-focused content: blogs,
videos, tutorials, or sample applications.
- Demonstrated passion for developer communities and
helping others learn.
Preferred
- Experience with data engineering, graph databases, or
AI / ML frameworks is a strong plus.
- Prior experience working with open-source or developer
ecosystems (GitHub, Stack Overflow, Dev.to, etc.).
- Comfortable with public speaking, webinars, and
conference presentations.
- Experience in building small
POCs or sample integrations showcasing API or SDK usage.
Success Metrics
- Growth and engagement of developer community (forum
participation, GitHub stars/forks, webinar attendance).
- Number and quality of developer tutorials, blogs, and
reference apps published.
- Developer satisfaction scores (via surveys or feedback
loops).
- Reduction in developer support requests or improved
self-service rates.