Developer Advocate

YugabyteDB

2d•$160,000 - $215,000•Remote

About The Position

Yugabyte is hiring a Developer Advocate focused on growing and engaging the community around YugabyteDB, YugabyteDB AMP, and Meko. The role owns community programs end-to-end, including workshops, meetups, hackathons, partner events, and online developer spaces. It works closely with product, engineering, marketing, and the Developer Relations team, bringing community feedback into the product roadmap and helping create a unified global approach to developer advocacy. The successful candidate will grow online communities, create hands-on events and useful technical content, build relationships with technology partners and open-source communities, and represent Yugabyte at conferences. The role also tracks community health and contributes to DevRel strategy, processes, and tooling. The position is remote in the United States.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in developer relations, developer advocacy, or developer community management, including programs built from the ground up.
A track record of growing an online developer community on Slack, Discord, or a similar platform.
Experience planning and running in-person events such as meetups, workshops, or hackathons.
Hands-on technical skills, including building demos and sample apps and working comfortably with SQL and Postgres.
Familiarity with AI agent development, LLM frameworks, or vector search, or demonstrated ability to learn these areas quickly.
Experience in open-source communities as a contributor, maintainer, or community organizer.
Confidence presenting and facilitating both live and on camera.
An active social presence and following in a relevant developer community.
Comfort working autonomously in a fast-moving startup.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

B2B SaaS or infrastructure experience.
Experience with distributed databases, Kubernetes, or cloud infrastructure.
Experience running ambassador or champion programs.
Experience running co-marketing or joint events with technology partners.

Responsibilities

Build and run a community growth plan across YugabyteDB, YugabyteDB AMP, and Meko, with goals for membership, participation, and contribution.
Grow the Yugabyte community on Slack and Discord and build a presence on Reddit, GitHub, Stack Overflow, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and X.
Launch programs that recognize and reward community participation, such as a champions program, contributor spotlights, and office hours.
Help community members become speakers, authors, sample app contributors, and meetup hosts.
Design and deliver hands-on workshops, including labs on agent memory with Meko and multi-tenant Postgres applications on YugabyteDB AMP.
Launch Yugabyte-run meetups in developer hubs and support community-led chapters with playbooks, content, and swag.
Organize virtual and in-person hackathons, including AI agent hackathons using Meko and YugabyteDB.
Represent Yugabyte at developer conferences through demos, workshops, and booth sessions.
Contribute community programming to Yugabyte’s Distributed SQL Summit.
Co-host workshops, meetups, and hackathons with cloud, AI framework, and open-source ecosystem partners.
Create sample apps, integrations, and tutorials showcasing Yugabyte products alongside developer tools, agent frameworks, and cloud platforms.
Build relationships with user groups and open-source projects in the Postgres, Kubernetes, and AI agent communities.
Produce demos, tutorials, sample apps, blogs, livestreams, and webinars, both live and recorded.
Package workshops into reusable kits and starter templates for community leaders and partners.
Maintain high standards for clarity and accuracy in developer-facing content, quickstarts, and getting-started paths.
Collect community feedback and communicate it to product and engineering teams in an actionable form.
Track and report community health, including growth, engagement, event attendance, and conversion to active usage.
Help shape DevRel strategy, processes, and tooling, including community platforms and event technology.