Developer Advocate

Diagrid•San Francisco, CA

2d•Remote

About The Position

Diagrid is a company focused on open-source software, open standards, and APIs to help organizations in the modern software development era. Their mission is to provide developers with APIs and tools that allow them to concentrate on their code rather than infrastructure. The company was founded by the creators of the Dapr and KEDA open-source projects, who have extensive experience in hyper-scale infrastructure cloud services, serverless platforms, and open-source projects from their time at Microsoft. Dapr has achieved graduated status within the CNCF. Diagrid is backed by prominent VC firms and industry leaders. The Developer Experience team is dedicated to simplifying distributed applications and enhancing their reliability for developers globally. They manage the Dapr open-source project and promote Diagrid's commercial platform, Diagrid Catalyst, which offers production-grade reliability and security for AI agents. Their goal is to make AI agents reliable and secure for the Dapr and Diagrid community through demos, content, events, and tools that empower developers. As a Developer Advocate based in the San Francisco Bay Area, you will be the public face and community leader for Dapr and Diagrid. This role involves end-to-end ownership of community growth, content creation, and developer engagement. It's a high-impact position for individuals passionate about coding publicly, building communities, and translating complex distributed systems and AI agent concepts into accessible and engaging experiences. You will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Marketing, Sales, and the open-source maintainer team.

Requirements

Have prior Developer Relations, Developer Advocate, or Community Manager experience.
Have 5+ years of software engineering experience, with strong hands-on knowledge of distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, or microservices.
Are deeply familiar with Dapr (or similar projects like Temporal, Camunda, Orkes, etc.) and excited about its future in the AI agent era.
Love creating content and have a track record of blogs, videos, talks, or open-source contributions that gained traction.
Excel at community building — you’ve moderated Discords/Slack, grown OSS projects, or run successful meetup groups.
Are a strong communicator who can explain complex topics (stateful workflows, actor models, sidecar architecture, LLM orchestration) clearly and enthusiastically.
Enjoy shipping code publicly and building demos with Python, Go, TypeScript, or .NET.
Thrive in a fast-moving startup environment with high ownership and evolving priorities.
Are based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Nice To Haves

Speaking experience at conferences (KubeCon, Microsoft Build, etc.).
Experience with AI agents, LangChain/LlamaIndex, or workflow orchestration.
Existing relationships in the cloud-native or AI developer communities.

Responsibilities

Grow the Dapr OSS Community: Drive contributor growth, engagement, and adoption metrics across GitHub, Discord, and other channels.
Moderate & Nurture the Ecosystem: Actively moderate the Dapr Discord (and future community platforms), answer technical questions, recognize contributors, and foster a welcoming, high-signal environment.
Create Compelling Content: Write high-quality blog posts for the Dapr blog and Diagrid Catalyst, produce tutorials, architectural guides, and sample applications showcasing Dapr + AI agents, workflows, state management, service invocation, and more.
Lead Webinars & Live Sessions: Proactively plan and deliver technical webinars, workshops, and live demos on a regular cadence.
Manage YouTube & Video Presence: Own the Dapr/Diagrid YouTube channel — script, record, edit, and publish videos, demos, and recordings of community events.
Coordinate Events & Meetups: Help organize and host Dapr Meetups, Dapr Days, conference talks, and community events in the Bay Area and globally (with travel as needed).
Build Diagrid Demos & Tools: Create sample applications, starters, and reference architectures that demonstrate best practices for Dapr in production and AI agent use cases.
Gather Feedback & Influence Product: Act as the voice of the developer community — surface friction points, feature requests, and success stories to Engineering and Product teams.
Represent Diagrid publicly: Speak at conferences, participate in podcasts, engage on social media (X, LinkedIn, etc.), and be a trusted advocate for Dapr and Diagrid.