Senior Developer Advocate

NetFoundry

1d•$165,000 - $215,000•Remote

About The Position

NetFoundry is seeking a Senior Developer Advocate to accelerate adoption of our zero trust overlay network platform among developers, partners, and technical buyers. We're looking for someone to join the team and help more developers discover and succeed with OpenZiti. The role is hands-on — you'll write code (Go, Java, C/C++, JavaScript and more), build tutorials and reference architectures, ship real demos, and spend time in communities helping people understand the parts of zero trust networking that might have been difficult to understand at first. You'll also drive integration into complementary projects and feed what you're hearing from external developers back to the team. We're a small team, there's real autonomy, and you'll definitely have an impact. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on execution. You will work with OpenZiti and related open source projects, which are powerful but often intimidating, and help developers understand why this shift matters for the applications they are building and how to use it in practice. Zero trust networking and overlay networks are genuinely new territory for most developers. They span security, networking, and distributed systems in ways that aren't yet part of most developers standard developer toolkit. Your job is to be the guide: taking concepts that sound like enterprise architecture diagrams and turning them into clear mental models, working code samples, and "aha!" moments that make developers say "oh, this solves real problems I've been working to solve."

Requirements

7-10+ years in technical roles with 3+ years explicitly in Developer Advocacy, DevRel, or Developer Experience
Infrastructure platform experience: You've worked with APIs, networking tools, security platforms, or distributed systems — not just application frameworks
Portfolio of technical content that demonstrably drove adoption (provide links in application)
Evidence of community growth you directly influenced with metrics (GitHub analytics, forum growth, content reach → activation)
Proven coding ability: You build demos developers trust enough to fork and use as starting points
Multi-language experience: Hands-on work with at least two of Go, Java, C/C++, JavaScript
Multi-level communication: Can write intro tutorials for junior devs AND architectural guides for staff engineers

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience growing a developer community through a significant inflection point
Comfort with networking and security concepts, or proven ability to quickly master complex technical domains
Open source community management or core contributor experience
Track record building developer awareness for a product without strong brand recognition
Proven ability to create metaphors and mental models that make abstract concepts concrete
History of working cross-functionally (product, engineering, sales) to drive adoption
Experience with Go, C/C++, or systems programming
Kubernetes operator development or service mesh architectures
Prior work in zero trust, SASE, or SD-WAN spaces
Video content creation or live streaming technical content

Responsibilities

Proactively engage in strategic online communities, driving meaningful discussions, answering questions, and building trusted relationships with developers
Ship substantial technical tutorials or reference architectures
Build and maintain demo environments showcasing real-world use cases
Write at multiple depth levels: intro tutorials → architectural deep-dives
Deliver technical presentations and hands-on workshops at targeted conferences
Participate in podcasts, webinars, and technical interviews
Create compelling analogies and mental models that make complex networking accessible
Maintain active feedback loops with the community
Document onboarding friction and recurring pain points in concise reports
Advocate for developer needs with the product team
Review SDKs, APIs, documentation for clarity
Own monthly metrics dashboard: content reach, community health, developer satisfaction
Drive inclusion of OpenZiti in complementary projects’ documentation, examples, integrations, and reference architectures
Identify opportunities to embed OpenZiti into adjacent developer workflows and tooling ecosystems
Build relationships with technical champions at strategic accounts
Organize quarterly virtual meetups or local gatherings
Identify and nurture potential integration partners

Benefits

Competitive salary (base + bonus) and equity compensation package
Remote with flexible working hours
Comprehensive health benefits (Medical, Dental, and Vision) with expanded well-being benefits
Employer-paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
401K with company match
Learning and Development Budget
Paid Holidays
Unlimited PTO
Technology Stipend
Internet Stipend
SWAG Stipend