Senior Developer Tools Evangelist
About The Position
The Senior Developer Tools Evangelist is responsible for building and growing HP’s developer ecosystem for AI and agentic computing on Consumer PCs. The role bridges external developers and open-source communities with HP’s Product Marketing, Engineering, and developer lab teams. It supports adoption of HP platforms through technical engagement, thought leadership, and community collaboration. The position creates developer-focused content, delivers technical presentations and workshops, gathers market and community insights, and helps shape HP’s AI PC strategy by translating developer feedback into actionable product and business opportunities. Success is measured by developer engagement, ecosystem growth, adoption of HP AI capabilities, and contributions to HP’s competitive position in the AI-powered PC market. The role also leads product management work and cross-functional agile teams, monitors the competitive market, partners with senior stakeholders, recommends product requirements, collaborates with software engineering on feature ideas and prototypes, advises on portfolio strategy, tracks metrics, and works with marketing and sales on go-to-market strategies and product launches.
Requirements
- Typically 7–10 years of experience in software engineering, developer relations, or developer tooling, with hands-on delivery of developer-facing software.
- Strong Python skills and working proficiency in another relevant language.
- Practical experience with Git, APIs, debugging, and automated tests.
- Linux and Windows development experience, including Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), with practical environment and runtime troubleshooting skills.
- Experience building AI applications or agentic workflows, including understanding evaluation, tool permissions, local and cloud execution, and failure handling.
- Proven external developer engagement and open-source community participation.
- Clear technical writing and speaking, supported by talks, workshops, code, or contributions.
- A degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice To Haves
- Sustained participation in open-source projects and trusted relationships with maintainers or developer groups.
- Experience speaking at technical events, building developer programs, and collaborating with distributed labs.
- Familiarity with consumer PCs, local AI runtimes, and agent tool integration.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate and/or Azure Developer Associate.
- AWS Certified Developer, AI Practitioner, Machine Learning Engineer, or equivalent AWS certification.
- Google Professional Machine Learning Engineer or Professional Cloud Developer.
- Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) or Linux Foundation Certified Engineer (LFCE).
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or comparable Linux certification.
- GitHub certifications related to GitHub Actions, DevOps, or software development workflows.
Responsibilities
- Play a leadership role and drive the progress of the product management function.
- Lead cross-functional teams through agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Monitor the competitive market to determine client needs for product improvements.
- Partner strategically with senior stakeholders to understand needs and priorities.
- Recommend product requirements and definitions that align with stakeholder needs.
- Collaborate with software engineering on feature ideas and prototypes.
- Advise stakeholders on portfolio strategy across all phases of the lifecycle.
- Track and report key metrics to drive future product developments.
- Collaborate with marketing and sales to develop go-to-market strategies, product launch plans, and marketing collateral.
- Apply process improvement and project management experience, preferably to large projects.
- Create developer-focused content and deliver technical presentations and workshops.
- Gather market and community insights and translate developer feedback into actionable product and business opportunities.
- Build and grow HP’s developer ecosystem for AI and agentic computing on Consumer PCs.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Four to twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- Eleven paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
