Staff Developer Advocate

MongoDB

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Strategic Builder Relations Team at MongoDB is focused on enabling our largest and most important customers to use MongoDB technology effectively. This team is the tip of the spear within our strategic accounts, working with these customers' developers, as well as key MongoDB stakeholders (e.g., sales, marketing), to encourage adoption of MongoDB solutions within these accounts. The mission of this team is to capture the imagination of new and potential MongoDB users within these accounts, to enable developers as they begin their MongoDB journey, and to guide development teams as they design for new or replatformed workloads. We're seeking a Staff Developer Advocate to join our Strategic Builder Relations team to focus on driving enablement within MongoDB's most strategic accounts. Our mission is to capture the imagination of new and potential MongoDB developers within these accounts, to enable developers as they begin their MongoDB journey, and to lead developers in designs for new or replatformed workloads. Our team increases developers’ effective use of MongoDB and reduces the time it takes for developers to meaningfully use the platform. As a member of Strategic Builder Relations, you will join a team of our most experienced engineers, help evolve the program to broaden and deepen its scope, and deliver campus-scale and team-scale events to customers throughout the world. If you’re passionate about data and helping developers to engineer some of the most performant, scalable, and efficient solutions of their careers, then join us in shaping the future of development on MongoDB. Our Builder Relations teams are distributed around the world and a majority of the group works remotely. Please check out our latest content and activity to see what our team is up to. This role can be based out of our Portland office or remotely in the Oregon region.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience working with development teams in design of document schemas and implementation of highly performant and scalable database methods
At least 5 years of experience (or the equivalent) of consulting with development teams as a non-member of the team
Experience in creating effective developer-focused content
Strong presentation skills, with ability in conducting live streams, or public speaking at events
Willingness to travel (up to 40%)

Nice To Haves

Accomplished developer ready to peer, mentor, and lead development teams as they solve their enterprise's most critical data issues.
Deep MongoDB expertise (or familiarity with other data technologies and the ability to quickly become proficient in MongoDB)
Insight into developer enablement programs
Ability to guide development teams in the adoption of new technologies
Excellent public speaker comfortable delivering live enablement sessions to technical audiences of 40 to 400.
Recent experience includes consulting with developers on data-related challenges and moving them toward solutions for their real-world performance and scalability problems.
Experience exercising soft leadership with decision makers in organizations for defining, adopting, and scaling data-related technologies.
At least 10 years of solutions development and consulting experience
Deep understanding of developer ecosystems and how developers best acquire fluency in new technologies.
Robust working knowledge of databases, database performance, schema design, and optimizing production applications at scale.
Well-developed consulting method that allows you to quickly triage situations to understand the most critical issues at hand and to address them efficiently.
Excel at explaining complex technical concepts in simple terms and have a natural ability to connect and communicate with developers of various skill levels.

Responsibilities

Become a recognized Subject Matter Expert on document schema design
Develop a deep understanding of core MongoDB database functionality and Atlas features such as Search, Vector Search, Data Federation, Online Archive, Streaming, and Edge
Deliver design review sessions to customer development teams in order to guide their design and use of MongoDB document schemas in the context of their specific workload
Share general insights gathered from design review sessions to inform team members and enable other developers
Deliver live developer enablement sessions to audiences of 40 to 400 developers
Collaborate with product, marketing, and other Builder Relations teams to develop effective enablement content for developers within strategic accounts
Be an active participant in refining and evolving our practice by using your experience in database technologies, developer practices, and developer enablement
Lead by example and mentor other team members including surrounding ecosystem of Solutions Architects and Marketing partners
Attain a scope of responsibilities beyond the immediate team and into the surround Marketing ecosystem and greater MongoDB organization