Staff Developer Advocate

Okta•Chicago, IL

38d•Remote

About The Position

As a Staff Developer Advocate, you will be a strategic leader in empowering developers by shaping and delivering compelling, deeply technical content across various in person and digital channels. You will not only shine in public speaking settings but also drive the advocacy strategy, identify emerging trends, and influence the overall developer experience. You are a great match if you can demonstrate a strong ability to craft engaging developer-oriented content, especially about AI, coupled with deep technical proficiency, exceptional communication, and a proven passion for anticipating and addressing complex developer needs and trends. Auth0 secures more than 100 million logins each day for customers worldwide-and we're growing fast! To help drive this growth, our mission is to become the customer identity and access management (CIAM) provider of choice for developers building small and large applications. To advance this mission, the Developer-Led Growth team engages with developer communities to help them adopt Auth0 and advocate on their behalf across Okta.

Requirements

Technical background and hands-on experience. Familiarity with identity standards and best practices is a plus.
AI tooling and vibe coding experience
Deep understanding of architectural patterns and best practices for integrating identity and security solutions into complex, large-scale applications, particularly within cloud-native or distributed environments.
A demonstrated passion for inspiring developer audiences or creating content that serves the developer community and helps fellow developers get better at their jobs, with the ability to explain and translate complex technology concepts into simple and intuitive communications.
Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders across engineering, product, and marketing to improve the developer experience and align content strategies with business goals.
Strong analytical skills with a proven ability to define metrics, analyze data sets, and derive actionable insights to refine content strategy and measure impact.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a developer advocacy, senior technical content, or technical customer success role.
Experience with at least one authentication or authorization protocol (OAuth, OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, LDAP).
Understanding of core security concerns within a typical application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF).
Experience building web, mobile, and IoT applications, incorporating both front and back end languages/frameworks.

Responsibilities

Cultivate and grow relationships with developers and technical leaders through online platforms, championing their needs and driving awareness of our platform/technology.
Inspire developers at in person or remote events, including big industry conferences, panels, meetups, etc.
A proven track record of thought leadership and influencing technical communities through high-impact content, presentations, and community engagement. This includes the ability to identify nascent trends and proactively develop educational strategies around them
Advocate for developers' needs and pain points within the Auth0 product unit, actively improving the developer experience.
Proactively collaborate with counterparts in Product and Engineering/Technical teams as a representative of the Developer-Led Growth team.
Collaborate on the development and launch of capabilities - reviewing early documentation, SDKs, and product capabilities from a content perspective.
Bring insights and developer feedback back into the company to inform and shape product development and improvements, with an emphasis on how content can address these.
Collaborate on the development and execution of content strategies to effectively reach and engage developers.
Develop and share high-quality technical content such as blog posts, tutorials, documentation, videos, and code samples.
Translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise, and engaging content that is easily understood by developers.
Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and developer community interests to identify opportunities for relevant and impactful content.
Gather and analyze feedback from the developer community to identify gaps and areas for improvement.