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Sr. Developer Advocate - Neon

Senior Developer Advocate enhances Neon's developer experience by maintaining TypeScript SDKs/CLI, creating technical content, engaging communities via events and talks, and relaying feedback to engineering. Requires 5+ years in dev advocacy or engineering with strong communication skills.

153k – 210k
Remote5+ YOEDeveloper Relations

About the role

Impact/Responsibilities

  • Enhance and develop customer-facing SDKs & libraries to empower builders to succeed with Neon
  • Create developer-focused content that helps Neon users discover new features, solve real problems, and grow their skills on the platform
  • Drive adoption and excitement by engaging with the community, building connections, and strengthening a shared sense of belonging
  • Produce educational and community-focused assets: videos, tutorials, sample projects, blog posts, and resources driven by community feedback and questions
  • Expand and engage the Neon community through conference presence and online spaces (e.g., Discord)
  • Collaborate with product and engineering to surface insights from the community and ensure developer needs influence roadmap decisions
  • Create and manage programs that deepen engagement, such as creator and ambassador initiatives, open source collaborations, and other developer-focused movements
  • Actively gather, analyze, and amplify community feedback to continuously improve Neon's product experience and developer journey

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience as a Developer Advocate, software engineer, solutions architect, or a related role
  • Proven ability to take ownership of outcomes and deliver with minimal supervision
  • Professional experience building and shipping software or data solutions
  • Demonstrated skill in creating impactful technical content tailored to developers
  • Deep empathy for developer needs, with the ability to provide clear answers in community spaces
  • Mastery in at least one core advocacy skill (e.g., public speaking, technical writing, live demos, curriculum development)
  • Applied expertise in specific product components, with the ability to translate them into practical guidance
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation abilities
  • Track record of active involvement in developer communities (meetups, forums, open source, user groups) and success collaborating across functions to achieve shared goals

Skills

TypeScriptPostgresCliSdkDevtoolsAIJavaScriptNode.jsDockerKubernetes

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