Senior Developer Advocate

Senior Developer Advocate

Job Responsibilities:

• Create interesting, technically appropriate, and well-written blog content sharing your own discoveries and explaining Apache Pinot™ and Real-Time Analytics concepts.
• Answer questions in Community Slack, Stack Overflow, Twitter, or wherever developers are asking questions about Pinot.
• Create fun, engaging, technically deep presentations explaining Pinot, real-time analytics, and related technologies to your fellow developers.
• Present at conferences and meetups, both online and in person.
• Write quality sample code that illustrates how to embed real-time analytics in practical applications.
• Create screencasts and tutorial videos explaining and applying Pinot and related technologies.
• Contribute documentation topics that help developers adopt and use Pinot successfully.
• Foster and manage relationships with key members of the developer community.
• Organize and participate in hackathons, coding bootcamps, and other community events.
• Gather developer feedback to inform product and documentation improvements.
• Develop a content strategy that aligns with the company’s goals and the needs of the developer community.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to support go-to-market strategies and developer outreach initiatives.
• Travel 20-30% of the time.

Qualifications:

• An unremittingly positive attitude 
• Experience writing high-quality technical blog posts or documentation.
• Experience at some of the following: speaking at conferences, speaking at meetups, hosting webinars, leading training.
• Deep empathy for developers learning a new and potentially difficult technology.
• Extensive experience with at least one common programming language and a basic understanding of others (Java, Python, Go, C++).
• Experience with and understanding of a variety of databases, data stores, data warehouse/lakehouse technologies, and distributed systems.
• Experience with and understanding of data streaming technology like Apache Kafka®.
• Understanding of DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive attitude.

Nice to haves:

• Knowledge of Apache Pinot.
• Knowledge of other data streaming technologies (e.g., Apache Flink, Apache Pulsar).
• Experience with front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js).
• Relevant certifications in data science, analytics, or related fields.
• Public speaking or communication certifications.