Developer Advocate

Role Overview

• Foster a strong sense of community among OpenObserve users, contributors, and partners.
• Develop and execute strategies to grow the community, including meetups, webinars, and online forums.
• Collaborate with the community to gather feedback, prioritize features, and drive the project roadmap.
• Develop high-quality technical content (blog posts, tutorials, videos, and documentation) to showcase OpenObserve's capabilities and best practices.
• Create engaging demos, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts to demonstrate the value of OpenObserve.
• Represent OpenObserve at industry conferences, meetups, and hackathons to promote the project and build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver technical presentations, workshops, and training sessions to educate developers about OpenObserve.
• Provide technical support and guidance to developers through various channels (e.g., GitHub, Slack, forums).
• Help troubleshoot issues, provide code reviews, and offer best practices advice.
• Drive technical solutions discussions with your customers, diving deep into the details to solve complex technical business problems and use your knowledge to craft scalable, flexible, and resilient solutions.
• Conduct one-to-few and one-to-many training sessions to transfer knowledge to customers considering or already using OpenObserve.
• Work closely with the OpenObserve engineering team to stay up-to-date on the latest developments and provide feedback on the project roadmap.
• Collaborate with other open-source projects and industry partners to identify opportunities for integration and growth.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a developer advocacy or similar role, with a focus on open-source technologies.
• Strong technical background in software development, with experience in languages such as Java, Python, or Go.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with containerization (e.g., Docker), orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and observability tools (e.g., Opentelemetry, OpenObserve, Prometheus, Grafana, ...).
• Strong understanding of the open-source ecosystem and the importance of community engagement.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a remote team, with a strong focus on self-motivation and time management.
• Willingness to travel to industry events and conferences (approximately 20% of the time).

Tech Stack

• Docker
• Grafana
• Java
• Kubernetes
• Prometheus
• Python
• Go

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on a cutting-edge open-source project with a growing community.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment with a remote-friendly culture.
• Professional development opportunities, including conference sponsorships and training.
• Flexible working hours
• Health benefits
• Stock options