Datadog · 15 hours ago
Developer Advocate - Community
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$120K/yr - $176K/yr
5+ years expDatadog is a global SaaS business focused on enabling digital transformation and infrastructure monitoring. The Developer Advocate role involves engaging with the developer community, creating content, and supporting community-focused events to enhance Datadog's reputation and community programs.
AnalyticsCloud ComputingCloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureData ManagementDevOpsProductivity ToolsSaaS
Responsibilities
Create content in one or more modes to build Datadog's reputation as a leader in DevOps, Monitoring, Observability and Security e.g. building demos, public speaking, blogging, documentation, webinars, open source, research reports and more
Engage with our community members to encourage and participate in technical discussions on channels such as Slack, forums, and Stack Overflow
Work directly with Datadog Ambassadors to help share their stories, identify events for them to speak at and facilitate collaboration with Datadog teams to create, publish and amplify their work
Speak at and otherwise support community-focused events such as Datadog User Groups
Design and participate in initiatives designed to entertain and reward community members, both online and at first-party events
Partner with product engineering teams to facilitate beta access, solicit and deliver product feedback from the community, and select and present topics for community-driven conversations and blog posts
Interface with open source communities to drive key messaging in the market and develop new integrations for Datadog
Qualification
Required
Approximately 5+ years of experience as a software developer, SRE, or other practitioner, with strong experience in community relations or management
Approximately 3+ years of experience in storytelling and creating compelling content e.g. written content, conference talks, leading workshops, live streaming or recording videos, contributing to open source, and participating in community events
You have experience participating in communities built on platforms such as Slack, Discord, and GitHub
You have publicly available writing samples, blog posts, demos, or recordings of presentations on technical topics
You are comfortable with at least 2 programming languages (eg Node.js, Python, Go, bash) and are familiar with modern infrastructure such as IaaS cloud services and containers
You enjoy self driven exploration and education on new technologies and languages
Preferred
Experience working with community initiatives such as champions programs, user group programs, and hackathons
You are already an active member of any communities in your region
Benefits
New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
Assigned TPM mentor and engineering buddy program for learning and relationship building
An inclusive company culture, active Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups), in-person team summits, local office programming
Competitive global benefits; free, mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
Healthcare
Dental
Parental planning
Mental health benefits
401(k) plan and match
Paid time off
Fitness reimbursements
Discounted employee stock purchase plan
Company
Datadog
Datadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.02BKey Investors
ICONIQ GrowthIndex VenturesOpenView
2024-12-09Post Ipo Debt· $870M
2020-05-28Post Ipo Debt
2019-09-19IPO
Leadership Team
Olivier Pomel
Co-founder, CEO
Alexis Le-Quoc
Co-founder & CTO
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