Staff Developer Advocate

About GitHub

As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330 million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.

Locations

In this role you can work from San Francisco, California United States | Remote, United States

Overview

Join our team to help the world of software development and open source collaboration be better, safer and welcoming to people of all backgrounds. GitHub is uniquely positioned to help developers grow and also help grow the next generation of people becoming developers. We are looking for a highly experienced Staff Developer Advocate to join our well established and growing global Developer Relations team.

 

What does Developer Relations at GitHub do?

 

Whether the person is brand new to coding, a maker, a student, a teacher, someone working on a personal project, someone contributing to open source, a team launching their first startup or someone working as part of a group in a large enterprise - they are a developer and we want to be there to support them and help them make awesome things. You can check out some of our recent work on keynotes, with the GitHub Stars, short-form video, live-streams, hackathons, social media, animated-gif goodness and more.

• Be on the ground, serving developers in regions around the world.

• Spark creativity and excitement around GitHub, and are always finding new ways to connect with developers

• Help Developers see how new features can make them faster, collaborate better, be more efficient, and more creative

• Connect product teams with the people they need to learn from to make GitHub work better for them - and help the engineering org learn from our customers

• Keep open source communities up to speed with the latest changes they can take advantage of and help maintainers be even more awesome than they already are.

• Success that's based on happiness of developers, success of open source, ability to influence product direction and enabling the creativity of our superfans and the community around GitHub.

 

Responsibilities

What would you do?

• Content Development: Scope and create content specifically tailored for Developers. Lead impactful demonstrations, drive awareness across technical forums and social media, and promote best practices and solutions that resonate with the community. Represent GitHub at high-visibility events (e.g., hackathons, meetups, in-person and virtual events), delivering talks and engaging deeply with community members. You’ll also coach and mentor other advocates in presenting and demoing at these events to help them connect authentically with developers.

• Understanding the Tech Audience/Community: Act as a recognized subject matter expert within relevant communities by immersing yourself in industry trends, technological developments, and community objectives. You'll continually engage with community members and GitHub product users, whether online or at events, to anticipate their needs and understand the key drivers that shape their goals. As a thought leader, you’ll gain insights from the community and bring them back to GitHub to inform our approach.

• Internal Advocacy and Impact: Gather and share feedback from the technical community on GitHub products, user experiences, and emerging needs. Actively communicate this feedback with product and marketing teams to champion long-term improvements, product updates, and more immediate changes that reflect the community's voice. Use data and key metrics to show the impact of these initiatives, building networks with key stakeholders to ensure the community’s feedback is both heard and acted upon.

• Technical Expertise: Continuously seek learning and teaching opportunities, engaging with developers and customers to stay informed on current technologies, specific technical challenges, and adjacent developments. You’ll apply your technical skills in sample coding and content, and build scalable processes for sharing this expertise across GitHub teams. Actively contribute to the industry by participating in advisory boards and other collaborative spaces to keep GitHub aligned with the latest innovations and developments.

 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years experience in community/audience engagement, information technology (IT), software development, or other related work experiences 

  • OR Bachelor's Degree AND 8 years experience in community/audience engagement, information technology (IT), or software development, or other related work experiences 

  • OR equivalent experience.

 

Compensation Range

The base salary range for this job is USD $113,800.00 - USD $302,000.00 /Yr.

These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.

GitHub values

• Customer-obsessed
• Ship to learn
• Growth mindset
• Own the outcome
• Better together
• Diverse and inclusive

Manager fundamentals

• Model
• Coach
• Care

Leadership principles

• Create clarity
• Generate energy
• Deliver success

Who We Are

GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 100 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.

EEO Statement

GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!

Salary : $302,000