Go Developer Advocate

What You Will Do

• Spread awareness of Stream by building community, driving discussions, and providing guidance to developers.
• Work with the SDK, product, and API teams on a daily basis to improve the overall developer experience.
• Relay feedback to the team and help influence the product roadmap based on community feedback.
• Write, release, document, and manage open-source projects and demo apps built on Stream products.

Who You Are

• A lifelong learner who is always looking for the next challenge.
• Self-motivated, driven, and can solve problems autonomously.
• Focused on solving problems in the best way possible.
• A detail-oriented individual whose effort shows the high-quality output.
• An excellent communicator who enjoys teaching others through different modes of communication (e.g. writing, video).

Ideally, you have

• A minimum of 4 years of experience as a software engineer or equivalent technical experience.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• 1-2 years of technical consulting or in a community engagement capacity.
• An expert-level understanding of Go in a production-level environment.
• Experience working with and building third-party developer tools (e.g. APIs, SDKs).
• A transparent history of GitHub commits and contributions to open-source projects.
• Participated in online and offline developer communities and ecosystems such as open-source platforms, blogs, YouTube video series, tech conferences, hackathons, meet-ups, technical teaching, and training.
• Worked with AWS and other cloud providers.
• A strong understanding of SQL or NoSQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB).

Bonus Points

• Experience working as a Developer Advocate.
• Strong social presence.
• Examples of written content (e.g., Medium, Dev.to, personal blog, other).
• Proficiency in other backend languages (e.g. Node, Python, Scala, other).

What’s In It For You

US:

• Company equity
• 3+ weeks of paid time off plus 10 paid holidays
• Free health insurance for the employee and a discounted rate for dependents
• 401k contribution plan
• 100% paid parental leave
• Dog-friendly office
• A smart, high performing, passionate team
• A Macbook Pro and a work-from-home stipend
• Team lunches and plenty of snacks (onsite only)
• An office on Pearl Street in downtown Boulder

Amsterdam:

• Company equity
• 24 days paid time off plus paid Dutch holidays
• A pension scheme
• A generous Learning and Development budget
• A generous relocation package
• Commute expenses to Amsterdam covered (or the option to use a company bike within the city) 
• Gym membership of choice covered
• MacBook Pro or another development setup
• Healthy team lunches and plenty of snacks (onsite only)
• An office in the heart of Amsterdam

Salary (for US only): Our salary ranges are based on national averages. We have wide ranges so we can be flexible and determine compensation based on a number of factors including the candidate's skills, level of experience, and location. The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $140,000.