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Senior Developer Advocate - Modern App Development

Datadog
Posted a month ago

LOCATION

California · Remote

EXPERIENCE

10+ Years

SALARY

$172K - $215K /year

SKILLS REQUIRED

Open-Source DevelopmentCloud-Native DeploymentsObservability EngineeringDeveloper Advocacy

Job description

Overview

Senior Developer Advocate focused on modern app development, helping developer communities improve software health, scalability, and observability.

What you'll do

  • Explore how AI coding assistants and rapid prototyping tools change software workflows.
  • Guide teams on balancing rapid prototyping with engineering practices for performance, code health, and reliability.
  • Create peer-to-peer technical content to build in public.
  • Run a feedback loop between developer communities and internal teams to inform product insights and roadmap.
  • Design and ship open-source boilerplate templates, quickstarts, and tools for integrating observability.
  • Support integration across AI-native workflows, next-gen platforms, and cloud providers.

What you'll need

  • Approximately 10+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Shipped applications from scratch or worked in an early-stage startup environment with multiple responsibilities.
  • Regularly uses AI coding assistants and rapid-prototyping tools in day-to-day development.
  • Comfortable writing and debugging across multiple programming languages (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript or Python).
  • Experience with deployment paradigms across next-gen platforms and traditional cloud ecosystems.
  • Approximately 3+ years of experience in technical storytelling and community engagement.
  • Publicly available portfolio of peer-to-peer artifacts (e.g., GitHub, blogs, video walkthroughs, public speaking).

Details

  • Location includes California, Nevada, Texas, and Washington, USA with a remote work setup.

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Senior Developer Advocate - Modern App Development