Senior Developer Advocate

Requirements

• Strong technical background and experience in an engineering role.
• Demonstrated ability to create compelling content about technology — including speaking, writing, and demoing.
• Empathy for the community to help them solve their issues, provide internal feedback to make Elastic’s products better, and fix problems where possible.
• Comfortable working with a highly distributed team.
• A dedicated individual with experience working in self-organizing teams.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English.

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with and passion for the Elastic Stack.
• Proficiency in additional language(s) — speaking or programming (like Golang, Python, Java, or Rust).
• Production experience with technologies that complement Elastic’s technologies — from Generative AI to Kubernetes.
• Involvement in past Elastic Community events as a speaker or organizer.
• Experience with open source software or commercial open source companies.

What You'll Be Doing

• Foster the Elastic Community in Europe (EMEA), with a local focus on Amsterdam.
• Create technical content around the Elastic Stack such as code examples, talks, blog posts, videos, and demos.
• Speak at virtual and in-person events like conferences, meetups, and lunch & learn sessions in the Amsterdam area and throughout EMEA.
• Answer technical questions on Discuss, Slack, developer forums, social media, and at events.
• Reviewing colleagues content for technical accuracy.
• Contribute to Elastic repositories or external ones to integrate better with Elastic technologies.
• Help users be successful with Elastic’s stack, solutions, and cloud offerings.

Perks and Benefits

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave