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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Developer Advocate to join our team in Bangalore, India. In this pivotal role, youll spearhead our developer engagement efforts across the region, driving adoption of AWS services and fostering a thriving developer ecosystem.
As a Developer Advocate, youll create engaging technical content, including tutorials, blog posts and sample applications, that helps developers succeed with our platform. Youll represent our company at conferences, meetups, and online events, delivering technical talks and workshops that educate and inspire. Youll gather developer feedback to help shape our product roadmap and work closely with our engineering teams to ensure our platform meets real developer needs. Your role will involve building and nurturing relationships with developer communities, contributing to open-source projects, and establishing yourself as a trusted voice in the technical community. A day in the life Your typical day might begin with reviewing and responding to developer questions on our community forums, followed by working on a technical blog post about a new feature. You might spend the middle of your day collaborating with the product team on upcoming features, sharing insights gathered from the developer community. After lunch, you could be recording a tutorial video demonstrating best practices, then joining a virtual meetup to give a technical presentation. Later, you might work on code samples for an upcoming workshop or participate in planning discussions for a developer conference. Throughout the day, youre engaging with developers on social media, sharing insights, and staying current with industry trends while maintaining your technical expertise through hands-on coding. About the team The Developer Experience teams mission is to explore the future of development so that we can help developers navigate a path to that future. Our goal is to inspire developers around the world. We show them how to practically use new technologies to build efficiently in the cloud. We show them new things they are now able to achieve, both in tackling more complex cloud problems and building new solutions that leverage generative AI. We earn trust with developers by being authentic, and by being practitioners ourselves. We are on an exciting journey together, and not everything is solved yet. Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don t let it stop you from applying. Mentorship & Career Growth Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there s nothing we can t achieve. Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience 5+ years of software development experience Strong programming skills in one or more modern programming languages Experience creating technical content (blogs, tutorials, hands-on workshops) Excellent communication and public speaking skills, with experience delivering technical content to developers of varied backgrounds. Hands-on experience with AWS services Modern architecture experiences (e.g. container orchestration, service mesh, serverless) Comfortable with major programing languages for system engineering such as Go, Python, Java and so on Demonstrable experience engaging with developer communities, including creating technical content, public speaking, or active participation on platforms like GitHub, Stack Overflow, or developer forums. Ability to create and present technical content aimed at practitioners. Willingness to travel as required