Senior Developer Advocate

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Who are we?

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company®, operating over 250 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Senior Developer Advocate

Job Summary

As a Developer Advocate, you will be a self-starter who champions Equinix within the developer community, specifically focusing on our digital infrastructure solutions. You'll bridge the gap between developers and our engineering teams, ensuring developers have the resources and knowledge to leverage Equinix's digital infrastructure.

A Developer Advocate at Equinix focuses on increasing awareness and adoption of Equinix's digital services by creating and delivering engaging technical content. Equinix's Developer Advocacy team sits within the Product-Led-Growth and DevRel Marketing organization along with our Open Source, Integrations, Product Docs, Start up, and Software Provider teams. We're an organization that focuses on moving quickly, adapting, and getting things done.

Equinix has a growing set of digital services that complement our 250+ data centers. We partner with all major cloud providers to deliver infrastructure that enables over 10,000 customers.

Responsibilities

• Create engaging content (tech blogs, videos, articles, code samples, tutorials) to educate developers on Equinix's digital infrastructure capabilities

• Deliver technical presentations, workshops, and demos at developer conferences, meetups, and user groups, with a focus on building applications that leverage Equinix's digital infrastructure

• Contribute to the overall goals of Equinix's Developer Marketing team

• Use your lived experience and technical expertise on work with our product, digital, and growth marketing teams to shape authentic messaging, strategies, and effective go-to-market approaches that resonate with our practitioner audience

• Support the events that the organization sponsors by actively participating at conferences

• Promote the activities of our integration, start up, and solution provider team where appropriate

• Build and maintain strong relationships with developers through active participation in online communities, forums, and developer events

• Gather feedback from developers and translate it into actionable insights for the product and engineering teams

• Conduct interviews with media (podcasts, video, and in-person)

• Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies related to interconnection, cloud, networking, and distributed systems. (You'll be a lifelong learner, always eager to explore new technologies!)

Qualifications

• Experience in a developer relations or developer advocacy role

• Minimum 1 year of experience presenting technical topics and creating tutorials, blogs, how-to guides, demos, workshops, videos, presentations, and other technical content

• Proven experience as a developer or technical architect with a strong understanding of cloud-native concepts like virtualization, containerization, Linux, IaC, etc.

• Experience with Cloud Networking concepts (VLANs, NAT, VPC, DNS, etc.)

• Familiarity with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)

• Excellent written and presentation skills with the ability to tailor content for different audiences (developers, platform engineers, business leaders)

• Strong initiative, organization and prioritization skills with the proven ability to work in a self-directed environment

• Passion for developer communities and a strong desire to build relationships with developers

• Ability to stay up-to-date on the latest cloud, networking, and infrastructure trends and be willing to learn new technologies

• This role requires some travel (25+%) to attend events, meet with partners, and internal activities

Bonus Points

• Familiarity with IaC tools, like Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi

• Possess a meaningful social media presence with engaged followers

• Experience in Equinix products and services (Equinix Metal, Fabric, etc.) or other digital infrastructure services related to interconnection, networking, or cloud platforms

• Public speaking experience at conferences or meetups related to cloud, networking, or storage

• Experience in creating engaging video content for YouTube, including livestreams, video tutorials, or short-form content

• Experience building and deploying applications on cloud platforms.

• Active participation in relevant open-source projects

• If you don't meet 100% of these qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying - there are many paths to qualifications

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.