Amazon
Open Source Developer Advocate, CDK, Open Source Strategy & Marketing
Amazon, Denver, Colorado, United States, 80285
Description
Do you love being a part of an open source community and working with them to build infrastructure as code solutions that solve real world problems? Are you ready to take a role in helping that community to grow as they actively contribute and collaborate?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Developer Advocate to join the Open Source Strategy & Marketing team. Our creative, experienced, and energetic organization is responsible for helping to drive the development and adoption of the Cloud Development Kit (CDK). In this role, you will combine your technical skills, passion, and creativity to encourage developers to use, improve, and adopt the CDK. In the process, you’ll nurture and grow the CDK community.
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.
Key job responsibilities
Contribute regularly in the CDK community, through direct engagement with developers, content, and code
Triage and review contributions to CDK
Build and execute content strategies that encourage adoption of CDK
Promote CDK and its community by creating valuable content for its users, current and future. This includes technical demos, videos, blog posts, podcasts, and livestreams.
Authentically engage the broader developer community to understand their needs and advocate for CDK
Build relationships and represent the needs of community members, users, and partners
Speak at industry and community events about CDK
Participate in online developer communities such as Stack Overflow, GitHub, and Reddit
Be active and visible in social media to stay positively connected to developers
Connect and grow the CDK community
A day in the life
As a community builder, you’ll speak in your own voice to help attract contributors and users to CDK and keep them engaged and inspired. You will work to improve the developer experience, both inside and outside of the CDK project. You will represent the CDK community inside AWS and use data that you gather to improve the project for all.
As an ambassador, you will build long-term relationships with other members of the CDK community. You will work with them to identify areas for growth, amplify the materials and resources the community creates, and recognize the people and stories that deserve more attention.
As a contributor, you will work to improve CDK, by creating resources to ease adoption, participating in the development process, and enhancing the technical documentation.
As a team member, you will lend your creativity, humor, and memes to our discussions and get-togethers. We believe in the power of fun and play to build connections.
About the team
The Open Source Strategy and Marketing (OSSM - pronounced “awesome”) team includes experienced technologists, content creators, and community builders that have worked in and for open source at some of the industry’s top companies and foundations. We use our deep experience to help AWS effectively and authentically engage with open source communities, partners, and stakeholders.
Our mission is to help AWS deliver on two, tightly linked objectives: 1) to significantly increase the scope and value of our open source involvement and 2) to help customers and communities learn about our involvement and understand why it matters.
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
Amazon 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.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Basic Qualifications
4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
Experience contributing to open source projects over a period of multiple years.
BA/BS Degree or relevant work experience
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective
Experience deploying and managing and deploying environments with Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $118,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $204,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Do you love being a part of an open source community and working with them to build infrastructure as code solutions that solve real world problems? Are you ready to take a role in helping that community to grow as they actively contribute and collaborate?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Developer Advocate to join the Open Source Strategy & Marketing team. Our creative, experienced, and energetic organization is responsible for helping to drive the development and adoption of the Cloud Development Kit (CDK). In this role, you will combine your technical skills, passion, and creativity to encourage developers to use, improve, and adopt the CDK. In the process, you’ll nurture and grow the CDK community.
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.
Key job responsibilities
Contribute regularly in the CDK community, through direct engagement with developers, content, and code
Triage and review contributions to CDK
Build and execute content strategies that encourage adoption of CDK
Promote CDK and its community by creating valuable content for its users, current and future. This includes technical demos, videos, blog posts, podcasts, and livestreams.
Authentically engage the broader developer community to understand their needs and advocate for CDK
Build relationships and represent the needs of community members, users, and partners
Speak at industry and community events about CDK
Participate in online developer communities such as Stack Overflow, GitHub, and Reddit
Be active and visible in social media to stay positively connected to developers
Connect and grow the CDK community
A day in the life
As a community builder, you’ll speak in your own voice to help attract contributors and users to CDK and keep them engaged and inspired. You will work to improve the developer experience, both inside and outside of the CDK project. You will represent the CDK community inside AWS and use data that you gather to improve the project for all.
As an ambassador, you will build long-term relationships with other members of the CDK community. You will work with them to identify areas for growth, amplify the materials and resources the community creates, and recognize the people and stories that deserve more attention.
As a contributor, you will work to improve CDK, by creating resources to ease adoption, participating in the development process, and enhancing the technical documentation.
As a team member, you will lend your creativity, humor, and memes to our discussions and get-togethers. We believe in the power of fun and play to build connections.
About the team
The Open Source Strategy and Marketing (OSSM - pronounced “awesome”) team includes experienced technologists, content creators, and community builders that have worked in and for open source at some of the industry’s top companies and foundations. We use our deep experience to help AWS effectively and authentically engage with open source communities, partners, and stakeholders.
Our mission is to help AWS deliver on two, tightly linked objectives: 1) to significantly increase the scope and value of our open source involvement and 2) to help customers and communities learn about our involvement and understand why it matters.
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
Amazon 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.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Basic Qualifications
4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
Experience contributing to open source projects over a period of multiple years.
BA/BS Degree or relevant work experience
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective
Experience deploying and managing and deploying environments with Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $118,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $204,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.