Principal Developer Advocate

Socket.dev; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 199.666 - 299.499; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Parental leave top-up

Competitive health benefits

Generous PTO

RSU program

Retirement matching

Free 1Password account

Paid volunteer days

Bonusly recognition

Remote-first work environment

Zusammenfassung

1Password is seeking a Principal Developer Advocate to shape our developer relations in a remote, fast‑paced environment. You will own advocacy strategy, craft authoritative content, and speak at major conferences to drive product awareness and feedback at scale.

You will engage with diverse developer communities, collaborate with product and security teams, and help users adopt our tools with a focus on AI and security.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years in technical roles including software or platform engineering, developer advocacy, solution engineering, or other fields.
• 5+ years engaging with developers in public-facing roles and advocating for their needs cross-functionally.
• Experience engaging in sensitive and complex community situations with humility, empathy, judgment, tact, and humor.
• Experience collaborating with partners on technical and product-marketing integrations and other partnership activities.
• Exceptional written and verbal skills. Able to convey ideas in conference talks, blog posts, tutorials, books, videos, social media, and through technical assets.
• Trusted industry voice with a large technical audience that influences real-world architectural choices.

Aufgaben

• Engage: Create content that sparks engagement with the developer community across channels, generate awareness, and facilitate conversations.
• Build: Engineer solutions to unsolved user needs, validate approaches, and inspire secure engineering practices in collaboration with users and partners.
• Advocate: Synthesize feedback into actionable insights for product improvement.
• Strategize: Use data to evaluate engagement channels and prioritize actions that create lasting impact.
• Speak: Deliver talks at large developer conferences such as KubeCon and re:Invent.
• Enable: Build tools and training that help employees engage effectively with the community.

Kenntnisse

Technical Fluency

Advocacy Experience

Community Leadership

Partner Engagement

Communication

Connection

Jobbeschreibung

1Password is growing. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing.

About 1Password

At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign‑in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market‑leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Unified Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work.

If you’re excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future.

Developer advocates will build an advocacy strategy that works with the new context to support awareness and adoption of 1Password’s developer tools, through technical depth, authenticity, and advocating for users wherever they are.

The Principal Developer Advocate is an individual contributor who will report to the Director of Developer Relations. You will shape 1Password’s advocacy function for a new era of developer learning; foster and participate in public conversations about AI security; publish authoritative content; and prioritize high‑impact channels that drive product awareness, adoption and feedback at scale. You will be the face of 1Password Developer Relations at major conferences such as AWS re:Invent and KubeCon, leveraging in‑person interactions for lasting impact.

How we’re using AI today

Our Engineering, Product, and Design teams are thoughtfully integrating AI across the product development lifecycle to move faster without sacrificing quality or security. Engineers use AI‑assisted coding tools, product managers synthesize user research at scale, and designers prototype with AI‑generated mockups. We approach AI the same way we approach security: with clear principles, human accountability, and rigorous evaluation before shipping.

This is a remote opportunity within Canada, the US, and the UK.

What we’re looking for

• Technical Fluency – 10+ years in technical roles including software or platform engineering, developer advocacy, solution engineering, or other fields. Deep familiarity with modern development workflows and patterns.
• Advocacy Experience – 5+ years engaging with developers in visible, public‑facing roles and advocating for their needs cross‑functionally.
• Community Leadership – Experience engaging in sensitive and complex community situations with humility, empathy, judgment, tact, and humor.
• Partner Engagement – Experience collaborating with partners on technical and product‑marketing integrations and other partnership activities.
• Communication – Exceptional written and verbal skills. Able to convey ideas in conference talks, blog posts, tutorials, books, videos, social media, and through technical assets.
• Connection – Trusted industry voice with a large technical audience that influences real‑world architectural choices.

Bonus points for

• Security Focus – Experience with security‑conscious developer communities or products (Identity, Auth, DevSecOps).

What you can expect

• Engage – Create content that sparks engagement with the developer community across channels, generate awareness, and facilitate conversations.
• Build – Engineer solutions to unsolved user needs, validate approaches, and inspire secure engineering practices in collaboration with users and partners.
• Advocate – Synthesize feedback into actionable insights for product improvement.
• Strategize – Use data to evaluate engagement channels and prioritize actions that create lasting impact.
• Speak – Deliver talks at large developer conferences such as KubeCon and re:Invent.
• Enable – Build tools and training that help employees engage effectively with the community.

USA‑based roles only

The annual base salary is between $228,000 USD and $342,000 USD, plus immediate participation in the benefits program (health, dental, 401k), paid time off, an equity grant and incentive programs.

Canada‑based roles only

The annual base salary is between 212,000 CAD and 318,000 CAD, plus benefits (health, dental, RRSP), paid time off, an equity grant and incentive programs.

UK‑based roles only

The annual base salary is between £136,000 GBP and £204,000 GBP, plus benefits (health, dental, pension), paid time off, an equity grant and incentive programs.

At 1Password, we approach each individual’s compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and skill set.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Our culture

At 1Password, we prioritize collaboration, clear and transparent communication, receptiveness to feedback, and alignment with our core values: keep it simple, lead with honesty, and put people first. Our work is demanding and fast‑paced; we need people who thrive on challenge, feedback, and results. If you’re looking for a routine, this might not be the right fit. We are looking for experts and highly adaptable individuals who deliver results.

How we work with AI

We are committed to leveraging AI to achieve our mission. We expect team members to actively learn AI best practices, identify opportunities to apply AI, and drive innovation.

Our approach to remote work

We believe in remote work but recognize in‑person connection is important. While we are a remote‑first company, travel for in‑person engagement is expected, with frequent events, offsites, and meetings.

What we offer

• Health and wellbeing
  • Parental leave top‑up programs
  • Competitive health benefits
  • Generous PTO policy
• Growth and future
  • RSU program for most employees
  • Retirement matching program
  • Free 1Password account
• Community
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Peer‑to‑peer recognition through Bonusly
  • Remote‑first work environment

You belong here. 1Password is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace that respects all identities, races, genders, ages, disabilities, sexual orientations, religions, and other protected classes. We welcome all individuals.

Accommodation is available upon request during the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please contact your talent acquisition partner or email [e-mail].

Remote work is a part of our DNA. If you have questions about working from your home country, your talent partner can address them.

Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check that may include employment verification, reference checks, education confirmation, criminal background, social media, credit history, or other permissible information.

1Password uses AI and machine learning technologies to assist in the initial screening of applications. If you prefer not to have your application assessed using AI/ML, you may opt out.