Junior Developer Relations Advocate

Tyk; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited holidays

Flexible hours

Employee share scheme

Maternity/Paternity leave

Company retreats

Job summary

Tyk is seeking a Junior Developer Advocate to build its presence in developer communities across Europe. You’ll write, record, speak, and travel, creating content on API management, AI, and modern infrastructure.

This role is ideal for someone early in their career who wants to learn in public, grow a personal profile, and contribute to open channels like YouTube, blogs and meetups. Travel across Europe and join a fast-moving startup.

Qualifications

• Some content creation experience (writing, video, talks)
• Comfortable speaking to small groups and at meetups
• Creator's instinct and willingness to share work publicly
• Genuine curiosity about APIs, AI, AI governance and infrastructure trends
• Willingness to travel regularly across Europe and beyond

Responsibilities

• Create regular content (written, video) on API management, AI and governance topics
• Attend and speak at developer meetups and conferences across Europe
• Own specific developer marketing channels (YouTube, blog, community spaces) and measure impact

Skills

Content creation

Public speaking

Developer relations

APIs and AI curiosity

Team collaboration

Education

CS degree (welcomed, not required)

Tools

Kubernetes

Observability tooling

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub

Job description

The Tyk API Management platform is helping to drive the connected world and power new products and services. We’re changing the way that organisations connect any number of their systems and services.Whether internal, external, public or highly encrypted systems, Tyk helps businesses drive value across the retail, finance, telecoms, healthcare, or media industries (to name just a few!)

If you’ve banked online, used an app to check the news, or perhaps even driven a connected car, API’s, and by extension, Tyk, make that possible. Founded in 2015 with offices in London – UK, London – Ontario, Atlanta and Singapore, we have many thousands of users of our B2B platform across the globe. Brands using Tyk range from Lotte, Bell, T Mobile, to RBS, Capital One and Vinci. We have a varied user base hailing from every continent – even Antarctica.

Total flexibility, default remote, radical responsibility

We offer unlimited paid holidays and remote working from anywhere in the world, for everyone. Why? Tyk was founded on the principle of offering flexibility and autonomy to our employees, we believe this allows our employees to achieve their best results. It also means we can build the best possible team, location and working hours are no barrier.

If this sounds like an environment that you believe could work for you then read on to find out more.

The role:

We want developers to recommend Tyk to their companies without being asked – and this role is central to that.

We’re looking for a Junior Developer Advocate to build Tyk’s presence in the communities where developers are already talking about API management, AI, AI governance, and modern infrastructure. This isn’t a polished marketing role. It’s a platform-building role for someone early in their career who will roll up their sleeves, learn things in public, create content as they go, and show up at the meetups and conferences where real practitioners gather. We fund the travel and the stages; you build a real personal profile in the API and AI space.

You’ll be writing, recording, talking, and travelling across Europe. You’ll cover the topics developers actually care about – API management, AI and API governance, observability, real implementation stories – and grow into a recognisable, trusted voice in the space. We’ll invest in your profile as much as Tyk’s, because we think they’re the same thing.

This is a genuine learning opportunity and a strong foundation for a career in developer relations. If you’re looking for a stable content treadmill, this isn’t it. If you’re hungry, happy to earn your reputation at a scrappy, fast-moving startup, and want to become a known name in the developer community – keep reading.

What you’ll be responsible for:

Create content

• Produce regular written and video content on API management, AI and API governance, observability, and real customer implementation stories.
• Publish hands‑on tutorials, how‑t‑os, and ecosystem guides that enable developers to find the solutions they are looking for (think Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, OAS, GraphQL, MCP and the AI/API intersection).
• Learn in public – share what you’re figuring out as you go, rough edges and all.

Show up in the community

• Attend and speak at developer meetups and conferences across Europe, growing Tyk’s visibility and goodwill through authentic, in‑person engagement.
• Be a genuine, friendly presence in developer communities online and off – the kind people trust because you’re real, not polished.
• Feed community insight back into our product and marketing teams.

Own developer marketing channels

• Take ownership of specific developer marketing channels (for example, our YouTube, blog, or community spaces like Reddit) – you’ll run them, grow them, and be accountable for them.
• Experiment, measure what’s working, and aren’t afraid to try things that might not.

What we’re looking for:

Above all, the right attitude: enthusiastic, hungry to learn, a great communicator, and not afraid to try things and put your work out into the world.

• Enough technical grounding to read code, understand architecture, and get your hands dirty — however you learned it. A CS degree is welcome but not required.
• Some experience creating content – writing, video, or talks – even if it’s personal projects or university work.
• Comfortable speaking to small groups; meetups and community events should excite you, not fill you with dread.
• A creator’s instinct – you want to make things and share them.
• Genuine curiosity about APIs, AI, AI governance, and where the infrastructure space is heading.
• Happy to travel regularly across Europe as part of the role.
• Self‑directed and energized by a small, fast-moving team.
• AI-native: you use AI regularly and know the difference between AI‑assisted and AI slop.

Nice to have

• An existing presence in developer communities – a blog, YouTube channel, GitHub, or a talk or two.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, observability tooling, or CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with API management concepts.

Why you should join us:

• Everyone has unlimited paid holiday.
• We have total flexibility in hours, as we believe creativity flows better when our people are given freedom to decide when they are most productive. Everyone is unique after all.
• Employee share scheme
• Generous maternity and paternity leave
• Company retreats

We all share the same vision – we value authenticity, respect, responsibility, independence, honesty, diversity and inclusion and most importantly treating others how you wish to be treated. We look for like‑minded people who bring their personalities to work everyday, strive to achieve their personal goals and who are willing to challenge the way we do things, why? – to make what we do even better!

It’s ok to screw up

We’ve found that it’s often the ‘stupid’ or unexpected ideas that turn out to be the successful ones – so try it, at least we can say we have.

The only stupid idea, is the untested one

It’s in our DNA – starting a business with founders 12 hours apart, giving our gateway away for free – sure, we did that, and we’d do it again.

Trust starts with you – make it count

Trust is a two‑way street – instil it from day one.

We have each other’s back – we’re all on the same team. Think before you speak or act.

Make things, better

Always try to leave things better than when you found them – change is constant, inevitable and embraced! Be that change we want to see.

What’s it like to work here?! check it out: https://tyk.io/worklife/

Tyk is an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

You can see more about us here https://tyk.io