Senior Developer Advocate

Cloudinary; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading API platform provider in Greater London seeks a Senior Developer Advocate to enhance developer experience and community engagement. You will be responsible for creating content and supporting our developer community initiatives. The ideal candidate has over 7 years in a DevRel role, has experience in frontend development, and is skilled in fostering global developer relationships. This role offers competitive benefits, including a robust wellness policy and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Awesome technology

Top-talent peers

Robust vacation & wellness policy

Annual development stipend

Catered lunches or a food stipend

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a DevRel or DevX role.
• History of building technical content and tutorials.
• Experience with global developer communities.

Responsibilities

• Build community awareness and engagement.
• Collaborate on product development impacting developer experience.
• Create developer-friendly content including blogs and videos.
• Participate in developer events and engagement activities.

Skills

Community engagement

Content creation

Frontend web development

Communication

Developer experience enhancement

Tools

GitHub

Node.js

Python

PHP

Job description

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Cloudinary is the Image and Video API platform trusted by millions of developers and over 10,000 companies worldwide. Our powerful tools fuel websites to be faster, richer in user engagement, and breakthrough creativity. With a growing suite of products that support everything from developer efficiency to brand storytelling, Cloudinary is becoming the visual layer of the web.

Cloudinary has a globally distributed team across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific, united by a shared commitment to building smart, scalable technology and a culture rooted in humility, curiosity, and collaboration. At Cloudinary, we celebrate Life & Work. We believe in healthy growth, working with purpose, and creating meaningful value. If you're looking for a place where your voice matters and your work truly makes an impact, this may be the opportunity for you.

The web is visual and we're looking for a developer advocate who possesses the skills, energy, passion, and commitment to join Cloudinary's mission of empowering developers to build and deliver great image and video experiences. Cloudinary is the image and video platform for the Web, geared first and foremost for developers, and ensuring excellent developer experience is a top priority!

Cloudinary's Developer Relations team is looking for an experienced Senior Developer Advocate, a community-oriented, education-minded, experienced software engineer (preferably specialized in frontend web development) who strives to improve the DX of our image and video platform while educating and inspiring other developers via the curation of community and the creation and delivery of interactive content.

You will be primarily working with the following technologies: Web frontend languages and (meta) frameworks Potentially one or more backend languages/frameworks such as Node.js, Python, PHP, etc APIs/SDKs for media mgmt, CMS, DB, auth, etc. GitHub, CodeSandbox, and related software management tools Trends in Generative AI for Developer Relations Successful candidates for this role are eager to build community via our new program, the Cloudinary Creators Community. They are also high-bar content creators with deep roots as software engineers. You understand developers because you have worked as an engineer, and empathize with what makes their lives easier, how they communicate, their wants, and their needs. You recognize great developer experience (or lack thereof) when you see it, and can take the initiative to help improve it.

You will use your skills and talents to improve developer engagement with our image and video platform. You will be the internal and external champion of best practices that enable developer success with media technology in a variety of ecosystems (tools, frameworks, platforms, stacks) and implementation use cases. And you'll have the opportunity to help us support developers globally through our community program.

Job Responsibilities:

• Build community awareness and engagement in our global community, the Cloudinary Creators Community via active engagement and program curation with community members
• Work closely with product management and R&D to provide input into product development decisions that would impact developer experience
• Create developer-friendly content including blogs, curricula and videos partnering with community members
• Support our presence at developer events, whether through booth participation, speaking opportunities, or other forms of developer engagement

About you:

• 7+ years of experience in a DevRel or DevX role
• You have a long history of building technical content, code samples, tutorials, and speaking at events
• You're comfortable building and working with global developer communities
• You're able to create content without heavy reliance on AI, while understanding how to leverage these tools for productivity
• You are a good writer and inclusive communicator
• You engage with various developer communities through podcasts, events, streams, and social media
• You've worked with internal product and engineering teams to shape development priorities that reflect developer feedback and input
• You work well with other DevRel or DevX team members to build joint projects
• You're comfortable with analyzing and measuring the impact of your work
• You are a clear cross-functional communicator
• Bonus Points: Prior experience working in distributed teams and work environments and multiple time zones
• Familiarity with media management and applied knowledge of media technology applications

We have you in mind. As an employee, you will experience many benefits, including:

Awesome technology

Top-talent peers

Robust vacation & wellness policy

Annual development stipend

Catered lunches or a food stipend

Cloudinary is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer dedicated to pursuing a diverse workforce.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.