AI Development Advocate

EBSCO Industries, Inc.; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Full-time role

Cross-functional collaboration

Job summary

Moultrie, a Birmingham, Alabama-based leader in game feeders and developer-focused AI innovation, seeks an AI Development Advocate to scale AI-driven developer productivity. You will own end-to-end strategy for transitioning software teams to an AI agent-first model, acting as an internal DX lead for engineers.

You will build tooling, provide hands-on support, and design onboarding programs while measuring adoption and impact across the engineering org.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience with modern engineering practices.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) in professional settings.
• Proficiency in Java, .NET, or similar languages; able to guide production-quality code.
• Experience delivering technical talks, workshops, or training to developers.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and integrating AI services into pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Define organization-wide strategy for AI agent-first development and adoption milestones.
• Build internal tooling, reference implementations, and proof-of-concept AI workflows.
• Provide hands-on support to engineering teams facing AI tooling challenges.
• Design AI onboarding plans and guide teams through rapid capability evolution.
• Develop feedback loops between teams and leadership to address blockers.
• Grow an internal AI Champions community to scale enablement.
• Define and track AI adoption metrics across teams and tooling usage.
• Identify high-value AI use cases in the SDLC for code generation, review, testing, and deployment.
• Monitor AI tool ecosystems and stay current with agentic frameworks and tooling trends.
• Own AI governance and cost controls, including licensing and spend visibility.

Skills

AI development

DevRel

GitHub Copilot

Java/.NET

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Code reviews

DX/DevEx

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Moultrie (www.moultrie.com) is the leader in game feeders and cellular camera innovation, building products used by hunters, property owners, and others for real-time remote monitoring.

We take pride in developing deep user understanding, obsessing about the details, and going the extra mile to show our users we love them. Moultrie is customer-driven – hardware, software, marketing, and customer success teams collaborate to deliver a quality user experience.

We are guided by the following principles: Customer Obsession.; Excellence is the Standard.; Bias for Action.; Act Boldly.; Deliver Results.; Hire and Develop the Best.; Be Curious and Learn.; Win as a Team

Job Summary

The AI Development Advocate is a strategic, hands-on leader responsible for scaling AI-driven developer productivity across the organization. Serving as Moultrie's internal Developer Relations (DevRel) lead for AI, this role owns the end-to-end strategy and execution for transitioning our software development teams to an AI agent-first model. Think of it as an internal Developer Experience (DX) function: your customers are our engineers, and your success is measured by their productivity, confidence, and depth of AI adoption. Your mandate is to maximize AI impact at scale, from onboarding new teams to advancing the most experienced practitioners.

Job Responsibilities

• Define and own the organization-wide strategy for AI agent-first development: setting direction, establishing adoption milestones, and driving a measurable, lasting shift in how developers design and ship software.
• Build and maintain internal tooling, reference implementations, and proof-of-concept workflows that demonstrate how AI agents can accelerate development tasks such as code generation, code review, testing, and documentation.
• Provide hands‑on technical support to engineering teams encountering issues with AI tools, agent workflows, prompt engineering, or LLM integration; serving as the first point of escalation for AI‑related blockers.
• Design and execute AI onboarding plans for engineering teams (including initial setup, role‑specific training, and structured ramp programs) and provide ongoing guidance as AI development capabilities rapidly evolve.
• Build feedback loops between engineering teams and tech leadership, synthesizing adoption blockers, tool gaps, and team needs into actionable recommendations.
• Build and grow an internal AI Champions community by identifying and enabling enthusiastic early adopters within each team to serve as peer advocates, accelerate grassroots adoption, and scale enablement beyond what a single advocate can reach.
• Define and track AI adoption metrics across teams, measuring tool usage, productivity impact, and developer confidence over time.
• Partner with product and engineering leadership to identify high‑value use cases for AI agent automation within the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from code generation and review to testing and deployment.
• Monitor the AI tool ecosystem and maintain awareness of the latest agentic frameworks, LLM capabilities, and developer tooling trends to ensure our teams remain current and competitive.
• Own AI governance and cost controls, establishing usage policies, license management, spend visibility, and guardrails that ensure responsible and cost‑effective AI adoption across the engineering organization.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of hands‑on software development experience, with a strong foundation in modern software engineering practices.
• Demonstrable hands‑on experience using AI‑assisted development tools (including GitHub Copilot) to improve personal and team productivity in a professional software development context.
• Proficiency in .NET, Java, or a similar language; comfortable writing, reviewing, and guiding production‑quality code across engineering teams.
• Experience creating and delivering technical presentations, workshops, or training sessions to developer audiences.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and integrating AI services into software pipelines and CI/CD workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced experience with GitHub Copilot, including Copilot Chat, Copilot for CLI, and agent‑mode workflows; familiarity with GitHub Copilot administration and license management.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering techniques and AI agent patterns as applied to developer productivity use cases (e.g., code generation, automated testing, documentation, code review).
• Prior experience in a Developer Relations (DevRel), Developer Experience (DX), technical enablement, or internal engineering advocacy role, with a track record of driving tool adoption and improving the developer experience at scale.
• Strong technical writing skills: able to produce internal documentation, how‑to guides, and best‑practice references that engineers will actually use.
• Demonstrated experience driving technology adoption and organizational change within engineering organizations.
• Ability to coach and mentor engineers at all levels on AI tooling, agentic patterns, and evolving best practices.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience, with access to cutting‑edge AI tooling and infrastructure.
• Full‑time position with a front‑row seat to our AI transformation across all engineering teams.
• Collaborative, cross‑functional environment with high visibility to engineering leadership and direct impact on developer productivity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, sex, pregnancy status, age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

We comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law.