Data Engineer

BMC Software; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

BMC Software is seeking a Developer Relations Engineer to act as the technical voice for developer communities. This high-impact role entails creating content, supporting external developers, and engaging in product direction feedback. Candidates should have a strong data engineering background and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Strong background in data engineering or architecture.
• Experience with Apache Airflow or similar tools.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Advocate best practices for workflow orchestration.
• Create blogs, tutorials, and technical deep dives.
• Develop prototypes and demo environments.

Skills

Data engineering

Orchestrating data pipelines

Communication

Technical writing

Education

3+ years experience in data engineering

Job description

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Base pay range

$125,400.00/yr - $209,000.00/yr

Description and Requirements

"At BMC trust is not just a word - it's a way of life!" Remote

Description and Requirements

"At BMC trust is not just a word - it's a way of life!"

We are an award-winning, equal opportunity, culturally diverse, fun place to be. Giving back to the community drives us to be better every single day. Our work environment allows you to balance your priorities, because we know you will bring your best every day. We will champion your wins and shout them from the rooftops. Your peers will inspire, drive, support you, and make you laugh out loud!

We help our customers free up time and space to become an Autonomous Digital Enterprise that conquers the opportunities ahead - and are relentless in the pursuit of innovation!

We’re seeking a Developer Relations (DevRel) Engineer with a strong background in data engineering or data architecture, especially in orchestrating data pipelines using tools like Apache Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect. In this role, you will act as the technical voice of the company to the developer and data engineering communities—creating content, building prototypes, engaging with developers, and advocating for best practices in modern data orchestration and data operations.

This is a high-impact, cross-functional role that combines technical expertise with community engagement, storytelling, and hands-on development to grow adoption, awareness, and love for our platform.

Responsibilities

• Engage and Enable Developers:
• Advocate for best practices in workflow orchestration, data pipeline design, and data platform architecture.
• Support external developers through Slack, GitHub, forums, and events.
• Create Compelling Content:
• Write blogs, tutorials, technical deep dives, and produce sample code and reference architectures.
• Deliver webinars, conference talks, and hands-on workshops on orchestration and data engineering topics.
• Build and Share Prototypes:
• Develop real-world use cases using Airflow (or similar), dbt, Spark, Kubernetes, and cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Create demo environments, integration guides, and GitHub repos showcasing orchestration workflows.
• Shape the Product with Feedback:
• Act as the bridge between the community and product/engineering teams by gathering feedback and contributing to product direction.
• Champion developer needs internally.
  

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years as a data engineer, data architect, or platform engineer.
• Hands-on experience building and orchestrating data pipelines with Apache Airflow or similar orchestration tools.
• Deep familiarity with data ecosystems (e.g., Spark, dbt, Kafka, Snowflake, Lakehouses, data APIs), Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Step Functions, GCP Dataproc etc.)
• Strong communicator, comfortable presenting technical content to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to write engaging technical blogs, tutorials, or public code repositories.
• Experience with modern DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
  
  

Nice to Have

• Prior experience in developer advocacy, technical evangelism, or community building.
• Familiarity with open-source contribution workflows and Git-based collaboration.
• Experience working with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of LLMOps, MLOps, or real-time data architectures.
  
  

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Our commitment to you!

BMC’s culture is built around its people. We have 6000+ brilliant minds working together across the globe. You won’t be known just by your employee number, but for your true authentic self. BMC lets you be YOU!

If after reading the above, You’re unsure if you meet the qualifications of this role but are deeply excited about BMC and this team, we still encourage you to apply! We want to attract talents from diverse backgrounds and experience to ensure we face the world together with the best ideas!

BMC is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, age, sex, creed, color, religion, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy, disabled veteran or status as a protected veteran. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, visit the accommodation request page.

BMC Software maintains a strict policy of not requesting any form of payment in exchange for employment opportunities, upholding a fair and ethical hiring process.

The annual base salary range represents the low and high end of the BMC salary range for this position. Actual salaries depend on a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training, licensure, and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

The range listed is just one component of BMC's employee compensation package. Other rewards may include a variable plan and country specific benefits.

At BMC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at /near the top of the range. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $125,400 - $209,000

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer Hardware Manufacturing, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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