Developer Advocate

Orthogonal; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Orthogonal is hiring a Developer Advocate in San Francisco to help developers understand and use our platform. You will write documentation, build runnable examples, and answer technical questions in person at our SF office.

You’ll create demos, tutorials, and talks, gather developer feedback, and engage with communities to improve our products. This is a full-time, in-person role reporting to the Founders with strong collaboration across a small team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering, developer relations, or technical education.
• Ability to explain technical ideas clearly in writing and speech.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with APIs and at least one modern programming language.
• Ability to read code, debug integrations, and build small applications.

Responsibilities

• Write clear documentation and guides for Orthogonal’s SDK, MCP, and CLI.
• Build example projects developers can run and adapt.
• Help developers troubleshoot integrations and answer technical questions.
• Create demos, tutorials, and technical talks.
• Learn where developers get stuck and feed feedback to the product team.
• Participate in developer communities and events.

Skills

Software engineering

Developer relations

Technical education

APIs

Programming languages

Job description

We’re hiring a developer advocate to help developers understand and use Orthogonal. You’ll write documentation, build examples and demos, answer technical questions, and bring developer feedback back to the product team. This is a full‑time, in‑person role in San Francisco.

What you’ll do

• Write clear documentation and guides for Orthogonal’s SDK, MCP, and CLI
• Build example projects that developers can run and adapt
• Help developers troubleshoot integrations and answer technical questions
• Create demos, tutorials, and technical talks
• Learn where developers get stuck and turn that feedback into product changes
• Participate in developer communities and events

Who you are

• 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering, developer relations, or technical education
• You’ve built software and can explain technical ideas clearly
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Experience with APIs and at least one modern programming language
• Comfortable reading code, debugging integrations, and building small applications
• Enjoy working directly with developers and helping them solve problems
• Comfortable working closely with a small team and changing priorities

Nice to have

• Experience with API platforms, developer tools, or AI agents
• Open source contributions or experience maintaining a developer community
• Experience speaking at meetups or conferences

Details

Stage YC W26, Seed

Reports to Founders directly