Developer Relations Engineer

Orbital; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early-stage equity

Budget for conferences and events

Travel and tools budget

Job summary

Orbital is seeking a Developer Advocate to build a thriving developer community around its enterprise data integration platform and open source schema language. The role blends hands-on engineering with developer education, creating practical content and demos, and representing the products at events.

You will write articles, tutorials, and guides; build demos that illustrate platform capabilities; and improve onboarding and documentation.

Qualifications

• Strong software development experience and the ability to build working technical examples.
• Clear written and verbal communication of technical topics.
• Self-directed approach to improving confusing docs, tutorials, or onboarding experiences.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain technical articles, tutorials, guides, and other developer-facing content.
• Build demos and examples showing platform and schema language in practice.
• Improve product documentation and onboarding by addressing points of confusion.
• Engage with developers through community channels and events; relay feedback to product teams.
• Explain concepts across APIs, streaming, and enterprise data integration clearly.

Skills

Software development

Technical writing

Demo development

Public speaking

Tools

Kotlin/JVM

Job description

Role overview

Build a developer community around an enterprise data integration platform and its open source schema language. The role combines hands-on engineering with developer education: create practical content and demos, improve documentation and onboarding, and represent the products in developer communities and at events.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain technical articles, tutorials, guides, and other developer-facing content.
• Build demos and examples that show how the platform and schema language work in practice.
• Improve product documentation and onboarding by identifying and addressing points of confusion.
• Engage with developers through community channels and industry events, and bring their feedback to the product team.
• Work across APIs, streaming, and enterprise data integration use cases to explain technical concepts clearly.

Requirements

• Strong software development experience and the ability to build working technical examples.
• Familiarity with enterprise data sources and integration patterns, such as APIs or streaming systems.
• Ability to explain technical topics clearly in writing and in conversation.
• A practical, self-directed approach to finding and improving confusing docs, tutorials, or onboarding experiences.

Nice to have

• A track record in developer content, public speaking, or open source projects with users.
• Experience building or exploring AI systems, integration platforms, API gateways, or data orchestration tools.
• Familiarity with Kotlin or the JVM ecosystem.

Benefits and work setup

Remote within UK time zones; full-time is preferred, with part-time considered. The role includes early-stage equity, and budgets for conferences, community events, travel, hardware, and tools.