MySQL Architect, Community & Ecosystem

Oracle; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 96,800 - 306,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan

Flexible vacation

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Oracle is hiring a Developer Advocate / Community Manager in Austin, Texas. This role focuses on building technical communities around MySQL solutions and driving product adoption. Candidates should have 8-10 years of experience with MySQL and cloud platforms, excellent technical writing skills, and a passion for community building.

The position includes responsibilities such as developing technical content, engaging with developers, and advocating for cloud and MySQL users. Oracle offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years working with MySQL and cloud platforms.
• Strong technical writing and public speaking skills.
• Hands-on experience with MySQL in cloud environments.
• Experience in cultivating online communities.

Responsibilities

• Foster and grow communities around MySQL solutions.
• Develop high-quality technical content on MySQL.
• Speak at conferences and webinars.
• Organize workshops and hackathons.

Skills

Technical writing

Public speaking

Community engagement

Cloud platforms

MySQL

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

GitHub

MySQL

Job description

Job Description

As a Developer Advocate / Community Manager – Cloud & MySQL, you will champion the needs of developers and users leveraging MySQL solutions. You’ll build vibrant technical communities, create useful content, and represent developer interests internally. You’ll work closely with engineering, product, and marketing to enable the next generation of cloud‑native MySQL users and drive product adoption. In addition, you will serve as a technical architect and ecosystem leader, helping shape the MySQL Community Edition roadmap and strengthening open‑source contribution workflows in partnership with MySQL engineering.

Responsibilities

• Community Engagement:
  • Foster and grow active user and developer communities around on-premise & cloud-based MySQL solutions (e.g., Oracle MySQL Database Service).
  • Respond to technical questions, collect feedback, and resolve issues through forums, social media, GitHub, Stack Overflow, and other channels.
• Technical Advocacy:
  • Develop high-quality technical content (blog posts, video tutorials, sample apps) centered on MySQL in cloud architectures (scalability, security, best practices).
  • Speak at virtual and in‑person conferences, webinars, and meetups on topics such as cloud-native data management, MySQL performance, and database migrations.
  • Advocate for cloud and MySQL users by synthesizing feedback and working with product teams to influence the product roadmap.
  • Collect and synthesize technical requirements from large users and ecosystem partners to help define the MySQL Community Edition roadmap (3‑5 year horizon).
  • Demonstrate new MySQL features and releases through reference architectures, deep‑dive technical sessions, and real‑world use cases for enterprise and community audiences.
  • Serve as a technical bridge between community/users and MySQL engineering—translating field feedback into actionable product/engineering input and validating feasibility and impact.
• Program & Community Development:
  • Organize hackathons, workshops, and cloud sessions focusing on modern MySQL database use cases.
  • Develop and maintain community resources, such as getting-started guides, FAQs, migration playbooks, and architectural best practices.
  • Lead, manage and grow advocacy programs (such as MySQL ACE and Rockstars).
  • Drive technical community contribution programs by identifying, encouraging, and mentoring high-quality external contributions (bug fixes, patches, features) aligned with product direction.
  • Partner with engineering to expand open-source participation while maintaining technical quality (e.g., defining contribution standards, review expectations, and acceptance criteria).
• Internal Collaboration:
  • Work with engineering, product management, and marketing teams to advocate for developer needs and promote new features relevant to the MySQL cloud ecosystem.
  • Ensure documentation and content materials are accurate and up-to-date.
  • Drive MySQL’s GitHub organization processes and structure (e.g., contribution workflows, issue/PR triage, templates, labeling, governance mechanics) in alignment with internal engineering practices.
  • Work closely with MySQL engineering, sales, and partner teams to support adoption efforts with technically credible guidance (architecture patterns, deployment considerations, performance and reliability best practices).
• Metrics & Reporting:
  • Track, measure, and report on community health, engagement, and adoption metrics.
  • Track and report technical ecosystem signals such as contribution volume/quality, PR throughput, issue trends, and community-driven roadmap inputs.

Qualifications

• 8‑10 years working with MySQL and cloud platforms (preferably Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, &/or Google Cloud) and relational databases (preferably MySQL).
• Strong technical writing and public speaking skills demonstrated through blog posts, tutorials, conference talks, or webinars.
• Hands‑on experience architecting, deploying, or managing MySQL in cloud environments.
• Experience cultivating online communities and responding to developer/user queries.
• Proficiency in English; additional languages a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across stakeholders (engineering/product/community) and operate effectively as a technical leader without direct authority.
• Experience working with open-source development workflows (GitHub-based contribution model, PR reviews, issue triage, release/change communication).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing or contributing to open source projects related to data or cloud technologies.
• Familiarity with DBA skills, DevOps practices and data migration/integration tools.
• Experience with other data technologies (NoSQL, analytics stacks, etc.) and complimentary technologies (Java, JavaScript, Python, Linux, Spring, Helidon, Cloud Native technologies).
• Experience with AI/ML, LLMs.
• Passion for teaching and technical enablement.
• Established credibility in the MySQL ecosystem (e.g., known community participant, speaker, author, maintainer/contributor, or recognized practitioner in enterprise MySQL deployments).

Legal Statements

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Compensation and Benefits

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 - $306,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&DD
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

Career Level - IC5

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