Senior Developer Advocate, Security Lab — Remote

GitHub, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 121,800 - 323,200; Full time

Job summary

GitHub is seeking a Staff Developer Advocate for the Security Lab to engage security researchers, open source maintainers, and enterprise developers. You will define the vision for the advocacy program and produce high-quality technical content, lead community events, and drive social campaigns.

You will mentor others and align advocacy with GitHub's security goals. You will collaborate across teams to collect feedback, influence product improvements, and communicate impact using data.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in community/audience engagement or related IT work.
• 2+ years in application security or vulnerability research.
• 4+ years with Git, GitHub, and software development practices.
• Public contributions or keynote experience in security topics.

Responsibilities

• Engage with security researchers and open source maintainers to grow the Security Lab community.
• Define and execute the content strategy including blog posts, tutorials, training, videos, and talks.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing to relay community feedback.
• Lead internal advocacy and measure impact with data.

Skills

Community engagement

Git/GitHub experience

Security research

Public speaking

Content strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

CodeQL

Job description

GitHub is seeking a Staff Developer Advocate for the Security Lab to engage security researchers, open source maintainers, and enterprise developers. You will define the vision for the advocacy program and produce high-quality technical content, lead community events, and drive social campaigns.

You will mentor others and align advocacy with GitHub's security goals. You will collaborate across teams to collect feedback, influence product improvements, and communicate impact using data.