Sr Developer Advocate - Product

Uber; United States; On-site; USD 190,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity awards

401(k) plan

Benefits package

Job summary

Uber is seeking a Developer Advocate to empower the Cadence ecosystem by creating resources, demos, and tutorials for engineers building Cadence-based services. You will engage with open-source communities, present at conferences, and help shape the advocacy strategy.

The role involves collaboration with Cadence engineers and users to improve developer experience. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software engineering or developer relations, strong Go backend skills, and proven technical

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering or developer relations.
• Strong backend development experience with Go or similar languages.
• Experience building distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience creating technical content, demos, or talks.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to engage with open-source communities.

Responsibilities

• Build and grow the Cadence developer community through content, talks, workshops, and events.
• Help developers understand and adopt Cadence in production.
• Create hands-on examples, demos, and tutorials for Cadence users.
• Engage with the open-source community via GitHub, Slack, meetups, and conferences.
• Work with Cadence engineers to identify gaps and improve developer experience.
• Represent Cadence at technical conferences and community events.
• Contribute to shaping Cadence's developer advocacy strategy and roadmap.

Skills

Go

Backend development

Distributed systems

Open-source advocacy

Technical writing

Cloud platforms

Programming (Go/Java/JS)

Community engagement

Tools

GitHub

Slack

Prometheus

gRPC

Thrift

protobuf

Docker

Job description

About the Role: Cadence is a modern open source microservice orchestration service used at Uber and by many other major companies. It is the backbone technology for more than 1000 services at Uber and powering billions of executions every month. It is the modern way of creating reliable and scalable distributed systems.

We are looking for a developer advocate to support other developers to increase developer efficiency by working with engineers across Uber to help them build Cadence-based services successfully, creating and improving resources to educate users and building a developer community of Cadence users.

To get more information about us you can visit our website (https://cadenceworkflow.io/), search numerous public blogs and videos prepared about Cadence.

What the Candidate Will Do:

• Build and grow the Cadence developer community through technical content, talks, workshops, and events.
• Help developers understand, adopt, and successfully use Cadence in production.
• Create hands-on examples, demos, tutorials, and other technical resources for Cadence users.
• Engage with the open-source community through GitHub, Slack, meetups, conferences, and other channels.
• Work closely with Cadence engineers and users to identify gaps, gather feedback, and improve the developer experience.
• Represent Cadence at technical conferences and community events.
• Help shape Cadence's developer advocacy strategy and roadmap.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, developer relations, developer advocacy, or a related technical role.
• Strong software development experience, with proficiency in Go or another backend programming language.
• Experience building and explaining distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms.
• Experience creating technical content, demos, tutorials, or presentations for developers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to engage effectively with open-source communities and software developers.
• Great technical writing skills
• Knowledge on setting up and debugging distributed systems on cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Knowledge of technologies like Cassandra, MySQL, ElasticSearch, Kafka, Kubernetes, React and programming languages like Go, Java, Javascript
• Experience with building libraries and SDKs
• Understanding of distributed systems and a good understanding of its fundamentals.
• Excellent communication skills
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Cadence, Temporal, SWF or Durable Functions
• Coding skills with a high bar for quality and scalability
• Familiarity with metrics collection systems like Prometheus
• Experience with Thrift, gRPC, protobuf
  

Ready to Ride?

This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook - it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves - we'd love to hear from you.

You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.

Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $190,000 per year - USD $211,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $190,000 per year - USD $211,000 per year.

For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.