Staff Developer Relations Engineer, Cloud and Generative AI

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Developer Relations Engineer to collaborate with developers at conferences and online, write sample code and client libraries, and advocate for developers internally. The role involves driving technical strategy, enabling communities across the Americas, and representing developers to product teams.

You will scale engagement through turnkey workshops, virtual campaigns, and high-quality digital content, contributing to Google’s AI and infrastructure initiatives at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of work experience in a technical role (e.g., software engineering, solutions consultant, etc.) or equivalent technical experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage product engagement and identify user needs.
• Attend or facilitate conferences and events to gain and share insights on user experience and technologies.
• Lead strategic developer programs and act as an authority in the domain.
• Contribute input and feedback on products or programs, and represent the interests of partners to internal stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Job description

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of work experience in a technical role (e.g., software engineering, solutions consultant, etc.) or equivalent technical experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven track record of setting technical strategy for large teams and large projects.

ABOUT THE JOB

Passionate people are everywhere at Google. In Developer Relations, we get excited to collaborate and connect with the communities that love technology as much as we do. Part community manager and part developer advocate, Developer Relations Engineers collaborate with developers at conferences and online, and advocate for developers interests internally at Google. Not afraid to be hands-on, you write sample code and client libraries as well as participate in developer forums and support queues to troubleshoot and debug coding problems developers encounter. Internally, you work with product engineering teams to improve our products by conveying feedback from developers, reviewing API designs and testing new features.

With your technical expertise, you drive strategy around fostering a community of developers who work with Google technologies. An ardent advocate for these developers, you represent their voice internally to our Product Managers and serve as their Google support in application development and technology implementation.

As a part of this role, you will help democratize advanced AI and cloud innovation across the Americas by empowering all developer communities, both physical and virtual with frictionless, high-impact technical enablement. You will scale reach and drive cost-effective activations by delivering turnkey, workshop kits, streaming engaging virtual campaigns, and sharing high-quality digital content across various online networks, partner platforms, regional communities and Google developer ecosystem.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what's possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $192000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google [https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage product engagement and identify user needs.
• Attend or facilitate conferences and events to gain and share insights on user experience and technologies.
• Lead strategic developer programs and act as an authority in the domain.
• Contribute input and feedback on products or programs, and represent the interests of partners to internal stakeholders.