Cloud Developer Advocate

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Waterloo, ON, Canada.Minimum qualifications:

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

Preferred qualifications:

• 3 years of experience as a technical practitioner developing software for the cloud or working with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra or others.
• 2 years of experience communicating at technology conferences, blogging/writing technical articles with an existing follower base, or contributing to popular open source projects.
• Ability to take ownership of solutions and exert influence without authority.
  
  

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 Programs 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 improve our products by conveying feedback from developers, reviewing API designs and testing new features. Chrome, Android, App Engine, HTML5 as well as our core Google Apps and Ads APIs are just some of the platforms you promote and support.

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 Cloud Advocate for Data Cloud, you will advocate on behalf of the community, ensuring that our products meet their needs and deliver the best possible user and developer experiences. You will raise awareness of cloud database technologies and methodologies within our technical communities through enablement and inspiration, while helping drive strategy for Google Developer Relations efforts focused on specific communities and products.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Participate in technical communities as a practitioner having, or developing, a deep understanding of that community’s needs, specifically around data management.
• Build and foster an external ecosystem of community influencers, meetups, experts that amplify our messages and extend our reach.
• Contribute input and feedback on products or programs, and represent the interests of partners to internal stakeholders.
• Represent the needs of technical communities throughout the entire product life-cycle including input on design discussions, customer zero testing, launch, and post-launch updates.
• Work with product and Developers teams to define strategies and craft narratives around new products and features.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .