API Evangelist (USAP) - Remote

Blue Altair is in search of the next generation of API practitioners to help a large business transform from a telecommunications company to a technology company. An important piece of this initiative is the transformation to an API-first approach. With products at different stages of this journey - monolithic, API-last, API-first - we need an API Evangelist who can help set the right culture, and process for this transformation.

This position is available for fully remote work.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Spread the word, first internal and possibly external communities, with a focus on Blue Altair's APIs, and our application and service development platforms to help developers and operators create awesome products
• Mentor and coach team on API-first best practices and skills Help define how a world class API team operates and drives business impact
• Drive the editorial calendar and support the team's creation of engaging content around Blue Altair's open-source engagements and products
• Engage with developers and participate in developer forums; create samples, guides, tutorials, and blogs to ensure an excellent experience, both for internal and external developers
• Work closely with partners and open-source communities, such as CNCF, GraphQL Foundation, to coordinate marketing collateral and initiatives
• Be an evangelist for the Blue Altair development platform, Development Portal, and open-source projects both internally and externally by speaking at conferences, meetups, community meetings
• Be customer-obsessed, acting as the voice of developers and Blue Altair's customers in creating and operationalizing world-class SaaS platforms
• Help improve our products by providing feedback on API design, platform usability, and functionality
• Participate in and grow the communities around Blue Altair's involvement in open source
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships at multiple levels within the company, including commercial, engineering, marketing, sales, and services
• Own the API-first training plan to ensure adoption of Blue Altair's API program

Requirements:

• Computer Science or a related technical degree. MBA preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in developer advocacy and evangelism, 1-2 years in team leadership experience
• Experience creating, marketing, and editing various forms of technical content that resonates with developers
• Hand-on experience with and a solid understanding of the cloud-native ecosystem, developer tools, and APIs
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; comfortable presenting to large audiences
• Confident in articulating value propositions, yet able to seamlessly drop into technical details when needed
• Experience in developing and improving mobile applications

Benefits

In addition to a competitive compensation package, we offer abundant opportunities for you to achieve, excel, and surpass even your own expectations. Aligned with Blue Altair's challenger ethos, we present the Star Elements program, inspired by the composition of stars themselves-comprising diverse elements that give unique qualities and illuminate for thousands of years. Likewise, our initiative aims to facilitate brilliance in our employees. The Star Elements program encompasses a range of benefits, supporting our team across four pivotal facets of their lives and careers. Through Star Elements, our employees can fully realize their potential, both on personal and professional fronts.