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Developer Advocate

Developer Advocate

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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote or Hybrid
130K-150K Annually
Senior level
Consumer Web • eCommerce • Internet of Things
We empower brands and people to regain ownership of their digital identity and online presence.
The Role
Founding Developer Advocate for DNSid: build and grow the developer community create videos/blogs/tutorials speak at events run workshops/hackathons engage on GitHub/Discord ship SDK demos and integrations (TypeScript/Python/Go) contribute upstream open-source and feed developer insights into the product roadmap.
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Summary / Objective
IDIL is building DNS-native identity infrastructure for AI agents and other non-human identities: a durable governance-backed domain name that serves as an agent's foundational identity. This is a founding role on the DNSid rollout team. The Developer Advocate builds the developer community the advocacy content and the integration ecosystem largely from scratch at a stage where the specification is still evolving and the developer audience is still forming.
The Developer Advocate serves as the public face of DNSid to developers demonstrating its purpose importance and usage through talks tutorials demos and direct engagement wherever developers build. This role writes and ships code contributes to the open-source SDKs and reference implementations and feeds insights gained from the community back into the product roadmap. The Developer Advocate will partner closely with the SDK and Integrations Engineers and Technical Writers.
The Developer Advocate reports to the Director Software Engineering.
What You'll Do
  • Create educational video content: screencasts short-form walkthroughs and voiceover explainers that take a developer from first install through a working agent deployment and the operational patterns that follow
  • Write technical blog posts integration tutorials and conceptual explainers that make the DNSid trust model and lifecycle accessible to developers whatever their background
  • Speak at conferences and developer events across the AI platform-engineering and identity ecosystems
  • Engage where AI-agent developers work: GitHub issues discussions and PRs plus Discord and the relevant social channels as a consistent and technically credible presence
  • Ship developer tooling (skills plugins AI-native extensions) that makes DNSid easier to adopt inside the workflows developers already use
  • Run hackathons workshops and office hours that give developers hands-on experience with the DNSid SDKs and integrations
  • Synthesize developer feedback from support threads GitHub and conversations into structured input that shapes the SDK roadmap and documentation priorities
  • Track the agent-framework ecosystem and recommend where advocacy should focus next as new frameworks and standards emerge
  • Help build and maintain a portfolio of end-to-end DNSid demos integrated with the agent frameworks developers actually use such as LangChain CrewAI the Microsoft Agent Framework LlamaIndex the OpenAI Agents SDK MCP servers and A2A implementations
  • Contribute code upstream: to the open-source DNSid SDKs and reference implementations and to the third-party agent frameworks and tools in the ecosystem landing native DNSid support and advocating for its adoption where developers already build
  • Actively models and promotes Identity Digital's core values through day-to-day interactions behaviors and decision-making
  • Other duties as assigned

Who You Are / What You Bring
  • 5+ years in developer advocacy developer relations or a software-engineering role with significant external-facing technical communication
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
  • Able to write production-quality code in at least two of TypeScript Python or Go with the ability to build demos independently and debug them during live presentations.
  • Direct experience working with AI agent frameworks including a deep understanding of agent loop structures and failure points gained from hands-on work in frameworks like LangChain CrewAI or the Microsoft Agent Framework.
  • A demonstrated track record of technical public speaking (conference talks workshop facilitation or webinars) with full ownership of both technical content and delivery.
  • Strong technical writing skills with a portfolio of blog posts tutorials or documentation that explains complex protocols or APIs to a developer audience
  • An active visible presence in at least one developer community (AI/ML platform engineering identity or open source)
  • Experience with MCP A2A or comparable multi-agent systems or a demonstrated ability to get up to speed on an evolving specification quickly
  • Comfortable on camera and doing voiceover with the screen presence to make educational video that developers actually watch through
  • Comfortable in front of mixed audiences from practitioners who want working code to architects evaluating the standard
  • Ability to travel as needed
  • Ability to work across time zones as part of a global organization as needed

Preferred Qualifications
  • A strong eye for video production: lighting composition and storytelling that lifts educational content above a basic screencast
  • Familiarity with DNS fundamentals (TXT records FQDNs TTLs zone delegation) sufficient to explain DNSid's anchoring model clearly and field developer questions accurately
  • Understanding of identity and authentication protocols (OAuth 2.0 OIDC mTLS SPIFFE) sufficient to explain where DNSid fits in the stack.
  • Prior experience at a developer platform identity provider or infrastructure company where developers were the primary customer
  • A track record of growing a developer community around a new open standard or emerging protocol
  • Familiarity with the IETF standards process DNS operator ecosystems or the W3C DID and Verifiable Credentials landscape
  • An existing network in the developer community especially AI-agent

Location: Remote
This position is open to candidates residing in the following states only: AZ CA CO DE MD MA MO NJ NV NY NC OR OK PA SC TX UT VA and WA.
Physical Requirements
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
  • Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times

Salary Range
The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $130000 - $150000 (flexibility based on experience) plus benefits as described below. In addition the successful candidate will be eligible to receive other compensation from time to time in the form of discretionary and/or nondiscretionary bonuses and long-term incentive plan. Actual compensation will be influenced by a candidate's qualifications internal employee equity considerations and location. We will not ask for information about a candidate's current or past compensation for purposes of developing an offer of employment.
US team members (and their spouses domestic partners and/or dependent children) are covered by generously subsidized medical dental and vision insurance which includes company contributions to a Health Savings Accounts. Team members are also covered by company-paid life and disability insurance and have the option of participating in employee-paid supplemental life accidental death and dismemberment critical illness and accident insurance. In addition team members can enroll in the company's 401(k) plan with up to a 5% match. You receive 15 days of paid vacation yearly increasing to 20 days after one year. Additionally you get 5 days of paid sick leave 13 paid holidays and 20 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents 12 weeks for others. Also there's an opportunity for tuition reimbursement for qualifying expenses.
Note: Benefits programs are subject to eligibility requirements and may vary in certain locations.
A few things to know about us
Identity Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race color religion sex age national origin veteran status marital status sexual orientation gender identity disability or any other category prohibited by local state or federal law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including recruitment placement promotion transfer demotion compensation benefits social and recreational activities and termination.
Background Check Statement
At the time of an offer you will be required to complete a background check. Any offer is contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
Sponsorship Statement
Please note that work sponsorship for this position may not be available now or in the future. While we strive to support our candidates not all roles will qualify. Eligibility will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Accommodation Statement
We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment Identity Digital will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please contact our Recruiting Team at [email protected].

Skills Required

  • 5+ years in developer advocacy developer relations or a software-engineering role with significant external-facing technical communication
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
  • Able to write production-quality code in at least two of TypeScript Python or Go and build/debug demos live
  • Direct experience working with AI agent frameworks and deep understanding of agent loop structures and failure points (e.g. LangChain CrewAI Microsoft Agent Framework)
  • Demonstrated track record of technical public speaking with ownership of content and delivery
  • Strong technical writing skills with a portfolio of blog posts tutorials or documentation
  • Active visible presence in at least one developer community (AI/ML platform engineering identity or open source)
  • Experience with MCP A2A or comparable multi-agent systems or ability to learn evolving specifications quickly
  • Comfortable on camera and doing voiceover for educational video content
  • Comfortable presenting to mixed audiences from implementers to architects
  • Ability to travel as needed
  • Ability to work across time zones as part of a global organization
  • Willingness to complete a background check as a condition of employment

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  • Parental & Family SupportPolicies include paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers family medical leave and supportive facilities such as a Mother’s Room. Feedback suggests these offerings are seen as generous within the company’s peer group.
  • Healthcare StrengthCoverage spans medical dental vision disability and life insurance with mental-health support through an EAP and options like FSAs. Feedback suggests insurance quality and breadth are regarded as strong.
  • Leave & Time Off BreadthTime off includes PTO that increases with tenure sick time paid holidays an additional year-end shutdown and dedicated volunteer time. Flexible and hybrid work options further reinforce time-off usability.

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Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

Our Mission: Create a world where everyone has an authentic digital identity. Identity Digital is an internet infrastructure company that makes sure web addresses work seamlessly. If we do our job right we are invisible to the user. We have the world’s largest portfolio of nearly 300 TLDs like .info .pro .world which lets people and businesses build market and own their digital identities using meaningful words on both sides of the dot. In addition to TLDs Identity Digital is a best-in-class registry service provider (RSP) that supports more than 28 million domains. This means that we help organizations maintain business continuity reduce risk and avoid reputational challenges with state-of-the-art AI and ML capabilities. Moreover Identity Digital is a leader in the domain industry helping expand the number and variety of digital identities to its customers and users around the world in a secure stable and reliable manner. Our technology and business practices are built on sustainable practices inclusive governance initiatives and environmentally friendly practices. Our mission is to evolve the future of authentic digital identities for forward-thinking businesses and people everywhere. Beyond our registry services we help customers discover register support and use high-quality domain names with name.com an Identity Digital-owned registrar.

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We have an environment that allows everyone to explore their role from every angle. If you are looking to grow your career while being a part of a stable successful and growing technology company Identity Digital is a great place to work!

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