Developer Advocate

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale - unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to accelerate the results that matter., The Developer Advocate will engage the Elastic community, share best practices, and build technical content that showcases the Elastic Stack., * Foster the Elastic Community in Europe (EMEA), with a local focus on Amsterdam.

• Create technical content around the Elastic Stack such as code examples, talks, blog posts, videos, and demos.
• Speak at virtual and in-person events like conferences, meetups, and lunch-learn sessions in the Amsterdam area and throughout EMEA.
• Answer technical questions on Discuss, Slack, developer forums, social media, and at events.
• Review colleague’s content for technical accuracy.
• Contribute to Elastic repositories or external ones to improve integration with Elastic technologies.
• Help users be successful with Elastic’s stack, solutions, and cloud offerings.

• Strong technical background and experience in an engineering role.
• Demonstrated ability to create compelling technical content-including speaking, writing, and demoing.
• Empathy for the community, resolving issues, and providing constructive feedback to improve products.
• Comfortable working with a highly distributed team.
• Experience in self-organizing teams.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English., * Familiarity with and passion for the Elastic Stack.
• Proficiency in additional language(s) - speaking or programming (e.g., Golang, Python, Java, or Rust).
• Production experience with complementary technologies such as Generative AI or Kubernetes.
• Involvement in past Elastic Community events as speaker or organizer.
• Experience with open source software or commercial open source companies.

Base salary only. Typical starting salary range: €60,600 - €95,900EUR., * Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.

• Flexible working arrangements with the ability to craft your calendar.
• Generous vacation days each year.
• Matching up to $2,000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and services.
• Up to 40 hours per year to use toward volunteer projects.
• Minimum 16 weeks of parental leave.
• Competitive pay based on work, not past salary.