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Developer Advocate
Backblaze
- New York, New York, United States
- New York, New York, United States
À propos
Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Today, Backblaze generates over $100m in revenue and is the leading specialized storage cloud - managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals.
But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us. We’re seeking a
Developer Advocate
to join our team!
About The Role This is a ground-floor developer relations role at a company that is serious about building a DevRel function — not just checking a box. You’ll be the technical voice of Backblaze: creating content, showing up at events, and helping developers understand how to build with Backblaze B2 in the workloads they’re actually running — AI pipelines, media workflows, and data-intensive infrastructure.
You’ll work directly with our Director of Startup & Developer Relations and alongside the Flamethrower Startup Program — Backblaze’s initiative to become the storage layer of choice for early-stage companies. You’ll have support from our product, content, documentation and other teams, as well as consulting budget for structural and strategic scaffolding as we build this out. Your job is to be technically credible, well-connected, and visible.
The right person for this role has been doing this work informally — writing technical content, showing up at conferences, building a following in developer communities — and is ready to make it the job. Or they’ve been doing it formally at the mid-level and want to step up on impact without stepping into program leadership yet.
What You’ll Do: Technical Content & Education
Create technical content that teaches developers how to build with Backblaze B2: tutorials, sample applications, reference architectures, blog posts, and short-form video
Build and publish working code examples and demos — especially for AI/ML workflows (training data pipelines, model artifact storage, inference infrastructure), media workflows, and application storage
Contribute to and improve developer documentation, SDKs, and quickstart guides
Translate what you’re hearing from developers into actionable product feedback for Engineering and Product
Community & Events
Be genuinely present in the developer communities where our users live — social media, Discord, Slack, GitHub, and elsewhere
Represent Backblaze at developer events: speak, demo, show up, and be worth talking to. We attend conferences across AI/ML, media, cloud infrastructure, and startup ecosystems
Build relationships in the AI/ML, media, and cloud infrastructure developer communities that generate inbound awareness for Backblaze
Support Flamethrower startup cohort members in getting to production faster — answer technical questions, sanity-check architectures, and document patterns worth sharing broadly
Program Contribution
Work closely with the Director of Startup & Developer Relations, as well as our product team, lifecycle marketing, and product marketing to identify common technical blockers and create content that removes them
Partner with Marketing on ecosystem storytelling, technical blog strategy, and developer-facing content
Maintain a consistent feedback loop from developers to Product — surface friction points, integration gaps, and unmet needs
The Right Fit:
4–7 years of hands‑on experience as a software developer or engineer, with meaningful time working with cloud infrastructure and object storage (S3, B2, GCS, or equivalent)
Direct experience building or integrating AI/ML workflows that involve storage — training data pipelines, model artifact management, inference infrastructure, or similar workloads
You write working code. You may use AI tools to accelerate it — but you understand what you’re shipping and can explain it to another developer
An established presence in developer communities — a social following, conference talks, a technical blog, open source contributions, or some combination. We’re not counting followers; we’re looking for signal that you show up and people pay attention
Strong written communication: you can write a clear technical tutorial and a crisp internal summary with equal ease
Self‑directed — you don’t need a content calendar handed to you to know what to build next
Bonus Poins For:
Familiarity with Backblaze B2 or direct experience with object storage in production environments
Experience with media/video workflows, SaaS backend architecture, or data-intensive platform development
Prior experience in a formal DevRel capacity — developer advocate, technical evangelist, developer educator — even if it wasn’t your primary title
Active in the AI/ML developer ecosystem: Hugging Face, Discord communities, GitHub, X/Twitter, YouTube, or similar channels
Healthcare for family, including dental and vision
Competitive compensation and 401K
RSU grants for full‑time employees
ESPP program
Flexible vacation policy
Maternity & paternity leave
MacBook Pro to use for work, plus a generous stipend to personalize your workstation
Childcare bonus (human children only)
Fertility treatment and support
Culture that supports a healthy work‑life balance
At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees. That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio‑economic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Compétences linguistiques
- English
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