The role
Vana Foundation needs a developer advocate to run builder programmes, set developer marketing strategy and show people how to build data connectors. You'll report to the Managing Director and spend about a fifth of your time building.
What you'll do
- Set developer marketing strategy and guide the content team's priorities
- Run the Builder Incentives Programme and data connector programmes
- Test every developer product first and tell engineering what's missing
- Teach builders to make data connectors in writing, on video and live
- Represent Vana in Discord, at events and online
What they're looking for
Must-haves
- Software engineering background: CS degree or equivalent shipped work
- Strong GitHub with contributions to open-source projects you didn't start
- Daily use of AI tools when building
- Clear communicator, comfortable on camera and on stage
- Fluent spoken and written English
Nice to have
- Public presence such as X, YouTube or a newsletter
- Shipped a data connector, browser extension or public API integration
- Run a hackathon, meetup or online community
Skills and platforms
- Developer advocacy
- Software engineering
- Community management
- Technical writing
- Public speaking
- AI tools
- Open source
- API integration
- Data connectors
- Marketing strategy
- Project management
- GitHub
- Discord
- Content development
Perks
- Work from anywhere
- Direct line to the founders
The company
Vana Foundation
Open network for user-owned data
Vana Foundation supports Vana, an open network for user-owned data where people decide where their data goes and who trains AI on it. It builds on the open PDPP standard hosted with the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust.
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