Developer Advocate - based in San Francisco, CA [IC2]

Who we are

Our mission at Sourcegraph is to make it so that everyone can code, not just ~0.1% of the population.

Everything is changing in how software gets built, and Sourcegraph builds tools that make it easier at scale. Code Search helps devs explore and understand massive codebases. Amp, our agentic coding tool, dramatically accelerates the time it takes to write new code and tackle complex problems like migrating and transforming code.

We’re trusted by engineering teams at leading companies like Stripe, Uber, and Palo Alto Networks, and with $225M in funding from investors like a16z, Sequoia, and Redpoint, we are building the tools that will define the next era of enterprise software development. We’re a globally distributed team with a culture of high agency, direct communication, and deep love for developers.

If you want to work at the bleeding edge of software and do the most meaningful work of your career, join us.

Working hours

🌎 The ideal candidate for this role will reside in San Francisco, California. Regular attendance at weekly Developer and AI events in the city is an essential aspect of this position.

Required locations:

•  San Francisco, California

We do not subscribe to “I do my best work when I work 40 hours a week.”  People we hire at Sourcegraph believe that building outstanding things means working very hard — smarter and more hours than the competition.

Why this job is exciting

As a Developer Advocate at Sourcegraph, you will be a champion for how developers understand and navigate complex codebases using our platform. You'll be connecting with the developer community and sharing the value of our AI Code Assistant and Code Search platform through written, video, and live engagements. You'll be part of a small but impactful team, representing Sourcegraph and its commitment to improving the developer experience. You'll have the opportunity to help developers at the most successful and sophisticated companies in the world (our customers) implement and scale code AI capabilities. We're looking for someone passionate about driving adoption and empowering engineers through creative story telling and genuine community building.

As a Developer Advocate, you will spend 25% of your time engaging with Developers at events in-person and 75% of your time creating content and recording videos.

Job responsibilities

• Attend and host 2-5 meet-ups and events in San Francisco monthly
• Represent our user community within Sourcegraph
• Build apps with Sourcegraph in public
• Build integrations on top of Sourcegraph (such as teaching Sourcegraph how to use and gather information from other dev tools, including logging, perf, etc., tools)
• Livestream and record demos of what you build, for Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, etc.
• Be an incredibly helpful and inspirational member of our dev community yourself and help grow it
• Write awesome technical blog posts
• Promote Sourcegraph on social media
• Help connect our user community growth to our product-led growth engine
• Overall, help define what dev advocacy means at Sourcegraph

Skills and experience

Your skill-set:

• You are intrinsically motivated by Sourcegraph’s mission. 
• Experience as a software engineer or prolific coding
• TypeScript, JavaScript, and/or Go skills Able to communicate technical concepts in a simple and engaging way
• Experience creating high-quality technical writing and videos
• Experience working in a high-agency environment that requires ownership

 Bonus Points:

• You’ve established a strong following on social media platforms

Level

This job is an IC2.  You can read more about our job leveling philosophy in our Handbook.

Compensation

💸 We pay you an above-average salary because we want to hire the best people who are fully focused on helping Sourcegraph succeed, not worried about paying bills. As an open and transparent company that values competitive compensation, our compensation ranges are visible to every single Sourcegraph teammate. To determine your salary, we use a number of market and data-driven salary sources, along with your location zone, and target the high-end of the range to ensure we’re always paying above market regardless of where you live in the world.  

💰 The target compensation for this role is: (depending on level & location).  

• IC2 / Zone 1: $140,000
• IC2 / Zone 2: $112,000

📈 In addition to our cash compensation, we offer equity (because when we succeed as a company, we want you to succeed, too) and generous perks & benefits.

Interview process 

Below is the interview process you can expect for this role (you can read more about the types of interviews in our Handbook). It may look like a lot of steps, but rest assured that we move quickly and the steps are designed to help you get the information needed to determine if we’re the right fit for you… Interviewing is a two-way street, after all! 

We expect the interview process to take 4.5 hours in total. 

👋 Introduction Stage - we have initial conversations to get to know you better…

• [30m] Recruiter Screen with Kelsey Nagel
• [60m] Hiring Manager Screen / Resume Deep Dive with Ado Kukic

🧑‍💻 Team Interview Stage - we then delve into your experience in more depth and introduce you to members of the team…

• [45m] Cross-functional team collaboration 
• [60m] Working Session 

🎉 Final Interview Stage - we move you to our final round, where you meet cross-functional partners and gain a better understanding of our business and values holistically…

• [30m] Values Interview
• [30m] Leadership Interview with Quinn Slack or Beyang Liu 
• We check references and conduct your background check

Please note - you are welcome to request additional conversations with anyone you would like to meet, but didn’t get to meet during the interview process. You can learn more about the team here. 

Learn more about us

You can learn more about what it is like to work at Sourcegraph by reading our handbook.

We are an ambitious team who are collectively working hard to build the most influential company in the world.  You can read more about our culture, competitive compensation and benefits here.

Sourcegraph is an equal opportunity workplace; we welcome people from all backgrounds. 

Sourcegraph participates in E-Verify for U.S. Employees.