At we're a group of passionate individuals that desire to improve the lives of many by developing tools and technologies that support availability and speed in the world of real-time analytics.
Our aim is to make it simple for every company to delight their users - external and internal - and create new revenue streams from their data, by building the world’s most comprehensive and accessible cloud analytics system.
Senior Developer Advocate
Job Responsibilities:
- Create interesting, technically appropriate, and well-written blog content sharing your own discoveries and explaining Apache Pinot™ and Real-Time Analytics concepts.
- Answer questions in Community Slack, Stack Overflow, Twitter, or wherever developers are asking questions about Pinot.
- Create fun, engaging, technically deep presentations explaining Pinot, real-time analytics, and related technologies to your fellow developers.
- Present at conferences and meetups, both online and in person.
- Write quality sample code that illustrates how to embed real-time analytics in practical applications.
- Create screencasts and tutorial videos explaining and applying Pinot and related technologies.
- Contribute documentation topics that help developers adopt and use Pinot successfully.
- Foster and manage relationships with key members of the developer community.
- Organize and participate in hackathons, coding bootcamps, and other community events.
- Gather developer feedback to inform product and documentation improvements.
- Develop a content strategy that aligns with the company’s goals and the needs of the developer community.
- Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to support go-to-market strategies and developer outreach initiatives.
- Travel 20-30% of the time.
Qualifications:
- An unremittingly positive attitude
- Experience writing high-quality technical blog posts or documentation.
- Experience at some of the following: speaking at conferences, speaking at meetups, hosting webinars, leading training.
- Deep empathy for developers learning a new and potentially difficult technology.
- Extensive experience with at least one common programming language and a basic understanding of others (Java, Python, Go, C++).
- Experience with and understanding of a variety of databases, data stores, data warehouse/lakehouse technologies, and distributed systems.
- Experience with and understanding of data streaming technology like Apache Kafka®.
- Understanding of DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive attitude.
Nice to haves:
- Knowledge of Apache Pinot.
- Knowledge of other data streaming technologies (e.g., Apache Flink, Apache Pulsar).
- Experience with front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js).
- Relevant certifications in data science, analytics, or related fields.
- Public speaking or communication certifications.
About StarTree:
StarTree is a cloud-based software company that enables business customers to derive advanced insights from real-time and historical data. StarTree was founded by the core software engineering team and inventors of , which currently powers hundreds of user-facing applications at companies across industries, including LinkedIn, Uber, Target, 7Eleven, Etsy, Walmart, WePay, Factual, Weibo, and more. StarTree Cloud has enabled even more companies to deploy and operate real-time analytics at scale, including Stripe, Sovrn, Roadie, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Dialpad, Guitar Center, Blinkit, and more.
StarTree recently announced our with investment from GGV Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and CRV. We have been named one of The Information's 50 Most Promising Startups and one of CRN's 10 Coolest Cloud Computing Startup Companies of 2022!
