About the role

Join Nylas as a Developer Advocate Engineer engaging with developers and communities while creating valuable content. Play a pivotal role in building trusted relationships and thought leadership in the API space.

Responsibilities

Represent Nylas at conferences, meetups, webinars, podcasts, and industry events
Build relationships with developers, partners, customers, and influencers across the ecosystem
Engage authentically in developer communities including Reddit, Hacker News, Dev.to, Discord, GitHub, X/Twitter, Stack Overflow, and emerging platforms
Act as a public-facing technical ambassador for Nylas and help strengthen our presence within the developer community
Identify opportunities for Nylas to participate in relevant industry conversations and trends
Create high-quality technical content including blog posts, tutorials, videos, demos, presentations, sample applications, and code walkthroughs
Monitor industry trends and conversations to identify opportunities for Nylas to contribute meaningful perspectives
Develop thought leadership around APIs, AI agents, communications infrastructure, developer productivity, integrations, and emerging technologies
Champion the developer experience across onboarding, implementation, and long-term adoption
Gather feedback from customers, prospects, community members, and partners and translate it into actionable recommendations
Advocate for improvements to APIs, SDKs, tooling, onboarding flows, and overall developer usability
Create tutorials, quick starts, guides, workshops, and sample applications that help developers get value from Nylas quickly
Build and maintain code samples, demos, and integrations across JavaScript, Python, and Go.

5 years of experience in Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, Solutions Engineering, Technical Marketing, or a similar developer-facing role
Strong software development skills and proficiency in JavaScript, Python, and Go
Deep understanding of APIs, OAuth, webhooks, authentication, and modern integration patterns
Exceptional written communication skills with experience creating content for technical audiences
Experience speaking publicly through conferences, meetups, webinars, workshops, podcasts, or online content
Strong instincts for developer communities, industry trends, and emerging technologies
Ability to identify compelling stories and turn technical concepts into engaging content
Experience collaborating across engineering, product, marketing, and customer-facing teams
Comfort operating independently and building programs, processes, and relationships from the ground up
Familiarity with how developers discover, evaluate, and adopt new technologies
Willingness to travel for conferences, customer events, and industry engagements.