Akuity

Developer Advocate

Akuity

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Tech Stack

Kubernetes

About the role

  • Act as a subject matter expert (SME) on Argo CD and Kargo, staying closely aligned with open-source community discussions and the development roadmap.
  • Create and deliver talks at conferences, webinars, and technical trainings, becoming a visible thought leader in the Argo/Kargo ecosystem.
  • Actively engage with developers across channels: community forums, GitHub, meetups, and industry events.
  • Produce high-impact technical content, including technical blog posts, tutorials, demos, and videos that resonates with DevOps practitioners and platform teams.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product and Engineering to surface developer feedback and influence product direction.
  • Champion community growth by building relationships, responding to questions, and nurturing an inclusive, active user base.
  • Serve as a trusted point of contact within the Argo CD community, helping drive awareness, education, and adoption of Akuity’s platform.
  • Represent Akuity externally at conferences and DevOps events (quarterly travel ~20%).

Requirements

  • 3–5 years as a software developer, platform engineer, SRE, or DevOps engineer.
  • 5–10 years total professional experience, ideally in B2B SaaS startups (Seed to Series C).
  • Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and open-source ecosystems.
  • Proven ability to engage technical audiences through events, webinars, or technical training.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Passion for community building and developer advocacy.
  • Experienced speaker with a track record of conference talks, technical trainings and webinars.
  • Hands-on familiarity with Argo CD (can be learned in role).
  • Experience with Kargo or similar deployment tools.
  • Knowledge of CNCF, KubeCon and open-source community dynamics.
  • Prior experience creating SDKs, sample code, or developer documentation.
Benefits
  • ~20% Travel for Conferences
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
DevOpsCI/CDKubernetesArgo CDKargoSDK creationtechnical writingsample code developmentdeveloper documentation
Soft Skills
communicationcommunity buildingdeveloper advocacypublic speakingcollaboration