Senior Developer Advocate

Grafana Labs

full-time

Posted on: 9/20/2025

Origin: • 🇯🇵 Japan

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About the role

Creating technical content such as sample apps, blog posts, and presentations for developers and SREs
Participating in conferences, user groups, and online forums to promote Grafana and support our community
Acting as an advocate and mentor for new users in Japan
Building meaningful relationships within open-source ecosystems, especially those related to CNCF, Prometheus, or Kubernetes
Providing user feedback to internal teams to help shape product development
Supporting education and enablement for users across various experience levels
Collaborating closely with engineers and product teams in an R&D-focused environment
Reporting directly to the Japan Country Manager and working with a globally distributed team

Strong technical background, possibly in software development, DevOps, SRE, observability, or system integration
Native or fluent Japanese and strong English communication skills
Excellent communicator with empathy and patience
Confident presenter with experience delivering technical content to diverse audiences
Skilled technical writer with a track record of producing developer-facing content
Open-source enthusiast who enjoys community engagement
Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time
Bonus Points For: Experience with observability, telemetry, or APM tools
Bonus Points For: Contributions to open-source communities
Bonus Points For: Familiarity with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Bonus Points For: Experience building or running developer communities or meetups