Open Source Community Manager / Developer Evangelist
Nava
full-time
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Location: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $113,900 - $135,900 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Open SourceRubyRuby on Rails
About the role
- Build and maintain a welcoming and sustainable open source community
- Create high-quality content (blogs, tutorials, videos, sample apps, documentation) to help developers adopt and contribute
- Represent the project at conferences, hackathons, and industry events; deliver talks and workshops
- Manage community platforms (Discourse, Slack/Discord, GitHub) and moderate discussions
- Design and run contributor programs (onboarding guides, recognition, mentorship, ambassador networks)
- Partner with other Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs), civic tech orgs, and industry groups to strengthen collaboration
- Track and report on community health metrics: contributor growth, engagement, event participation, and impact
- Advocate internally for developer needs and ensure feedback informs the roadmap
- Ensure compliance with open source best practices (licensing, governance, contribution guidelines, documentation)
Requirements
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
- Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future
- Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired
- May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract
- Hands-on technical background: experience with GitHub/GitLab workflows, pull requests, and open source collaboration
- Experience with Ruby on Rails
- Familiarity with APIs, SDKs, or developer tools
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate technical topics for diverse audiences
- Demonstrated experience building or sustaining an open source community (e.g., maintainership, community manager role, or active contributor)
- Experience with event planning or participation (meetups, hackathons, summits)
- Knowledge of open source licensing, governance models, and community norms
- Ability to work cross-functionally across engineering, product, and comms teams