Senior Developer Advocate - Web Games

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Discord

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Video Games • Text Chat • VOIP

501 - 1000

💰 $12G Venture Round on 2022-03

Description

• Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for playing video games. • We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out. • Looking for a Senior Developer Advocate to support, educate, and inspire the game developer community. • Build meaningful relationships with community by engaging with their questions and ideas. • Speak at events and workshops, and communicate their feedback to the rest of the team. • Drive improvements for game developers on Discord's developer platform. • Support platform developers by writing documentation and crafting best practices. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to highlight unique apps and use-cases. • Host community events, lead workshops, and bring new game developers to Discord. • Be an expert resource by continuously learning about the platform’s capabilities. • Work with stakeholders to define how to best engage the developer community.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in developer advocacy, engineering, or other relevant technical experience • Practical experience building games, or tools to support game developers • Proven ability to discuss and explain complex technical subjects in simple, succinct language • A strong understanding of API design principles and development best-practices • Proficiency with at least one popular gaming platform like Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot. • Proven ability to collect, analyze, and discuss data in order to set and track performance against goals • Experience working within cross-functional teams • Confidence presenting to different types of audiences, large and small, virtual and in-person • A passion for delivering technical documentation that inspires other builders • Previous experience in a Developer Advocacy role • Experience with web gaming technology, like Unity, Phaser, itch.io, etc • Experience with the web platform including TypeScript and React • Experience with Discord’s APIs • Proficiency in Mandarin or Korean

Benefits

• equity • benefits