Senior Developer Advocate (JavaScript & Next.js)
PantheonAbout this role
<p><strong>About Pantheon</strong></p> <p>Pantheon brings together exceptional builders who take ownership, drive meaningful impact, and shape what's next for the web. We power more than 300,000 websites globally for organizations including Google, Princeton, Salesloft, Clorox, and the United Nations. Every day, thousands of developers and marketers use our WebOps platform to build, iterate, and scale WordPress, Drupal, and Next.js sites that reach billions of people worldwide. As an employer, we operate with the same philosophy that drives our product: foundation and freedom. Pantheon is a vibrant, remote-forward team of experts who care deeply about their craft and results. Here, you take ownership of work that matters, contribute alongside exceptional people, and see the impact you create.</p> <p><strong>The Role</strong></p> <p>The Pantheon Developer Relations Department is offering a full-time position for a Senior Developer Advocate, focused on illustrating professional usage of Next.js on Pantheon</p> <p><strong>What you need to Succeed: <br></strong></p> <p>Developer Relations at Pantheon works to ensure that teams using the web frameworks we support can build the best possible sites on our platform. To support this mission this role will switch between two modes of working:</p> <ul> <li>Communicating outward to the web development community about best practices (and how they are supported by Pantheon).</li> <li>Communicating inward to Pantheon's staff about how we need to evolve to meet market expectations.</li> </ul> <p>While communication skill is the baseline requirement for both of those modes of work, we are looking for candidates who can also execute technical changes. Sometimes it is better for the Developer Advocate to make a sample repo or a pull request themselves. This role is a Senior Developer Advocate for Next.js specifically. The activities of your day-to-day responsibilities should largely be assumed to be performed through the lens of Next.js and/or Node.js implementations.</p> <p>Expected activities include:</p> <ul> <li>Write blog posts that take a clear point of view on technologies integrated with Pantheon.</li> <li>Owns the quality of technical content and helps drive documentation efforts</li> <li>Advise a limited set of individual customers in one-on-one discussions.</li> <li>Record video tutorials and prepare webinars, technical presentations and workshops that demonstrate product usage.</li> <li>Simplify technical information: Translate complex technical concepts into clear and colloquial language suitable for users with varying levels of technical expertise.</li> <li>Actively participate in relevant online and offline community discussions.</li> <li>Speak at conferences about best practices.</li> <li>Oversee open source projects maintained by Pantheon</li> <li>Collaborate with Product Managers to prioritize upcoming features.</li> <li>Provide early feedback on forthcoming features.</li> <li>Leads team discussions and provides guidance and mentorship on areas of subject matter expertise to fellow team members and the broader community.</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>What you Bring to the Table<br></strong></p> <ul> <li>5 years of experience working in web development.</li> <li>Significant experience creating technical content for a developer audience.</li> <li>Experience building and maintaining high-quality Next.js sites.</li> <li>Experience authoring and maintaining npm packages.</li> <li>A track record of effective public communication through channels like conference presentations and blog posts.</li> <li>Familiarity with, and perspective upon, the rising and falling trends in web architectures and JavaScript frameworks.</li> <li>Ability to build cross-functional partnerships and relationships.</li> <li>Comfort engaging directly with customers in venues like video calls, Slack, and conference booths.</li> <li>Comfortable working independently with minimal supervision.</li> <li>Proficiency with the tools of open source collaboration.</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>What We Offer: </strong></p> <p> </p> <p>We have all the usual perks and benefits but what we can really offer you is a fantastic work environment powered by an amazing team.</p> <ul> <li>Industry competitive compensation and equity plan</li> <li>Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Sick Leave (PSL) and 11 Paid Company Holidays</li> <li>Full medical coverage (Extended health care, dental, vision)</li> <li>Top-of-line equipment</li> <li>In-office workspace (Vancouver, BC Canada) </li> <li>Monthly allowance for wellness, reading and access to LinkedIn Learning for continued development</li> <li>Events and activities both team-based and company wide that inspire, educate and cultivate</li> </ul> <p>Pantheon is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other classification protected by law. Pantheon complies with federal and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the interview process, please contact talent@pantheon.io. Pursuant to local and federal regulations, Pantheon will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.</p> <p>To review the Employee and Applicant's Privacy Policy, click <a href="https://pantheon.pactsafe.io/employeeandapplicantprivacy.html">here</a>.</p> <p>Visa Sponsorship is not available at this time.</p> <p>The Canadian base salary range for this position is 88,000- 111,000 CAD per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. At Pantheon, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.</p> <p>#LI-KM1<br><span data-sheets-root="1">#LI-remote</span></p> <p> </p>