Senior Developer Advocate

Hybrid Every other week onsite/5 days in either Durham, NC or Merrimack, NH

Our client seeks a Senior Developer Advocate to elevate developer experience through education, tooling advocacy, and community engagement. The role will champion modern engineering practices, cloud platforms, and DevAssist tools while translating complex technology into practical guidance for engineering teams. The position emphasizes collaboration, enablement, and content creation including documentation, posts, and demonstrations for developers.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $75.00 to $80.00/hr. w2

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• Advocate for developers by shaping and promoting engineering best practices across teams.
• Create clear, actionable documentation that enables developers to adopt tools and platforms effectively.
• Educate and enable engineers through posts, demos, and presentations that translate complex topics into practical value.
• Promote and guide usage of cloud services and DevOps practices including CI/CD.
• Evaluate and champion new features and emerging technologies to improve developer productivity.
• Collaborate across product teams to influence roadmaps based on developer needs and feedback.
• Engage engineering communities and facilitate knowledge sharing and hands-on learning.
• Produce and edit videos and screen-share walkthroughs to showcase workflows and guidance.

• Hands-on development experience or systems analysis experience within an Agile, full-stack team context.
• Proven collaboration skills with the ability to serve as an ambassador for developers.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with open-source and inner-source repositories.
• Ability to influence product roadmaps as the voice of developers.
• Experience with DevAssist tools such as GitHub Copilot or Gemini Code Assist.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to detail, responsiveness, and quality.
• Experience working with open-source communities (preferred).
• Video editing skills (preferred).

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Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( [email protected] , 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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