Developer Advocate

Job description

• Commit/review/fix code for open source projects as well as work on your own passion projects
• Engage with startup and enterprise clients and partner projects
• Improve how IBM engages with the developer community:
• Develop first class developer scenarios and demo apps, collateral, and training material on top of the IBM platform to demonstrate value and build excitement.
• Encourage participation of the developer community in programs to increase primary tools and platform adoption in the community.
• Present technology with enthusiasm and authenticity to developers, developer managers and senior management.
• Extend the reach in the developer community by partnering with developer and community influencers.
• Become a thought leader in the market and a voice of our users inside the IBM developer organization.
• Create new market opportunities/identify innovative solutions to expand developer engagements.

Who you are:
• You love to build apps, create solutions, interact with other developers and derive job satisfaction from helping others learn by doing.
• You are able to converse with a broad range of developer technologies and communities, while having deep subject matter expertise in a specific area. For example: IoT, machine learning/artificial intelligence, data sciences, mobile development.
• You have passion, curiosity, technical depth, and exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• You have a genuine interest in solving technical problems using cloud and cognitive computing technologies.
• You are involved in online developer community groups.
• You have good marketing skills and business logic.
• You have a strong software developer background, write code and share what you know

[Required Professional and Technical Expertise]
• At least 3 years experience building applications and services with cloud technologies such as AWS, Google Compute Engine, Azure, Parse, Digital Ocean, IBM Cloud
• At least 3 years of experience with a broad range of developer technologies and communities (DevOps, Java, Node.js, Python, Ruby on Rails, iOS, Android, etc.)
• Familiarity with mobile development, mobile platforms, multi-channel app creation, integration, native development (iOS, Android,Java, C#) and HTML5
• Demonstrated experience of advocacy for a technology, brand or cause by contributing to, and participating in, on-line communities (GitHub, Stack Overflow, mailing lists,etc.)
• Top notch communication skills including writing and speaking to large audiences

[Preferred Professional and Technical Expertise]
• At least 3 years of experience soliciting feedback, user interviewing and requirements gathering
• At least 3 years of experience writing articles and best practices to help user get the most out of offerings and make their ideas and better and more successful faster
• At least 3 years of experience working with research and development teams to create example applications and proof of concepts around potential customers use cases for pre-beta technology
• Familiarity with IBM Cloud and IBM Developer community

Auto req ID

309913BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Software Developer
State / Province

SEOUL TEUGBYEOLSI
Primary job category

Software Development & Support
Company

(0079) IBM Korea, Inc.
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

No Travel
IBM Business Group

Digital Sales
Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree
City / Township / Village

SEOUL
Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Please see 'Your Role & Responsibilities'
Country/Region

Korea
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

Please see 'Your Role & Responsibilities'
Secondary Job Category

Other Software Development & Support
Eligibility Requirements

·  Native language proficiency in Korean
·  Fluent communication in English
Position Type

Professional
Early Professional Track

Not Applicable - Professional Hire
Location Statement

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
Introduction

We are looking for motivated technologists to advocate for IBM client and partner developers and help them use IBM technology and development platforms to build the next big thing based on cognitive services (such as Watson), the Internet of Things, and emerging cloud architectures like Server-less computing.

The Client, Partner and Industry Developer Advocate should be passionate about helping customers learn about new technology, collaborating with them to assemble powerful new solutions, and advising them on how they can dramatically improve existing products by leveraging cutting edge technology from IBM. You will have the chance to create amazing things in an open source environment, and influence the services that IBM offers to its developer community at startups and enterprises.

Your success will depend on how successful our customers and partners are in getting value from IBM services and their faith in our team as a trusted technology advisor in cognitive, cloud, and IoT. Our developer community needs clear and simple ways to get started, guidance when they need it, and an overall delightful experience using the tools that help them achieve their goals.
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About Business Unit

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