Developer Advocate - Melbourne

Job description

• DEVELOPER 50% of the time
• 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 and build your network 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.

What you'll do in your 1st 30 days:
• Facilitate partner and customer prototyping and proof of concepts
• Attend and speak at conferences, user meetups and hackathons to connect with developers and understand how we can best make them successful
• Write articles, best practices and blogs as well as create video tutorial content to help users get the most our of offerings and help them realize their ideas faster.
• Working with partner and IBM teams to create compelling demo applications that show the potential of our technologies and platforms.
• Provide frank and candid feedback to the IBM product and services managers on behalf of end users
• Create and deliver new enablement collateral (tutorials, labs, classes, hack-a-thons)

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

Must have right to work in Australia
Auto req ID

299828BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Software Developer
State / Province

VICTORIA
Primary job category

Software Development & Support
Company

(0008) IBM Australia Limited
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
ERBP

Yes
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

Up to 10% or 1 day a week
IBM Business Group

GLMKT
Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree
City / Township / Village

MELBOURNE
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

As above
Country/Region

Australia
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

As above
Secondary Job Category

Other Software Development & Support
Eligibility Requirements

As above
Position Type

Early Professional
Early Professional Track

Developer
Location Statement

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

IWD2020
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.
Your Life @ IBM

Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.

Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.
About Business Unit

The IBM Digital Business Group is a passionate, motivated team who work with a large variety of clients, developers and start-ups to bring exciting solutions around Cloud, Analytics, Security, Mobile, the Internet of Things and more.
About IBM

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