Developer Advocate – Aspect Build

As a Developer Advocate at Aspect Build, you will support the Chief Evangelist and Co-founder with education and evangelism with the developer community for Bazel open source, Aspect Build Support services, and the Aspect Workflows developer productivity platform. 

Reporting to the Chief Evangelist and Co-founder, you’ll educate, inspire, and support developers using Bazel and Aspect tools through assistance with content, talks, demos, meetups, podcasts, webinars, and hands-on engagement at customer and prospect work sites.

This role blends technical depth with community building and product insight. You’ll work closely with the Chief Evangelist, marketing, product, engineering, and customer-facing teams to grow adoption, trust, and enthusiasm for Aspect’s platform, support services, and Bazel open source projects.

What You’ll Do

• Create high-quality technical content, including blog posts, tutorials, documentation, videos, and sample repositories
• Support the Chief Evangelist to present and participate at conferences, meetups, the Aspect Insights podcasts, webinars, and community events (including BazelCon and local meetups)
• Build and maintain demos and example projects showcasing Aspect Build products and open source tooling
• Engage with developers on GitHub, Slack, Discord, Reddit, Quora, social platforms, and community forums
• Monitor the OSS triage dashboard and support answering pull requests (PRs) and questions using your own knowledge and working cross-functionally with the Aspect Build professional services and engineering teams. 
• Monitor and provide leads to sales from Scarf, Common Room, Slack, and other tools. 
• Make relevant updates and notes in HubSpot. 
• Advocate for developers internally by sharing feedback, pain points, and insights with product and engineering teams. 
• Support product marketing with technical narratives, demos, and educational materials
• Contribute to and maintain open source projects where appropriate. 
• Help grow and nurture the Aspect Build and Bazel developer ecosystem. 

What We’re Looking For

• Strong hands-on experience with Bazel or large-scale build systems (Bazel strongly preferred)
• Background as a software engineer, developer productivity engineer, or similar technical role
• Proven ability to explain complex technical topics clearly and engagingly
• Experience creating developer-facing content (blogs, videos, talks, or docs)
• Comfort presenting live and engaging with developers in public forums
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems, monorepos, and modern developer workflows
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-directed, curious, and comfortable working in a remote, fast-moving startup

Nice to Have

• Live in San Francisco Bay Area or open to occasional work trips there to collaborate in person with the Chief Evangelist and Co-Founder 
• Open source maintainer or frequent contributor
• Experience speaking at industry conferences or organizing meetups
• Familiarity with Aspect Build products or Bazel rulesets
• Experience with Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C++, or JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience with developer marketing, community programs, or technical evangelism
• Experience working in a SaaS or developer tools company

• Join the team behind cutting-edge innovations in developer infrastructure and build automation.
• Work on a technically demanding, high-impact platform used by elite engineering teams.
• Remote-first, collaborative engineering culture with deep open-source roots.
• Competitive compensation, meaningful equity, and strong benefits.