DESCRIPTION

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Developer Advocate (DA) to join the Developer Experience organization, focusing on creating engaging technical video content. As a practitioner, a customer zero, and a hands-on user of some of the most exciting AWS services, you will experiment with technology on AWS to solving top developer use cases, while showing the world what is possible through creative and approachable videos. You will engage AWS and non-AWS communities, drive our efforts in this fast-evolving field, and dive deeper in AI-assisted development, developer productivity, practical application of LLMs, building agentic systems, and more. In this role, you will work with a wide range of partners from Developer Experience team and Marketing teams to share the value with developers through video content in an authentic way.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

Key job responsibilities
As an AWS Developer Advocate focusing on video content, your role is to champion innovation and inspire developers worldwide through video. You’ll be deeply involved with cutting-edge use cases and AWS services bringing the possibilities of GenAI into life, and sharing these stories through video.

On any given day, you might be in the studio recording creative videos that show how GenAI can improve development. You’ll produce engaging tutorials, deep dives, and interviews that explore innovative use cases and demonstrate the capabilities of AWS technologies.

As a bridge between the developer community and Amazon’s engineers, you’ll gather insights through video, helping to shape the future of Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q Developers, and other services. Your technical expertise and creative storytelling will helps developers understand and use this technology effectively.

You’ll also create concise, technical short-form videos that clearly explain complex concepts, making them accessible to everyone. Your content will inspire developers to explore new possibilities and effectively apply these technologies.

About the team
The Developer Experience team aims at showing what the future of development looks like so developers can move towards it. Our goal is inspire developers around the world. We show them how to practically use the new technologies to build efficiently in the cloud. We show them new things they are now able to achieve, both in tackling more complex cloud problems and new solutions that leverage GenAI in their project. We earn trust with developers by being authentic, and practitioners ourselves. We are on an exciting journey together, and not everything is solved yet.

About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 5+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
– 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
– Experience with engaging video content creation on technical topics on YouTube, Instagram or similar

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
– Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective, data science, machine learning, or data engineering
– Ability to write and present content to a technical audience
– Demonstrable presence on social and technical channels such as GitHub, StackOverflow, LinkedIn, YouTube, X, or similar.
– Track record engaging with developer communities.
– Examples of high-quality and engaging technical video content.
– Willingness to travel (up to 20%)

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $118,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $204,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

USA, WA, Seattle