This list contains only the countries for which job offers have been published in the selected language (e.g., in the French version, only job offers written in French are displayed, and in the English version, only those in English).
We are looking for a Developer Advocacy Director to join our Developer Experience team. This role leads a team of Developer Experience Engineers who operate as internal entrepreneurs: identifying developer problems, validating them in the field, and solving them at scale by any means necessary. Vercel Labs acts as customer zero for the Vercel platform. The team builds real applications, pushes the edges of the product, and turns friction into shipped improvements, scalable developer systems, and high-leverage technical artifacts. This is not a traditional developer evangelism role — it is a product- and outcome-oriented evolution of developer relations.
Job Responsibility:
Redefine and lead the DevRel function as a systems-level discipline, evolving it from awareness and feedback into an entrepreneurial engine that solves developer problems at scale across the full DevRel lifecycle
Set strategy and direction for Vercel Labs, guiding teams that build, ship, and iterate on real-world projects to uncover friction, validate opportunities, and influence product direction
Operationalize agent-first developer advocacy, using agentic tools and workflows to scale technical content, examples, documentation, education, and outreach — including authoring content with agents and for agent consumers
Turn developer insight into durable product impact by establishing tight feedback loops with Product and Engineering and ensuring validated problems lead to shipped solutions
Define the technical and narrative standard for how Vercel demonstrates modern web and agent-native development through reference architectures, demos, benchmarks, and opinionated guidance
Measure and optimize DevRel impact, tying Labs output to developer activation, retention, expansion, and ecosystem growth rather than vanity metrics
Requirements:
Experience leading a DevRel, Developer Advocacy, or equivalent technical program with ownership across strategy, execution, and measurable outcomes
Strong technical depth in modern web development and platform architecture, with the ability to guide teams building production-grade examples and systems
Demonstrated ability to act as an internal entrepreneur, taking ambiguous developer problems from discovery through validation to scalable solutions
Hands-on familiarity with agent-driven development, including LLMs, agent tooling, and emerging developer workflows, and a point of view on how these change the discipline of DevRel
Track record of influencing product direction through developer insight, prototypes, experiments, or direct contribution
Comfort operating in high-ambiguity environments, making tradeoffs and prioritization decisions based on leverage and impact
Nice to have:
Have helped evolve DevRel beyond traditional evangelism or community-only models
Have built systems that scaled developer impact without proportional team growth
Have authored or shipped technical work used by large developer audiences
Have worked closely with research, incubation, or “labs” teams in fast-moving product organizations
What we offer:
Competitive compensation package, including equity
Inclusive Healthcare Package
Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills
Flexible Time Off
We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed