Developer Advocate at LocalStack

LocalStack is a fast-growing Series A startup building cutting-edge technology to revolutionize cloud development processes and support highly efficient dev&test feedback loops. They’ve closed their last $25 million funding round in Q4 2024, led by Notable Capital, CRV, and Heavybit.

LocalStack is a local cloud development platform that makes it easier, faster, and less expensive for software teams to ship reliable, high-quality applications to the cloud. Their platform provides secure local sandboxes that simulate cloud environments, enabling AI agents and software developers to find and fix risks faster.

Their customer base ranges from SMBs to Global Fortune 500 companies, including NASA, Harness, IBM, Workday, Comcast, Apple, 3M, and Block.

LocalStack is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with a small engineering office in Vienna, Austria, and a globally distributed team from 25 countries.

👉 Key Responsibilities:

• Be LocalStack's visible face in the developer community. Maintain a consistent, high-cadence speaking presence at meetups, conferences, and community events in San Francisco and globally, reaching a steady rhythm by the end of Q1.

• Build a regular slate of LocalStack events in the region. Plan, host, and run LocalStack gatherings (meetups, workshops, hackathons, developer dinners).

• Build ecosystem partnerships through co-created content. Engage with community leaders and dev-tool companies to co-create content, events, and webinars.

• Ship technical content developers use. Publish technical content regularly (blog posts, tutorials, videos, sample projects), contribute to documentation, and build partner demos or reference integrations that showcase real developer value.

🔧 Experience and Skills Expected:

• 5+ years of experience as a Developer Advocacy, Developer Relations, Technical Evangelism, or a comparable outward-facing technical role.

• Strong hands-on experience in cloud and cloud-native development (AWS, Azure, Snowflake, GCP, etc).

• Experience building meaningful external partnerships through joint events, co-published content, and webinars.

• Experience acting as a bridge between product, engineering, and GTM organizations, delivering valuable market insights and translating them into new product features.

• Familiarity with agentic SDLC workflows and the role of local sandboxes for AI agents.

🌱 LocalStack Values:

• Care: Create with compassion, prioritize empathy, and genuinely care for team, customers, and community.

• Ownership: Take responsibility for outcomes, foster autonomy, and empower everyone to make an impact.

• Openness: Build trust through open communication and diverse perspectives.

• Courage: Embrace bold challenges, take calculated risks, and innovate fearlessly.

• Excellence: Chase extraordinary results, push boundaries, and strive for greatness in everything.