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Staff Developer Advocate

Buildkite · San Francisco, CA

Posted about 3 months ago · $220,000–$240,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
82 days
Buildkite's roles stay open a median of 62 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
31% of Buildkite's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Buildkite
high
13 stale, 0 reposted of 13 open
Hiring momentum
21 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-25

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Buildkite's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Buildkite.

About this role

As the Head of Developer Relations at Buildkite, you will serve as the crucial link between the engineering team and developers, focusing on education and advocacy for Buildkite's CI platform. Your role involves creating technical content, running campaigns, and gathering feedback to improve the product and user experience. You will also nurture developer champions and build community relationships through events and outreach.

Our read on this posting3.8out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Buildkite as an employer.

What you need

  • Proven DevRel experience with evidence of impact
  • Experience shipping and operating real systems
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly
  • Experience in CI/CD conversations
  • Ability to document learnings for organizational benefit

Nice to have

  • Deep CI/CD or DevOps experience
  • OSS contributions or public technical proof
  • Experience supporting enterprise evaluation and migration motions
  • Experience collaborating on events programming
  • Comfort with building tooling or workflow automation for DevRel systems

What you get

  • Work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks a year
  • 20 days paid annual leave plus 10 days sick & carer's leave
  • 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers (6 for secondary)
  • Remote-work allowance for home-office kit or co-working
  • Confidential EAP & mental health support
  • Support for learning and growth with time and budget for conferences, courses, and coaching

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the tech stack used
  • Role involves public speaking and live demos, which may require strong presentation skills
  • The position requires a balance of technical depth and communication skills, which may be challenging for some candidates

Summarised from Buildkite's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Buildkite on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-25. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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