Metabase
Marketing and Growth
DeveloperAdvocate
Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.
“Developer Advocate at Metabase. Skills: Developer communities, Content creation, Community building. Create practical tutorials. Create clear explanations”
What You'll Achieve.
Developers recognize name; Developers trust input; Conversations are useful; Conversations are human; Internal teams gain insight; Content becomes resource; Demos become resource; Metabase earns credibility
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Comfortable with SQL, Comfortable with databases, Comfortable with metrics, Comfortable with analytics workflows, Experience building community, Clear communication style, Direct communication style, Human communication style, Identify as a teacher, Identify as a learner, Identify as a builder, Identify as a doer, Empathetic, Inclusive, Warm, Create content independently
Nice to Have
Contributed to open source, Built on top of open source, Experience with embedded analytics, Experience with BI tooling, Experience with modern data stack
What You'll Do.
Create practical tutorials
Create clear explanations
Create honest opinions
Validate technical claims
Produce video content
Maintain demo projects
Build sample workflows
Maintain sample workflows
Maintain integrations
Develop community plans
Execute community plans
Nurture developer community
Show up in communities
Be helpful in communities
Build relationships with developers
Build relationships with community leaders
Build relationships with contributors
Build relationships with power users
Represent Metabase at events
Represent Metabase at conferences
Represent Metabase at meetups
Bring feedback to product
Synthesize community feedback
Share learnings with engineering
Share learnings with product
Share learnings with marketing
Track community health
Monitor content performance
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Internal engineers; Guest contributors; Marketing colleagues; Other advocates; Engineering teams; Product teams; Marketing teams
Communication Scope
Clear communication; Direct communication; Human communication
Full Job Description
## Description Metabase is the easiest way for people to get insights from their data, from tiny startups who get up and running quickly to major corporations with tens of thousands of users. That's why people love us. We bring data tools with the elegance and simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. We provide an opinionated open source starting point for how companies should measure, analyze and share their data, which is used by tens of thousands of companies. The opportunity We're looking for a Developer Advocate who is a trusted presence in developer communities. This role is about showing up where developers already spend time, contributing real value, and building long-term trust. If people already listen to you because you're smart, practical, and credible, this role may be a great fit. ## What You'll Do Content creation and editorial Create content that developers and analysts actually want: practical tutorials, clear explanations, honest opinions, and demos grounded in real use cases as blog posts, videos, talks, and whatever formats fit the moment Act as an editor and curator for internal engineers, guest contributors, marketing colleagues and other advocates: validate technical claims, test code snippets, and edit drafts to ensure high editorial & technical standards Produce video content (screencasts, shorts, explainers) that expands Metabase's educational reach and complements written tutorials Build and maintain demo projects, sample workflows, and integrations that showcase Metabase's capabilities in practical, real-world scenarios Community building Develop and execute plans to build, enable, and nurture Metabase's developer community — through events, meetups, livestreams, courses, social media, partnerships, and whatever formats fit the moment Show up and be genuinely helpful in the places developers spend time — Slack communities, forums, Reddit, Discord, YouTube, Twitch, social platforms, and whe
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