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Senior Developer Evangelist - 705356

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Description

The Developer & Platform Evangelism (DPE) Team is looking for a senior Developer Evangelist to join our US West Region organization in the Silicon Valley region of Northern California.

The DPE mission is to drive platform and software development tools adoption through direct evangelism, community engagement and quality interaction with influencers. The satisfaction of the software development community, as well as adoption of Microsoft technologies are the primary goals of our team.

The Developer Evangelist position is a technical role with the mission of engaging the broad community of developers in the San Francisco Bay Area and driving excitement around developer tools and platform technologies. The successful candidate will have an established reputation within Silicon Valley for significant technical achievement, superior presentation skills, effective and visible community participation, and a strong command of online and social networking tools. This position will report to the US West Region DPE Audience Director.

Specific responsibilities include:

Increasing satisfaction with Microsoft and our developer tools/platform technologies within the developer community.

Building and maintaining high-quality relationships with developer community leaders and influencers in the target territory.

Delivering persuasive, passionate, high impact, high quality presentations via various local and national event channels such as MSDN Events, Tech-Ed, etc.

Participating in, sponsoring and supporting community-led developer events and programs in the local territory, the region and across the USA.

Engaging and supporting neutral and “competitive” technology-focused communities and influencers.

Participating actively in the local developer community through blogs, newsletters, meetings and other activities.

Required skills include:

Excellent presentation skills to large, demanding technical audiences

Excellent oral and written communication skills

A compelling blend of passion, optimism, customer advocacy, curiosity and creativity

Preferred qualifications include Computer Science/Engineering or related degree, 10+ years of hands-on developer experience

Demonstrated hands-on software development experience with current and emerging web technologies

Demonstrated hands-on software development experience with current and emerging Windows platform technologies, such as the .NET Framework™, Visual Studio™, and Microsoft Azure™; and other Microsoft technologies such as SQL Server™and Microsoft collaboration technologies such as Sharepoint™.

Experience with multiple, current programming languages

Preferred skills:

Demonstrated track-record of sustained, long term developer community involvement

Experience using and integrating non-Microsoft technologies (Ruby, PHP, Flex/Flash, Linux, Eclipse, Java)

Microsoft certifications (MCSD, MCT, MCSE, etc.)

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on accounts or group assigned. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer; we support workplace diversity.


Industry: Software
Discipline: Sales/Technical Support
Experience: 11 - 15 Years
Compensation: $100K+
Company: Microsoft Corporation

Contact information

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