Director of Developer Relations
Wowza Media Systems, the global leader in live video streaming technology, is seeking a Director of Developer Relations. The Director of Developer Relations will be responsible for building a large, vibrant and active community of developers and setting the strategy for the DevRel team including advocacy, community and education while building the team to help execute those programs. This is a fantastic opportunity with a successful, growing and cutting-edge software company with people passionate about helping customers and creating compelling and competitive products with worldwide impact.
This position could be based here in Golden, CO or can be remote.
What you will be doing
- Leading the effort and set the strategy for software developer relations with outreach, community building and education.
- Living and breathing the Wowza products creating compelling materials and messaging
- Cultivating a Software Developer network overflowing with technologists, industry leaders, strategic customers and partners building relationships while raising awareness for Wowza products.
- Gathering insight from developer interactions and providing feedback and recommendations to our Product team regarding developer needs
- Building a developer advocacy and community engagement team to scale execution
- Driving our presence at the right conferences, hackathons, and Meetups.
Experience we’d like you to have
- A passion for creating innovative technical solutions for inspiring, educating, and enabling developers and partners, sharing what you know in presentations, in person and in blogs
- Building and leading a Developer Relations team
- Presenting technical talks at conferences
- 5+ years of experience leading initiatives to educate developers on new technologies
- Strong leadership and management skills including developing teams
- A mix of business insight and technical expertise
- Evangelizing technologies and are both a marketer and developer.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
Who We Are
Wowza Media Systems is a streaming software, cloud services, and hardware provider aimed at powering live streaming for today’s most innovative companies. We frequent Streaming Media’s list of Companies That Matter Most in Online Video and Readers’ Choice Awards, as well as Built in Colorado’s list of Best Medium Workplaces (with a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor).
Cofounders David Stubenvoll and Charlie Good first set out to create cool stuff with like-minded people in 2005. In the fourteen years that have followed, Wowza’s become the gold standard for streaming. One third of content delivery networks (CDNs) have Wowza’s technology built in and more that 24,000 organizations across the globe power their streaming with Wowza.
With adoption rates exploding, use cases proliferating, and video quality increasing, the streaming industry’s influence on everyday life continues to grow. And when it comes to live video, one thing rings true: If you can dream it, the experts at Wowza can help you build it.
Why Work for Wowza
Wowza’s global team is headquartered in the foothills of Colorado, with plenty of parking and where the deer, elk, and buffalo roam. Generous PTO and paid holidays, a healthy work-life-balance, and a 401K that vests immediately are among the many reasons we love working here.
The tight-knit crew benefits from a dog-friendly workplace, unlimited snacks, catered lunches, holiday parties, and more. Employees are encouraged to take ownership of their role with limited oversight — and coworkers are happy to help one another out.
Wowza’s team also works to connect the larger community with our passion for tech. From live-streaming graduation ceremonies for local high schools to participating in events like SheTech, employees are able to cultivate the same creative energy that first brought the company to life.
Wowza Media Systems is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all people to thrive in.