Sr. Developer Advocate

The Company

At Nylas, we specialize in making it easier for developers to add email, calendar, and contact management features into their applications. We provide APIs, which streamline the integration of these functionalities, ensuring they are secure and effective. This enables better, safer, and more reliable communication within apps.

Supporting over 100,000 developers and collaborating with more than 900 companies globally, Nylas plays a pivotal role in how digital communication tools are built and utilized. Our technology spans various sectors, from healthcare to education, simplifying the complex process of app development related to communications. By reducing the barriers in communication technology, we empower developers to innovate and enhance user interaction across platforms.

We're looking for an experienced Sr. Developer Advocate Engineer to help shape how developers discover, build with, and advocate for Nylas.

This is a foundational hire and an opportunity to rebuild and redefine our Developer Relations function. You'll serve as a bridge between our engineering teams and the broader developer community, helping establish Nylas as a trusted voice in APIs, AI, communications infrastructure, and developer tooling.

You'll create technical content that developers actually want to read, represent Nylas at conferences and industry events, engage with developer communities online, and bring valuable feedback back into our product organization. You'll help tell our story, influence industry conversations, and ensure developers have an exceptional experience building with Nylas.

This role sits within the Marketing organization and partners closely with Engineering, Product, and Developer Experience teams. We're looking for someone who can operate independently, build programs from the ground up, and become a visible advocate for both our platform and our developer community.

• Represent Nylas at conferences, meetups, webinars, podcasts, and industry events
• Build relationships with developers, partners, customers, and influencers across the ecosystem
• Engage authentically in developer communities including Reddit, Hacker News, Dev.to, Discord, Git Hub, X/Twitter, Stack Overflow, and emerging platforms
• Act as a public-facing technical ambassador for Nylas and help strengthen our presence within the developer community
• Identify opportunities for Nylas to participate in relevant industry conversations and trends

• Create high-quality technical content including blog posts, tutorials, videos, demos, presentations, sample applications, and code walkthroughs
• Monitor industry trends and conversations to identify opportunities for Nylas to contribute meaningful perspectives
• Develop thought leadership around APIs, AI agents, communications infrastructure, developer productivity, integrations, and emerging technologies
• Translate complex technical concepts into content that resonates with developers at every stage of their journey
• Partner with marketing to amplify technical content and increase engagement with developer audiences

• Champion the developer experience across onboarding, implementation, and long-term adoption
• Gather feedback from customers, prospects, community members, and partners and translate it into actionable recommendations
• Serve as the voice of the developer internally, helping engineering and product teams understand developer pain points and opportunities
• Advocate for improvements to APIs, SDKs, tooling, onboarding flows, and overall developer usability
• Help shape the roadmap by bringing real-world developer insights back into the organization

• Create tutorials, quick starts, guides, workshops, and sample applications that help developers get value from Nylas quickly
• Identify gaps in developer education and self-service resources through community engagement and customer feedback
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure developers have the resources they need to be successful
• Contribute to developer-facing content and…