About the Role
DigitalOcean is building the cloud for AI builders. The Technical Product Evangelism team tells this story to key technical audiences through conference talks, social content, workshops, and campaigns. This role sits between product marketing and developer advocacy, focusing on hands-on technical content creation in service of the company's narrative. As the most senior member, you will define standards, set the quality bar, prioritize efforts, and partner with executives on their technical appearances.
Responsibilities
- Shape the function by defining standards, operating rhythm, and prioritization for technical evangelism.
- Guide the work of other evangelists on the team.
- Deliver talks yourself, representing DigitalOcean at conferences, meetups, and customer-facing events.
- Serve as the primary content partner to DigitalOcean's executives, owning decks, narratives, and preparation for leadership appearances.
- Create deep technical content for social media, including videos, demos, threads, and posts.
- Build and run brand-aligned technical campaigns, including hands-on labs and workshops for enterprise AI-native accounts.
Requirements
- 8+ years in technical marketing, product marketing, solutions engineering, developer relations, or technical content.
- Experience setting direction for a content function or body of work.
- A track record as a speaker with stage presence at conferences or industry events.
- Sufficient technical depth and hands-on ability to be credible with AI engineers and infrastructure teams.
- Fluency with AI-assisted creation tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) to produce polished content quickly.
- Experience partnering directly with executives on high-stakes content.
- Ability to maintain personal credibility as a speaker and craft satisfaction in making others' stories excellent.
- Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate; regular in-person presence at Bay Area events is core to the role.
Skills
- Technical marketing
- Product marketing
- Solutions engineering
- Developer relations
- Technical content creation
- Public speaking
- AI
- Cloud infrastructure
- AI-assisted creation tools
- Executive communication
- Content strategy
- Campaign development
Location
- Bay Area
- Remote
Work Type
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $180,000 - $209,000
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Local Employee Meetups
- Flexible time off policy
- Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
- Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
- Bonus potential based on company and individual performance
- Equity compensation, including grants upon hire and Employee Stock Purchase Program
About the Company
- DigitalOcean is a cutting-edge technology company simplifying cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world.
- Employees are described as 'Sharks' who think big, bold, and scrappy, with a bias for action and a strong sense of responsibility.
- The company prioritizes career development, offering challenging work with smart people and resources for growth.
- DigitalOcean cares about employee well-being, providing a competitive array of benefits globally.
Equal Opportunity
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
