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Developer Advocate

Join Synthesia as a Developer Advocate to enhance developer engagement with our AI video platform.

Location
Seattle, United States
Compensation
Not disclosed
Level
Not specified
Type
full time · Hybrid

Posted by employer 15 hours ago

First seen on Joblaze 2 hours ago

Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago

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What you'll build

  • Create technical content that developers actually use
  • Build and maintain sample apps, starter kits, and code snippets
  • Produce video walkthroughs and livestreams
  • Represent Synthesia at conferences, meetups, and webinars
  • Channel developer feedback back to Product and Engineering

Must have

  • Experience in developer relations, developer advocacy, or technical evangelism
  • Comfortable writing code and working with APIs
  • Strong communicator across formats
  • Comfortable with regular travel and public speaking

Nice to have

  • Existing following or credibility within a developer community
  • Experience at a platform, API-first, or infrastructure company

AI in the day-to-day

Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development.

Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, seniority, years of experience, visa sponsorship.

Benefits

Equity/Stock Options Remote Work Health Insurance 401k Plan Parental Leave

Joblaze summary

In the role of Developer Advocate at Synthesia, the individual will engage with the developer community by creating practical technical content, building sample applications, and representing the company at various events. Key skills include hands-on coding experience, strong communication abilities, and a background in developer relations or technical evangelism. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is comfortable with public speaking and community engagement. The Developer Advocate will play a crucial role in bridging developer feedback with product teams to enhance the overall developer experience.

Joblaze insights

Quick facts

Is the Developer Advocate role remote?
It's hybrid — Synthesia expects some on-site time in Seattle, United States.
Where is the role based?
Synthesia is hiring for this position in Seattle, United States.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI, API, Video, developer advocacy.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Developer Advocate role at Synthesia.

From the original posting

Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US.

As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations.

Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia's VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow.

The role...

 

Synthesia's API and platform capabilities are quickly becoming the way developers embed AI video into their own products — automated training pipelines, localization workflows, customer-facing apps, and more. We're looking for our first Developer Advocate to make sure the developer world knows it, understands it, and gets building.

 

This is a builder-and-storyteller role. You'll be the face and voice of the Synthesia API to the outside world — writing, coding, speaking, and showing up wherever developers already are — while also being the internal champion who brings their feedback back into the product. You won't just talk about what's possible with Synthesia; you'll build the sample apps, tutorials, and demos that prove it, and you'll do it consistently enough that developers start to recognize your name before they recognize the logo.

 

You'll be part of the Developer Services team and work closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Developer Support to turn technical capability into developer adoption.

 

What You'll Do

Create technical content that developers actually use

  • Write blog posts, tutorials, and how-to guides that show real, working integrations — not just feature announcements

  • Build and maintain sample apps, starter kits, and code snippets across common languages and frameworks

  • Produce video walkthroughs and livestreams using Synthesia's own product wherever it makes sense to "eat our own dog food"

  • Keep a fast, honest cadence — regular, dependable output builds more trust than occasional big launches

Show up where developers are

  • Represent Synthesia at conferences, meetups, hackathons, and webinars — as a speaker, workshop host, and booth presence

  • Run livestreams and community AMAs that go deep on real implementation questions, not marketing talking points

  • Build relationships with individual developers, technical bloggers, and community leaders who influence adoption

  • Travel as needed to be physically present in the communities that matter most to our growth

Be the credible technical voice

  • Get hands-on with the Synthesia API well enough to build things yourself, debug alongside developers, and speak with authority — not from a script

  • Earn trust the way any evangelist does: by being genuinely useful before asking for anything in return

  • Play the long game — plant seeds in developer communities today that turn into adoption months or years down the line

Close the loop with product

  • Channel developer feedback, friction points, and feature requests back to Product and Engineering in a structured way

  • Partner with Developer Support and Documentation to identify where the API's rough edges are creating support burden or lost adoption

  • Help prioritize the developer experience roadmap based on what you're hearing on the ground

Build the flywheel

  • Grow and nurture channels — Discord/Slack community, developer newsletter, social — where developers can find each other and find help

  • Identify and cultivate community advocates and early power users who can become case studies, co-speakers, or contributors

  • Measure what's working (content engagement, API sign-ups, community growth, sentiment) and adjust the playbook accordingly

About you...

  • Experience in developer relations, developer advocacy, technical evangelism, or a similar hybrid technical/communication role — ideally at a platform, API-first, or infrastructure company

  • Genuinely hands-on: comfortable writing code, working with APIs and SDKs, and building demo apps yourself, not just narrating what engineering built

  • A strong, authentic communicator across formats — written, live, and on stage — who can make technical concepts land with a developer audience

  • Comfortable with regular travel and public speaking; energized by meeting developers in person, not just online

  • A track record of sustained output (blog, video, or community content) rather than one-off campaigns — evangelism is a long game, and consistency is what earns trust

  • Skilled at listening as much as broadcasting: you can sit in a developer's frustration and turn it into a clear, actionable signal for the product team

  • Comfortable operating with a lot of autonomy in a fast-moving, still-forming function

  • Bonus: existing following or credibility within a developer community relevant to Synthesia's platform (video, AI/ML, automation, or enterprise software)

The good stuff..

In addition to being a part of a great team, working in a fun and innovative environment, we offer:

  • A competitive salary + stock options in our fast-growing Series E startup

  • Hybrid working environment or remote friendly

  • 100% Medical, Dental & Vision

  • 401k Plan

  • Paid parental leave

  • 25 days of annual leave + Public holidays + paid sick leave

  • Fun culture with regular socials

  • A generous referral scheme

  • A brand new computer + monitor

  • Budget and support for conference travel, community events, and content production

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