Passionate people are everywhere at Google. In Developer Relations, we get excited to collaborate and connect with the communities that love technology as much as we do. Part community manager and part developer advocate, Developer Relations Engineers collaborate with developers at conferences and online, and advocate for developers interests internally at Google. Not afraid to be hands-on, you write sample code and client libraries as well as participate in developer forums and support queues to troubleshoot and debug coding problems developers encounter. Internally, you work with product engineering teams to improve our products by conveying feedback from developers, reviewing API designs and testing new features. Chrome, Android, App Engine, HTML5 as well as our core Google Apps and Ads APIs are just some of the platforms you promote and support.
With your technical expertise, you drive strategy around fostering a community of developers who work with Google technologies. An ardent advocate for these developers, you represent their voice internally to our Product Managers and serve as their Google support in application development and technology implementation.
In this role, you will build community, understand developer use cases and issues, and advocate for developers building the next generation of AI experiences on the web.
You will spend your time engaging with other highly technical people, with the mission of representing Chrome goals while simultaneously respecting developer needs and issues. You will identify and report on emerging trends, create production-quality sample code and demos, review API designs, write impactful technical content, and help identify and resolve technical issues developers face when adopting new technologies.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $163000 - $237000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Engage regularly in-person in the San Francisco Bay Area, establishing relationships within the region's web and artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystems.
- Build and test AI products, demos, tools, or applications.
- Drive success of browser-native AI architectures, including adopting on-device, browser-supported AI application programming interfaces (APIs), integrating Gemini, leveraging agentic technologies like the Web Model Context Protocol (WebMCP) API, and establishing best practices for artificial intelligence-first (AI-first) web applications.
- Solicit, collect, and synthesize developer feedback on Chrome and web AI features and direction. Present your analysis to cross-functional internal teams, effectively influencing Chrome's developer strategy and identification of blockers and opportunities.
- Contribute to online technology communities or open-source projects.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of work experience in a technical role (e.g., software engineering, solutions consultant, etc.) or equivalent technical experience.
Preferred qualifications:
- 3 years of experience engaging at technology conferences, blogging/writing technical articles, or contributing to open source projects.
- Experience building AI-first products, tools, or applications
- Knowledge of web development (front or backend, full stack, web apps)
- Ability to take ownership of solutions and exert influence.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to present complex technical concepts clearly to audiences.
- An active contributor to online technology communities, ideally with an existing follower base.