Developer Evangelist Factual

Role:

- Engage and build relationships with the Factual developer community with both existing and prospective customers.
- Deliver articulate, effective presentations/demos with technical content to small and large audiences.
- Win the hearts of developers by helping them realize the full value of Factual products and services.
- Run, organize, and attend hackathons, meetups, roundtables, conferences and other events, both local and national.
- Produce collateral and content (e.g. blog posts, example apps, videos, tutorials, tweets) to increase the virality of Factual data and APIs.
- Provide customer support on Factual forums and groups; engage in active conversation in blogosphere, news groups, mailing lists and social networks.
- Help developers conceptualize, design and build projects and products using Factual.
- Gather feedback that will inform Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Sales decisions.
- Provide weekly updates/metrics on developer acquisition and retention efforts.

Requirements:

- 3+ years of product management, technical marketing or related experience.
- Experience building thriving developer communities.
- Have built web and/or mobile apps before, and are familiar with most current web development and data management technologies.
- Passion for data, keen ability to unearth unobvious opportunities and spot possibilities.
- A data geek who loves people, is a good listener, and enjoys sharing ideas and insights.
- Stand-out communication skills; clearly explains ideas to different people with different viewpoints.
- Able to hit the ground running (while learning on the job); be methodical and organized; able to manage multiple opportunities, projects and priorities concurrently.
- A bias towards action and the ability to work well in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial and constantly changing start-up environment.
- Ability to work and travel independently with unwavering professionalism and high productivity.

Bonus Points:

- BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
- Previous experience as a web developer, technical evangelist, or technical product manager.
- Familiar with and knowledgeable about the various developer platforms, APIs, and Web Services (Facebook, Android, iPhone, Google AppEngine, AWS) - both functionality and terms of use.
- Working knowledge of modern web technologies including cloud computing based APIs and protocols (REST, JSON, SOAP).
- Knowledge of open source software design and development practices (e.g. direct experience with Hadoop).

Location:	Los Angeles, CA United States