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We are looking for a Senior Developer Advocate to join our Developer Relations team. In this role, you will focus on engaging SMB customers to help accelerate their success on Atlas and unlock the full potential of the document model, creating inspiring resources and content, and collaborating with a global team of skilled Developer Advocates.
You will empower developers—from startups to fast growing SMBs—to integrate advanced data capabilities into their applications and solutions. If you are passionate about helping developers build, launch, and scale their applications, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of development on MongoDB.
Our Developer Relations teams are distributed across the globe, with most members working remotely. This position will be based in Austin, TX. To see what our team is doing, check out our content on YouTube, Dev, and Medium.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
At the foundation of your passion and expertise is a love to equip others. Our ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in a developer, support, or solutions role. They will have 5+ total years of experience through any combination of builder role (such as data scientist or developer), educator role (such as developer advocate or developer educator), or customer-facing role (such as solution architect).
You are an effective teacher who can explain complex topics in a simple and easy-to-understand way. You will also develop a strong understanding of MongoDB's core capabilities, data modeling, and emerging trends in our industry. You will guide users to discover the increasing capabilities of our platform including Vector Search and Voyage AI.
Though the expertise you bring will be unique, our team is built to work together to share knowledge and help each other grow. You will work with your peers and with cross-functional teams (Product, Marketing, Analytics, etc) at all levels, asynchronously and across time zones, supporting peer reviews of code, demos, sessions, and other content. You should have a genuine passion for equipping other developers to be more productive and successful.
POSITION EXPECTATIONS
- Develop an expertise understanding of core MongoDB database functionality and Atlas features such as Search, Vector Search, Data Federation, Online Archive, and Streaming
- Develop and deliver workshops, webinars, and design reviews for both general audiences as well as for specific customers in order to enable their creation of MongoDB document schemas for their specific workloads
- Communicate insights gathered from developer engagement, through code and content, to inform team members and enable other developers
- Create technical content to evangelize and educate developers across various formats and channels
- Deliver virtual and in-person developer enablement sessions to audiences of up to 400 developers
REQUIREMENTS
- Experience in creating effective developer-focused code and content
- At least 5 years of experience in both customer-facing and developer-centric roles such as Technical Support, Solutions Architecture, Developer Relations, working with development teams in the design of high performance, scalable database implementations
- At least 3 years of experience (or the equivalent) of consulting with development teams as a non-member of the team
- Proficiency with at least one of the languages most popular with our customers (Java, Python, Javascript)
- Familiarity with 2 or more of the languages popular with our customers (Java, Python, Javascript or Typescript, C#, Rust, PHP)
- Strong presentation skills (both in-person and virtually), with ability in conducting live streams, and public speaking at events
- Written and spoken English language proficiency
- Ability and willingness to travel (up to 10%) primarily within the UK, Europe, and attend team meetings.
- Ability and willingness to shift working schedule to accommodate overlap with US or Asia timezones
- Experience specifically with MongoDB or similar NoSQL/document databases is a plus.
ABOUT MONGODB
MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB's unified database platform, the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
With offices worldwide and over 60,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we're powering the next era of software.
Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It's what makes us MongoDB.
To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we're committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees' wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it's like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!
MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.
MongoDB, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
REQ ID: 4263348181
INTRODUCTION
We are looking for a Senior Developer Advocate to join our Developer Relations team. In this role, you will focus on engaging SMB customers to help accelerate their success on Atlas and unlock the full potential of the document model, creating inspiring resources and content, and collaborating with a global team of skilled Developer Advocates.
You will empower developers—from startups to fast growing SMBs—to integrate advanced data capabilities into their applications and solutions. If you are passionate about helping developers build, launch, and scale their applications, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of development on MongoDB.
Our Developer Relations teams are distributed across the globe, with most members working remotely. This position will be based in Austin, TX. To see what our team is doing, check out our content on YouTube, Dev, and Medium.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
At the foundation of your passion and expertise is a love to equip others. Our ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in a developer, support, or solutions role. They will have 5+ total years of experience through any combination of builder role (such as data scientist or developer), educator role (such as developer advocate or developer educator), or customer-facing role (such as solution architect).
You are an effective teacher who can explain complex topics in a simple and easy-to-understand way. You will also develop a strong understanding of MongoDB's core capabilities, data modeling, and emerging trends in our industry. You will guide users to discover the increasing capabilities of our platform including Vector Search and Voyage AI.
Though the expertise you bring will be unique, our team is built to work together to share knowledge and help each other grow. You will work with your peers and with cross-functional teams (Product, Marketing, Analytics, etc) at all levels, asynchronously and across time zones, supporting peer reviews of code, demos, sessions, and other content. You should have a genuine passion for equipping other developers to be more productive and successful.
POSITION EXPECTATIONS
- Develop an expertise understanding of core MongoDB database functionality and Atlas features such as Search, Vector Search, Data Federation, Online Archive, and Streaming
- Develop and deliver workshops, webinars, and design reviews for both general audiences as well as for specific customers in order to enable their creation of MongoDB document schemas for their specific workloads
- Communicate insights gathered from developer engagement, through code and content, to inform team members and enable other developers
- Create technical content to evangelize and educate developers across various formats and channels
- Deliver virtual and in-person developer enablement sessions to audiences of up to 400 developers
REQUIREMENTS
- Experience in creating effective developer-focused code and content
- At least 5 years of experience in both customer-facing and developer-centric roles such as Technical Support, Solutions Architecture, Developer Relations, working with development teams in the design of high performance, scalable database implementations
- At least 3 years of experience (or the equivalent) of consulting with development teams as a non-member of the team
- Proficiency with at least one of the languages most popular with our customers (Java, Python, Javascript)
- Familiarity with 2 or more of the languages popular with our customers (Java, Python, Javascript or Typescript, C#, Rust, PHP)
- Strong presentation skills (both in-person and virtually), with ability in conducting live streams, and public speaking at events
- Written and spoken English language proficiency
- Ability and willingness to travel (up to 10%) primarily within the UK, Europe, and attend team meetings.
- Ability and willingness to shift working schedule to accommodate overlap with US or Asia timezones
- Experience specifically with MongoDB or similar NoSQL/document databases is a plus.
ABOUT MONGODB
MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB's unified database platform, the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
With offices worldwide and over 60,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we're powering the next era of software.
Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It's what makes us MongoDB.
To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we're committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees' wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it's like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!
MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.
MongoDB, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
REQ ID: 4263348181
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Document your technical writing and speaking portfolio
PERM requires your employer to define the job's minimum requirements, and Developer Advocate roles often blend software engineering with public communication. Collect code samples, conference talk recordings, and published tutorials so your credentials align precisely with the USCIS specialty occupation standard during I-140 review.
Target employers with dedicated developer relations teams
Companies that staff a full Developer Relations or DevRel team have already internalized the role's legitimacy and are far more likely to have PERM infrastructure in place. Search for open Developer Advocate positions at cloud platforms, API-first companies, and developer tools vendors with established engineering orgs.
Verify the prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for a Developer Advocate in your work location. Run the OFLC Wage Search for SOC code 15-1252 or 27-3041 before negotiating, since the wage level recorded on the LCA locks your floor for the entire PERM and I-140 process.
Use Migrate Mate to find green-card-sponsoring Developer Advocate roles
Filtering job postings by sponsorship history saves weeks of outreach to employers who have never filed a PERM. Migrate Mate surfaces Developer Advocate and Developer Relations roles at companies with verified EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship records, letting you focus applications where the path to permanent residency already exists.
Clarify the job duties split during PERM drafting
PERM officers scrutinize Developer Advocate roles because the duties can span coding, marketing, and education. Work with your employer's immigration counsel to ensure the PERM job description emphasizes the technical requirements, since a description that reads as primarily communications-focused can complicate the specialty occupation classification at the I-140 stage.
Time your filing to account for EB-3 priority date movement
For most countries outside India and China, EB-3 priority dates move relatively predictably, but filing early locks in the earliest possible date. Ask your employer to file PERM as soon as your offer is firm rather than waiting until your current status nears expiration, since PERM alone takes six to twelve months before the I-140 can even be submitted.
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Does a Senior Developer Advocate role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Senior Developer Advocate positions qualify under EB-3 as a professional role requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field. EB-2 is available if the role normally requires an advanced degree or if your employer can demonstrate the position demands specialized knowledge beyond what a bachelor's program covers. Your employer's immigration counsel drafts the PERM job description to target the appropriate category.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B sponsorship is temporary and subject to an annual lottery cap, whereas PERM-based green card sponsorship leads directly to lawful permanent residency with no annual cap at the EB-3 professional level for most countries. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification, I-140 approval, and adjustment of status together take two to four years for most nationalities, compared to the H-1B's faster initial authorization. Green card sponsorship also ties less directly to a single employer once you reach the portability threshold.
What makes the PERM process more complicated for Developer Advocate roles specifically?
PERM requires the employer to prove no qualified U.S. worker is available for the exact role described in the application. Developer Advocate duties often overlap with marketing and community management, which can attract a broader applicant pool than purely engineering roles. If DOL finds qualified U.S. applicants during the supervised recruitment period, the PERM can be denied. A tightly scoped, technically grounded job description that emphasizes software development and systems knowledge reduces that risk.
How do I find employers who have sponsored green cards for Developer Advocate roles before?
PERM filings are disclosed in DOL's public database, so you can search for employers who have sponsored similar roles historically. Migrate Mate aggregates this sponsorship data and surfaces Senior Developer Advocate and Developer Relations positions at companies with verified EB-2 and EB-3 filing records, removing the guesswork of cold-applying to employers who may have no sponsorship process in place.
Can I change employers after my green card process has started?
Yes, but the timing matters. If your I-140 has been approved and your priority date is more than 180 days old, federal portability rules allow you to move to a new employer in a same or similar occupational classification without losing your priority date. Switching before that window resets the PERM process entirely. Developer Advocate and Developer Relations roles generally qualify as same or similar to each other and to related software engineering positions, but confirm the SOC code alignment with an immigration attorney before accepting a new offer.
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