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Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. Together with our partners, we’re helping customers break free from the restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions that hold them back, and blaze forward with the full power of the open cloud in their hands. Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Today, Backblaze generates over $100m in revenue and is the leading specialized storage cloud - managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals. But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us. We’re seeking a Developer Advocate to join our team!
About The Role
This is a ground-floor developer relations role at a company that is serious about building a DevRel function — not just checking a box. You’ll be the technical voice of Backblaze: creating content, showing up at events, and helping developers understand how to build with Backblaze B2 in the workloads they’re actually running — AI pipelines, media workflows, and data-intensive infrastructure. You’ll work directly with our Director of Startup & Developer Relations and alongside the Flamethrower Startup Program — Backblaze’s initiative to become the storage layer of choice for early-stage companies. You’ll have support from our product, content, documentation and other teams, as well as consulting budget for structural and strategic scaffolding as we build this out. Your job is to be technically credible, well-connected, and visible. The right person for this role has been doing this work informally — writing technical content, showing up at conferences, building a following in developer communities — and is ready to make it the job. Or they’ve been doing it formally at the mid-level and want to step up on impact without stepping into program leadership yet.
What You’ll Do
Technical Content & Education:
- Create technical content that teaches developers how to build with Backblaze B2: tutorials, sample applications, reference architectures, blog posts, and short-form video
- Build and publish working code examples and demos — especially for AI/ML workflows (training data pipelines, model artifact storage, inference infrastructure), media workflows, and application storage
- Contribute to and improve developer documentation, SDKs, and quickstart guides
- Translate what you’re hearing from developers into actionable product feedback for Engineering and Product
Community & Events:
- Be genuinely present in the developer communities where our users live — social media, Discord, Slack, GitHub, and elsewhere
- Represent Backblaze at developer events: speak, demo, show up, and be worth talking to. We attend conferences across AI/ML, media, cloud infrastructure, and startup ecosystems
- Build relationships in the AI/ML, media, and cloud infrastructure developer communities that generate inbound awareness for Backblaze
- Support Flamethrower startup cohort members in getting to production faster — answer technical questions, sanity-check architectures, and document patterns worth sharing broadly
Program Contribution:
- Work closely with the Director of Startup & Developer Relations, as well as our product team, lifecycle marketing, and product marketing to identify common technical blockers and create content that removes them
- Partner with Marketing on ecosystem storytelling, technical blog strategy, and developer-facing content
- Maintain a consistent feedback loop from developers to Product — surface friction points, integration gaps, and unmet needs
The Right Fit
- 4–7 years of hands-on experience as a software developer or engineer, with meaningful time working with cloud infrastructure and object storage (S3, B2, GCS, or equivalent)
- Direct experience building or integrating AI/ML workflows that involve storage — training data pipelines, model artifact management, inference infrastructure, or similar workloads
- You write working code. You may use AI tools to accelerate it — but you understand what you’re shipping and can explain it to another developer
- An established presence in developer communities — a social following, conference talks, a technical blog, open source contributions, or some combination. We’re not counting followers; we’re looking for signal that you show up and people pay attention
- Strong written communication: you can write a clear technical tutorial and a crisp internal summary with equal ease
- Self-directed — you don’t need a content calendar handed to you to know what to build next
Bonus Points For
- Familiarity with Backblaze B2 or direct experience with object storage in production environments
- Experience with media/video workflows, SaaS backend architecture, or data-intensive platform development
- Prior experience in a formal DevRel capacity — developer advocate, technical evangelist, developer educator — even if it wasn’t your primary title
- Active in the AI/ML developer ecosystem: Hugging Face, Discord communities, GitHub, X/Twitter, YouTube, or similar channels
Backblaze Perks
- Healthcare for family, including dental and vision
- Competitive compensation and 401K
- RSU grants for full-time employees
- ESPP program
- Flexible vacation policy
- Maternity & paternity leave
- MacBook Pro to use for work, plus a generous stipend to personalize your workstation
- Childcare bonus (human children only)
- Fertility treatment and support
- Learning & development program
- Commuter benefits
- Culture that supports a healthy work-life balance
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below. The expected salary range for this role is $96,000 - $136,000.
At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees. That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To understand more about the data we collect and process as part of your application, please view our Backblaze Employee Privacy Notice.
About Backblaze
Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. Together with our partners, we’re helping customers break free from the restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions that hold them back, and blaze forward with the full power of the open cloud in their hands. Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Today, Backblaze generates over $100m in revenue and is the leading specialized storage cloud - managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals. But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us. We’re seeking a Developer Advocate to join our team!
About The Role
This is a ground-floor developer relations role at a company that is serious about building a DevRel function — not just checking a box. You’ll be the technical voice of Backblaze: creating content, showing up at events, and helping developers understand how to build with Backblaze B2 in the workloads they’re actually running — AI pipelines, media workflows, and data-intensive infrastructure. You’ll work directly with our Director of Startup & Developer Relations and alongside the Flamethrower Startup Program — Backblaze’s initiative to become the storage layer of choice for early-stage companies. You’ll have support from our product, content, documentation and other teams, as well as consulting budget for structural and strategic scaffolding as we build this out. Your job is to be technically credible, well-connected, and visible. The right person for this role has been doing this work informally — writing technical content, showing up at conferences, building a following in developer communities — and is ready to make it the job. Or they’ve been doing it formally at the mid-level and want to step up on impact without stepping into program leadership yet.
What You’ll Do
Technical Content & Education:
- Create technical content that teaches developers how to build with Backblaze B2: tutorials, sample applications, reference architectures, blog posts, and short-form video
- Build and publish working code examples and demos — especially for AI/ML workflows (training data pipelines, model artifact storage, inference infrastructure), media workflows, and application storage
- Contribute to and improve developer documentation, SDKs, and quickstart guides
- Translate what you’re hearing from developers into actionable product feedback for Engineering and Product
Community & Events:
- Be genuinely present in the developer communities where our users live — social media, Discord, Slack, GitHub, and elsewhere
- Represent Backblaze at developer events: speak, demo, show up, and be worth talking to. We attend conferences across AI/ML, media, cloud infrastructure, and startup ecosystems
- Build relationships in the AI/ML, media, and cloud infrastructure developer communities that generate inbound awareness for Backblaze
- Support Flamethrower startup cohort members in getting to production faster — answer technical questions, sanity-check architectures, and document patterns worth sharing broadly
Program Contribution:
- Work closely with the Director of Startup & Developer Relations, as well as our product team, lifecycle marketing, and product marketing to identify common technical blockers and create content that removes them
- Partner with Marketing on ecosystem storytelling, technical blog strategy, and developer-facing content
- Maintain a consistent feedback loop from developers to Product — surface friction points, integration gaps, and unmet needs
The Right Fit
- 4–7 years of hands-on experience as a software developer or engineer, with meaningful time working with cloud infrastructure and object storage (S3, B2, GCS, or equivalent)
- Direct experience building or integrating AI/ML workflows that involve storage — training data pipelines, model artifact management, inference infrastructure, or similar workloads
- You write working code. You may use AI tools to accelerate it — but you understand what you’re shipping and can explain it to another developer
- An established presence in developer communities — a social following, conference talks, a technical blog, open source contributions, or some combination. We’re not counting followers; we’re looking for signal that you show up and people pay attention
- Strong written communication: you can write a clear technical tutorial and a crisp internal summary with equal ease
- Self-directed — you don’t need a content calendar handed to you to know what to build next
Bonus Points For
- Familiarity with Backblaze B2 or direct experience with object storage in production environments
- Experience with media/video workflows, SaaS backend architecture, or data-intensive platform development
- Prior experience in a formal DevRel capacity — developer advocate, technical evangelist, developer educator — even if it wasn’t your primary title
- Active in the AI/ML developer ecosystem: Hugging Face, Discord communities, GitHub, X/Twitter, YouTube, or similar channels
Backblaze Perks
- Healthcare for family, including dental and vision
- Competitive compensation and 401K
- RSU grants for full-time employees
- ESPP program
- Flexible vacation policy
- Maternity & paternity leave
- MacBook Pro to use for work, plus a generous stipend to personalize your workstation
- Childcare bonus (human children only)
- Fertility treatment and support
- Learning & development program
- Commuter benefits
- Culture that supports a healthy work-life balance
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below. The expected salary range for this role is $96,000 - $136,000.
At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees. That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To understand more about the data we collect and process as part of your application, please view our Backblaze Employee Privacy Notice.
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Target companies with active developer ecosystems
Companies that maintain public APIs, SDKs, or open-source projects almost always have Developer Advocate roles and established immigration programs. AWS, Stripe, Twilio, and Cloudflare sponsor this title regularly and have in-house immigration counsel.
Position your degree as directly relevant
H-1B specialty occupation approval depends on your degree matching the role. A computer science, software engineering, or information systems degree ties directly to the technical components of Developer Advocacy and strengthens your petition significantly.
Highlight technical depth, not just communication skills
USCIS scrutinizes Developer Advocate petitions because the role blends technical and marketing work. Framing your experience around code contributions, API integration work, and technical documentation strengthens the specialty occupation argument for your employer.
Confirm the role reports to engineering, not marketing
Developer Advocate positions under an engineering or product organization have stronger H-1B approval histories than those sitting in marketing. Ask during interviews which department the role falls under and who it reports to.
Prepare documentation of prior technical work
GitHub contributions, published technical content, conference talks, and SDK samples all demonstrate that your role requires specialized knowledge. This documentation directly supports the specialty occupation requirement in an H-1B petition.
Start the conversation early with potential employers
Companies that have sponsored Developer Advocates before move faster on offers. Raising sponsorship in your second or third interview, once genuine interest is established, gives the hiring team time to align with their legal team before extending an offer.
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Does a Developer Advocate role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes, but the petition requires careful framing. USCIS evaluates whether the role constitutes a specialty occupation, meaning it must normally require a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific technical field. Developer Advocate positions with strong engineering responsibilities, such as building integrations, writing technical documentation, or contributing to open-source projects, have a strong basis for approval. Roles that emphasize community management or marketing over technical work face more scrutiny.
What degree do I need for an employer to sponsor my Developer Advocate visa?
A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related technical field is the strongest foundation. Some employers have successfully petitioned for candidates with information systems or electrical engineering degrees when the role responsibilities are clearly technical. A degree in communications or business is unlikely to support an H-1B petition for this title unless paired with significant computer science coursework.
Which visa types can a Developer Advocate use for U.S. work authorization?
H-1B is the most common path and requires employer sponsorship and lottery selection. Australians can use the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and faster processing. Canadians and Mexicans may qualify under the TN visa if the role meets the relevant professional category. Candidates with recognized national or international acclaim in their field may also explore the O-1A. Each has different sponsorship requirements and timelines.
How do I find employers actively sponsoring Developer Advocate roles?
Migrate Mate is the most direct way to find Developer Advocate jobs where the employer is already open to visa sponsorship. Filtering by sponsorship willingness saves significant time compared to applying broadly and asking later. Companies with active developer programs, such as cloud infrastructure providers, API-first startups, and developer tools companies, are the most consistent sponsors for this title.
Can a Developer Advocate role qualify for an O-1A visa instead of H-1B?
It can, but the bar is high. The O-1A requires evidence of extraordinary ability, typically demonstrated through speaking at major technical conferences, published work with significant reach, judging others' technical work, or playing a critical role at a distinguished organization. Many experienced Developer Advocates who have built meaningful public profiles and spoken at events like KubeCon or PyCon can build a credible O-1A case, especially with legal support.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Developer Advocate jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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