Titlesby GlyphDeveloper Advocate job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Established · in 1.7% of HN hiring posts · 62 open roles at 36 companies · median $194k
Represents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.
first seen before 2011, Hacker Newstook off Jul 2016
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
Already in the first Who is hiring thread we have (April 2011), so it is older than our data. It took off in July 2016, when its share of Who is hiring posts first reached a quarter of its best year. Today 62 open roles use the title at 36 companies, most of them in data platforms. Closest tracked titles: Solutions Engineer.
- PostingAsk HN: Who is hiring? (April 2011)Hacker News, Apr 2011 · backs: first sighting
- PostingHead of Developer RelationsClickHouse, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- Data platform19
- Developer tools12
- Software4
- AI lab3
- AI infrastructure3
- AI application2
- Consumer2
- Infrastructure1
Cities
- San Francisco20
- New York10
- Palo Alto4
- Seattle3
- Vancouver, Canada1
- Singapore1
- Amsterdam, Netherlands1
- London, United Kingdom1
- Berlin, Germany1
- Austin1
Countries and remote
- United States43
- Canada3
- Germany2
- Netherlands2
- Spain2
- United Kingdom2
- France1
- Portugal1
- Brazil1
- Poland1
Remote option50%
Posted pay
Middle half $177k to $224k, median $194k from 31 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Pay by level and city on SalariesWho is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | ||
| 8 | DiagridA company hiring most for Developer Advocate and Full Stack Engineer. | 2 | |
| 9 | 2 | ||
| 10 | LiveKitA company hiring most for Forward Deployed Engineer and GTM Engineer. | 2 | |
| 11 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 1 |
Open roles
8 of 62; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Developer Relations | United States | $196k to $300k | |
| Staff Developer Relations Engineer | Remote: United States | $204k to $250k | |
| Developer Advocate, Payload | San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | $115k to $269k | |
| Senior Director, Developer Relations | Remote - US | $276k to $345k | |
| Developer Advocate - VolcanoKongSan Francisco, California, United States$200k to $245k | Kong | San Francisco, California, United States | $200k to $245k |
| Staff Developer Advocate | San Francisco | $140k to $240k | |
| Senior Developer Advocate | New York, United States | $113k to $179k | |
| Developer Relations Manager, Claude Platform | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | $290k to $435k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
955 posts since Apr 2011 · +18% in 6 monthsNovember 2026 2 of 207 postings, 0.97%
Related titles
Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.1.9% of HN posts, 12 mo · 918 open · $200k median · since Jul 2011Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.16% of HN posts, 12 mo · 294 open · $196k median · since Apr 2011Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.7.8% of HN posts, 12 mo · 109 open · $220k median · since May 2011AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.6.4% of HN posts, 12 mo · 244 open · $240k median · since Jun 2011Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.5.9% of HN posts, 12 mo · 25 open · $194k median · since Jul 2011Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.5.8% of HN posts, 12 mo · 206 open · $185k median · since Apr 2011
About this title
Represents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.
Also counted: DevRel, developer relations, evangelist
First sighting
...Developers, Front-End Developers, API Developers, VP Eng, Developer Evangelist, Partner Integration Manager, Systems Administrator, and Music...
Median posted salary $194k from 31 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.