Summary: Meta Reality Labs (RL) is seeking a Developer Advocate for the Horizon World platform. As a member of the Quest Developer Ecosystem team, you'll help 3rd-party developers adopt the new development framework to launch extraordinary experiences on Horizon Worlds. This role offers a unique opportunity to directly impact the quality of experiences enjoyed by Quest users. You will run scaled programs in markets, targeted at developers with a view to channel the highest value developers to become Horizon World developers. You will be responsible for recruiting, activating, and growing developer cohorts. You possess a passion for immersive technologies and are able to translate that to support a new pipeline of enthusiastic Horizon World developers. You have strong communication and people skills, since you'll be presenting in public, collaborating cross-functionally within RL, and working side by side with developers every day.
Required Skills:
Developer Advocate Responsibilities:
- Inspire, educate, and engage early stage developers in region at scale on the opportunities across verticals in building for Horizon Worlds.
- Devise programs in collaboration with Product Marketing to execute and localize growth initiatives for all verticals in region.
- Responsible for leading the regional developer contests, hackathons, and other scaled funded initiatives.
- Build and nurture a robust developer pipeline, collect valuable product feedback, and champion regional developer needs internally.
- Serve as a thought leader externally and internally, providing guidance on best practices, industry trends, and future potential to developers at scale.
- Define regional strategy on types of developers we will be focusing on based on regional sensitivities and vertical needs.
- Engage with developers by presenting at and attending relevant conferences, meet-ups, and events.
- Educate developers on our platform through communication channels in partnership with Product Marketing.
- Build a badging system to support a strong funnel of program members and successful developers on the platform.
- Work directly with 3rd-party developers to develop engaging Worlds, encouraging and helping them to use Horizon World technologies.
- Lead hands-on programming workshops and labs to assist developers with the adoption of specific Horizon World technologies.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 8 or more years of related experience working with digital creators, game developers, partner management, or digital marketing programs.
- Experience with Unity and/or Unreal technologies.
- Fundamental understanding of modern app development and optimization.
- Proven presentation skills.
- Understanding of how to run and measure program effectiveness with relevant KPIs.
- Experience translating insights and data into highly impactful results.
- Experience leading cross-functional efforts across competing priorities and constrained resources.
- Proven communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills.
- Resourceful, action-orientated with experience to get things done independently and overcome obstacles by developing creative solutions to problems.
- Bachelor's Degree or higher.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of XR technologies and familiarity with the Horizon World platform.
- Experience building VR, MR, or AR applications.
- Experience working with large datasets.
- Proven track record with high standards of professionalism.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and experience to develop strong working relationships inside and outside Meta.
Public Compensation: $157,000/year to $218,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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