Senior Developer Advocate – Microsoft 365 & Microsoft Copilot Platform

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The Microsoft 365 Developer advocacy team is looking for a Senior Developer Advocate – Microsoft 365 & Microsoft Copilot Platform who is excited about helping make millions of people and organizations achieve more in this exciting era of cloud and Copilots. This Senior Developer Advocate will be a skilled developer themselves, who will focus on helping other developers create collaboration and productivity apps and experiences using the Microsoft 365 productivity platforms, including Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Graph and Microsoft Copilot and the whole Microsoft Cloud. Whether you have a long experience with Microsoft technologies or whether you have a successful career in open-source software and web and mobile technologies, if you think you have a talent for assisting fellow developers in the global community to succeed with your content, code, advice, feedback, guidance, or features, this is the role for you.

As a Senior Developer Advocate in the Microsoft 365 Developer advocacy team, you’ll help create the best developer platform for developers to build collaboration and productivity applications. You’ll help developer communities understand how Microsoft 365 platform component and Microsoft Copilot can be used individually and or in combined architectures for creating collaborative business applications for both internal use and for their customers to download through the store and use every day. You’ll be instrumental in building a large and vibrant community for Microsoft Cloud and Microsoft Copilot and nurture great relationships with developers online, create amazing samples and content, and focus on winning the hearts and minds of our technical audiences at scale.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

By applying to this U.S. based position, relocation does not apply/is not provided for the role.

Responsibilities

• Create content, videos, and samples from beginner to best practices that demonstrate how to develop collaborative apps/experiences using Microsoft 365 services and Microsoft Copilot.
• Partner directly and closely with Microsoft product teams and leaders to help imagine, refine, build, test, launch and grow the platform and its features on an ongoing basis.
• Champion relevant Microsoft 365 services in developer communities at conferences, meetups, coding bootcamps, online forums, GitHub, YouTube, LinkedIn, X(Twitter), Stack Overflow, Hacker News, and more.
• Network and build relationships with the top developer thought leaders in your local community and earn their trust and respect for Microsoft technologies.
• Build relationships with key influencers, foster a healthy technical community, and collect and prioritize product feedback and technical blockers with engineering.
• Scale your efforts by partnering with other teams including the Microsoft field teams and developers in community programs like Microsoft MVPs, Docker Captains, Oracle Java Champions, etc.
• Win the hearts and minds of developers by building and/or contributing to key open-source projects and building cool, useful, and/or productive apps.
• Use data, experiments, and customer feedback to drive growth in your community and help Microsoft build better features, products, and experiences.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Other Requirements

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in software development
• Experience and skills with Web or Mobile Development and/or using REST APIs
• Experience with platforms like Teams, Slack or G-Suite APIs.
• Communication skills - ability to be both a technical writer as well as a public speaker.
• Passion for helping developers connect people and communities through the cloud.
• A self-starter that can manage and prioritize initiatives that will make our developers and platform the most successful.
• Ability to travel, depending on where local, national and international developer events are held.
• Previous experience as a developer advocate, developer evangelist, or external developer-focused role.
• Proven experience working with 3rd party communities, social media and blogging required.
• A demonstrated experience in building business applications, and using Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Graph, Microsoft 365, Azure Active Directory, SharePoint, Azure and other Microsoft Technologies or collaboration frameworks is a highly desirable bonus but not a mandatory requirement for the role.

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 10, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.