About the role
Nomic Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to advancing the Ethereum ecosystem through open-source software for developers.
Nomic Foundation is hiring a Senior Developer Relations Advocate to educate the Hardhat community about our open-source projects and spread the word across the Ethereum developer community. This includes Hardhat, Hardhat Ignition, Hardhat for VSCode, Slang, and EDR. You'll be the main driver behind our marketing and community effort. You'll collaborate closely with our engineering team, and you'll report to our CEO.
What you'll do
Grow Hardhat's community by engaging with developers to help their projects flourish
Deliver talks and workshops in conferences and smaller events across the world (4-6 events per year)
Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation, tutorials, prototypes, and code samples to assist developers in using our products and APIs
Provide technical guidance and support to developers, helping them overcome challenges and maximize the value of our developer tools
Engage with developers through various channels, including forums, social media, Discord, messaging apps, conferences, and developer meet-ups.
Assist Hardhat plugin developers in creating and improving their plugins
Collaborate with builders at hackathons to assist them in creating new projects
Be active and involved in the Ethereum open-source community
Identify community members worth funding with grants for their contributions
Who we're looking for
You have 5+ years of prior experience in a Software Engineering role
1-2 years of prior experience in a Developer Relations role
You enjoy helping other developers learn new concepts
You're a people person
You are an excellent communicator and technical writer who is highly skilled at explaining complex concepts
You care about developer experience and developer tools, and ideally have prior experience in the tooling domain
Some experience with Ethereum and Hardhat is a plus, but not required
Ability to travel globally to 4-6 events per year
About the company
The Nomic Foundation is a non-profit advancing the Ethereum ecosystem. We build open-source runtimes, compilers, build systems, and deployment solutions that are used by tens of thousands of developers. We emphasize robust engineering and lean processes, allowing for quick decision-making and distraction-free software development. You have the opportunity to shape the future of the Ethereum ecosystem through deep technical work on critical developer infrastructure, where your specific contributions will have a tangible impact.