Staff Technical Evangelist – Start Ups

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Technical Evangelist for DigitalOcean engaging with early-stage founders and driving adoption of their cloud solutions. Focusing on AI-native startups and high-impact onboarding support.

Responsibilities:

  • Be the "boots on the ground" at founder-heavy events such as demo days and accelerator meetups
  • Craft code and content specifically for technical founders focusing on architecture and cost optimization
  • Work closely with teams to establish technical credibility and recruit elite AI-native founders
  • Act as a trusted point of contact for key startups for onboarding support
  • Surface feedback from founders to Product and Growth teams

Requirements:

  • 7+ Years of "In the Trenches" Experience: deep technical background as founder, CTO, or early-stage engineer
  • High-Velocity Prototyping: rapidly build, ship, and iterate on high-quality technical prototypes
  • The "Technical Closer" Mindset: engineering depth and Go-To-Market (GTM) intuition
  • Strategic "Founder-to-Founder" Empathy: understanding technical trade-offs and speed-to-market
  • Ecosystem "Hunter" Drive: networking in startup ecosystem
  • Storytelling with Business ROI: ability to translate complex cloud features into business advantages

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Local Employee Meetups
  • Flexible time off policy
  • Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
  • Equity compensation including equity grants and Employee Stock Purchase Program