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Principal Developer Advocate

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Microsoft Corporation

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Switzerland , Zürich

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Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings. We're seeking a Principal Developer Advocate to champion the adoption of our Postgres database services and application frameworks in application developer communities around the globe. This role is deeply embedded as part of our product team, and serves as the connective tissue between product strategy and developer community. You'll combine deep hands-on development expertise with thought leadership to win over application developers and drive Azure Postgres service adoption through authentic developer storytelling. Work hands-on to improve and refine our libraries and the developer experience as a whole.

Job Responsibility:

  • Craft compelling technical narratives that show how our database platform enhances workflows of database administrators and productivity of application developers especially when building Generative AI agents
  • Organize and deliver live presentations, workshops, and webinars to drive awareness and practical adoption
  • Create technical content (tutorials, sample apps, blog posts, videos) that demonstrates real-world uses and best practices for the company’s platform or APIs
  • Maintain and contribute to developer-facing documentation, SDKs, command-line tools, and code examples to improve onboarding and reduce friction
  • Act as the primary liaison between the developer community and engineering team
  • surface feature requests and usability issues
  • Advocate for developer-first design inside the team by insisting on clarity, tooling, and workflows that reduce cognitive load and friction
  • Measure and report on developer metrics (adoption, retention, active usage, contributions) and craft narratives to show business impact
  • Embody our culture and values

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree AND experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience
  • Experience in database management
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
  • This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Nice to have:

  • Postgres database expertise
  • Postgres performance analysis and optimization expertise
  • GenAI/ML expertise, including hands-on AI app development and deployment
  • Front-end frameworks and component libraries experience
  • Generative AI agent frameworks expertise
  • API design and consumption
  • Building and publishing SDKs and client libraries
  • Sample app architecture and full-stack demo construction
  • Debugging tools and troubleshooting production issues
  • Git workflows and open-source contribution patterns
  • Containerization (Docker) and local orchestration
  • Azure cloud platform fundamentals
  • CI/CD pipelines and release automation
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Instrumentation and monitoring basics (logs, metrics, traces)
  • Command-line interface (CLI) tooling and scripting
  • Package management and registry publishing (npm, PyPI)
  • Security basics (auth flows, tokens, OAuth, API keys)
  • Testing strategies for example code (unit/integration)
  • Public speaking and stage presence
  • Technical storytelling and narrative construction
  • Empathy with developer challenges and workflows
  • Clear, concise technical writing for diverse audiences
  • Community building and relationship management
  • Feedback synthesis and product advocacy
  • Time management and prioritization across travel and content creation
  • Collaboration and cross-functional communication
  • Problem framing and solution validation
  • Adaptability and resilience under public scrutiny

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 05, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Remote work
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