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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