Community Evangelist (San Mateo)
San Mateo, California
Community /
Full-time /
On-site
Proven at a global web scale in production for modern data services, Alluxio is the developer of open-source data orchestration software for large-scale analytics and AI. Alluxio is in production use today at eight out of the top ten internet companies, and seven of the ten highest-valued companies in the world. Our mission is to orchestrate data for all data-driven applications in any cloud!
As customers continuously push the envelope for ways to extract value from data, Alluxio is driving innovation in data access and management for large-scale distributed systems. Alluxio is charging full steam to help customers navigate digital transformation. Venture-backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Hillhouse Capital, and Seven Seas Partners. Alluxio was founded at UC Berkeley’s AMPLab by the creators of the Tachyon open-source project.
Alluxio data orchestration platform is a new layer between storage and compute engines. This new data layer serves data to large-scale analytics and AI in any cloud across clusters, regions, clouds, and countries, providing simplified data access to files and objects. Features like intelligent caching, unified namespace, and data management provide agility and cost efficiency to customers in financial services, high-tech, retail, and telecommunications.
Alluxio has received numerous accolades, including recently being named: One of the 20 Coolest Cloud Software Companies of 2021. Alluxio is trusted by Meta, Uber, Tencent, Tiktok, Alibaba, Expedia, Rakuten, Microsoft, Walmart, and more! Please review Wikipedia to learn more about us! Join our world-class team of empathetic, enthusiastic, and creative people who can work on some of the toughest big data problems.
About the role:
- You will be a key interface with the Alluxio open-source community to make sure they have a great experience with the technology, all the while bringing community insights back into Alluxio as you work with product and engineering to help us build the things our users need.
- You’ll need to organize developer-focused activities, nurture new community leaders, engage with adjacent developer communities and do whatever it takes to ensure community success.
As the Community Evangelist at Alluxio, What You Will Be Able to Build and Own:
- Own and organize community-led focused events both online and offline in the North America, with a special focus on cross-pollination with adjacent open source communities;
- Drive and execute metrics-driven action plans for evolving and growing Alluxio Open Source Champion program in North America;
- Drive the creation and distribution of user-friendly content to potential users and customers;
- Manage the engagement with existing users in North America in person or on social media;
- Drive community initiatives in North America to create community thought leaders and super users;
- Assist with the design, planning and execution of Alluxio Day, Alluxio Product School, Data Orchestration Summit;
- Conduct regular check-ins with community champions and core contributors;
- Triage, track and respond to community issues to increase social channel activity and adoption;
- Establish, maintain, and own the relationships with community members in North America;
As the Community Evangelist at Alluxio, What We are Looking For:
- 1+ year proven work experience in building community, content and event marketing, product marketing;
- Hands-on experience in launching community initiatives such as building online forums, launching ambassador programs, and technical marketing content creation;
- Familiarity with Git, Github, and command line tools;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- Ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to non-technical audiences;
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally 10-20% .
- Experience in contributing and participating in open source software communities;
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science, Technical or other related field or equivalent experience;
- A strong track record of operational improvement initiatives;
Preferred Qualifications:
Alluxio is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.
