Staff Developer Advocacy Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Staff Developer Advocacy Engineer (AI): Building the Interactive Learning Plugin within Grafana to enhance user onboarding and product mastery with an accent on AI-assisted development and observability. Focus on creating scalable, high-quality learning content workflows and improving the developer experience through agentic coding practices.

Location: Must be based in Canada

Compensation: $186,368 CAD – $223,642 CAD + Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first, open-source organization providing a comprehensive observability platform used by millions globally to manage metrics, logs, and traces.

What you will do

• Build and maintain interactive in-product learning experiences to improve user onboarding.
• Create workflows that enable non-engineers to contribute to and iterate on learning content.
• Instrument learning flows to track progress and identify points of friction for users.
• Implement observability principles to ensure production stability and fast feedback loops.
• Utilize agentic AI tools like Claude Code or Cursor to accelerate prototyping and feature delivery.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to maintain and support features in production.

Requirements

• Must be based in Canada
• Deep experience with serious software engineering fundamentals, architecture, and maintainability.
• Proven ability to work with AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) and manage related risks.
• Solid experience with observability practices or real-world use of Grafana.
• Experience shipping production-grade code and explaining technical tradeoffs.
• Strong communication skills for writing documentation, design notes, and PR descriptions.

Nice to have

• Meaningful open source contribution or maintainer experience.
• Full-stack development experience.
• Proficiency in TypeScript or Go.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and the broader observability ecosystem (Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Mimir, OpenTelemetry).

Culture & Benefits

• 100% remote-first global culture with transparent communication.
• Global annual leave policy of 30 days per year, including dedicated shutdown days.
• Stock ownership through Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
• Company-funded budget for AI tools and developer productivity enhancements.
• Focus on autonomy, trust, and career growth pathways.