Developer Evangelist

Developer Evangelist     This position can be based in Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Dallas, Philadelphia, Charlotte or Atlanta.

 

The Developer Evangelist is a member of the East Region Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) team whose overall mission is to secure platform adoption and revenue growth through evangelism, community engagement, relationship marketing and a vibrant solutions ecosystem.

DPE focuses on promotion and adoption of Microsoft platform technologies, which leads to current and future revenue.

 

Responsibilities include:
Driving Broad Customer Connection across the Developer, Architect and IT Pro audiences through an integrated approach to evangelism, communities and intelligent audience marketing
Marketing of the broad Microsoft platform and developer tools.
Driving highly visible design wins in enterprise accounts that lead to compelling evidence and customer references; this includes scaling design wins on the Microsoft platform enabling, services partners to architect and win business-critical applications based on the Microsoft platform.
Positioning developer tools to enterprise accounts, partners and through the channel.

 

DPE is committed to broad platform adoption and a vibrant ecosystem of customers, partners and developers. Through evangelism, marketing and sales, DPE helps secure the Microsoft platform, now and in the future.

The Developer Evangelist role is a technical role with the mission of engaging with the broad community of developers in the districts/subsidiaries and driving excitement around developer related technologies. (.NET frameworks, Visual Studio, .NET. Expressions, ATLAS), the Windows platform including the Vista release (Client & Server), and other Microsoft technologies like Office, SQL Server, and BizTalk.

 

Job Qualifications include:

5-8 years of deep technical skills around developer related technical and experience driving and leading development team projects. A Bachelor?s Degree in Computer Science or Master's Preferred. MCAD, MCSD Certification and passion for technology with solid knowledge of enterprise global IT requirements and competitive offerings. Great communication and presentation skills.

 

Microsoft offers an excellent benefits package to full-time employees including medical, dental, vacation, employee stock purchase plan, and 401k, plus some great extras including: our 24-hour nurse line, stay fit program, product discounts, and paid infant care leave. All part of our commitment to our most important asset: our employees. For more information about life at Microsoft, please visit our careers website.

 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workforce.

 

Key Words: Developer Evangelist, .Net architect