Location: Office-Based / Hybrid Philadelphia
Position Summary:
Cesium is the open platform for the built and natural environment to empower software developers to build digital twin experiences. We believe in advancing the platform for the collective success of the ecosystem and equipping the software developer community with open source and open standards. Our work has a broad reach ranging from the world’s largest construction companies to the US government to FOX Sports on NFL Sunday. Cesium has more than 10,000,000 lifetime downloads, and our cloud services reach more than 30,000 monthly active developers.
We are in an extraordinary position and are looking for the Director, Developer Relations. This is a customer-facing technical leadership role leading application engineers and solution architects supporting partners, commercial customers, federal customers, first-party customers, and the open-source developer community. The ideal candidate has a blend of hands-on software development expertise; leadership skills; and proven sales or business development expertise.
Responsibilities:
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-Lead and facilitate the growth of a technical team supporting business development, partnerships, and the open-source developer community
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-Provide hands-on pre-sales technical support and solutions architecture, and post-sales customer success using a variety of web, game engine, and cloud technology
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-Engage customers and potential customers in person and virtually with an authentic approach that creates successful win-win business outcomes
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-Create reusable demos, technical papers, talks, and code examples to win business and grow the community
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-Support the open-source developer community via technical Q&A in the community forum, GitHub, and support channels
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-Represent the customer’s technical perspective to influence our roadmap
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-Requires sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer (or any other physical requirements). The role requires communication with managers, peers, and other colleagues of the company by using Microsoft Teams chat, calling, and meeting functions
-This role reports directly to the Chief Platform Officer.
Qualifications:
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-Expert-level software development skills in one or more of the following: JavaScript/TypeScript, Unreal Engine, Node.js, and Kubernetes
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-Proven experience with CesiumJS, Cesium ion, and/or Cesium plugins for Unreal Engine, Unity, or Omniverse is preferred
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-Proven people manager success for small teams of individual contributor software developers
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-Exceptional communication in writing and in person. Ability to communicate to a breadth of stakeholders, including executives, sales professionals, non-technical managers, developers, and open-source community members
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-Adaptable, humble, and always learning. Proven capable of working through steep learning curves
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-Customer-facing experience in geospatial, AEC, aerospace & defense, and/or computer graphics is preferred
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-Experience at a PE-backed mid-market technology company and/or late stage VC-backed technology company is preferred
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-BS or MS in a related field or equivalent experience required.
What We Offer:
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-A great Team and culture – please see our colleague video.
-An exciting career as an integral part of a world-leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction - watch this short documentary about how we got our start.
-An attractive salary and benefits package.
-A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.
-A company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Discover our latest user success stories for an insight into our global impact.
About Bentley Systems
Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner-operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance. bentley
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