Senior Developer Advocate at Viam
New York, NY
$220,000–$250,000from the description
Aug 12, 2026
New York, NY
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Senior Developer Advocate role at a robotics/physical-AI platform company, based hybrid in New York City. The position centers on building hands-on robotics and hardware projects to demonstrate the platform's capabilities, then converting that work into tutorials, videos, sample code, and conference talks. It suits an experienced software engineer who also enjoys working with physical systems and engaging developer communities.
Senior level · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,100 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer occupations, all other). range 1,550–2,700
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $129,701 (middle half $84,324–$174,781). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 15, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The role is a Developer Advocate, which sits between a software engineering IC and a technical community/content role. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is the best available fit; 15-1252 (Software Developers) is a reasonable runner-up given the explicit requirement for production software engineering experience.
Python, Go, C++, and TypeScript are listed together as 'especially relevant' languages — the posting does not gate on any single one. Python is emitted as the primary with the others as alternatives; all four are also listed individually as preferred since any one of them satisfies the requirement.
Hardware/IoT/embedded systems experience is listed under the requirements section and treated as a hard gate, even though the posting explicitly waives professional robotics experience.
Discord is mentioned only in the context of community engagement activities, not as a gated technical skill — marked preferred accordingly.
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