Developer Advocate, Simplicity

Blockstream is the leading Bitcoin company, providing cutting-edge infrastructure solutions for enterprises, institutions, and individual Bitcoin users. We develop industry-leading Bitcoin self-custody solutions, Bitcoin-based financial products, second-layer scaling technologies, and enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure. We are looking for a Developer Advocate to join our Research team, with a focus on Simplicity. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, research, and community, helping developers, researchers, and ecosystem partners understand and build with advanced blockchain technologies.

You will act as a bridge between our research engineers and the wider developer community, promoting understanding of Simplicity and other advanced Bitcoin technologies, gathering feedback, and contributing to developer tools, documentation, and educational content.

What You’ll Be Doing (Responsibilities):

• Champion Simplicity and related research-driven technologies to the developer ecosystem.
• Create technical content: tutorials, documentation, blog posts, videos, sample code, and reference applications.
• Speak at conferences, meetups, and online events to represent Blockstream research and Simplicity. Engage with developers on forums, GitHub, and other channels, answering questions and providing guidance.
• Work closely with the research team to translate complex ideas into accessible resources. Collect feedback from the community to inform product and research directions.
• Contribute to open-source projects, developer tooling, and demos that make using Simplicity easier.

What We Look For In You (Required Qualifications):

• Proficiency in Rust, OCaml, Haskell, or similar functional programming languages.
• Strong background in software engineering, ideally in a Bitcoin-related field, cryptography, or functional programming.
• Experience writing and delivering developer-focused educational materials.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Familiarity with Bitcoin, blockchain protocols, and smart contract systems.
• Comfortable engaging with technical communities online and in person.
• Self-starter who thrives in a distributed, research-driven environment.

Nice To Haves (Preferred Qualifications):

• Prior experience with formal verification, type theory, or DSL design.
• Active contributor to open-source projects.

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