What Is a Developer Advocate (DevRel)?
Definition, skills, pay and live demand — every figure from the board. Updated 2026-09-16.
A developer advocate helps outside developers build on a protocol or platform: documentation, sample code, workshops, hackathon support, technical content, and feeding developer pain back into the product. In crypto the role is unusually load-bearing because ecosystems compete on how many builders they attract, and the advocate is the ecosystem's technical face.
Live demand right now
ChainJobs currently lists 5 live roles whose title matches this role, 0 of them posted in the last seven days, and 5 (100%) remote. By function they fall mostly into Community 3 · Product 1 · Engineering 1. Every count comes from the employer's own careers page, re-verified daily.
What it pays
Fewer than five live matching roles currently publish a USD annual band, so we do not quote a median for this function — we never estimate pay. The salary explorer shows every published band board-wide.
Who is hiring for it
| Company | Live roles |
|---|---|
| Alchemy | 1 |
| Trail of Bits | 1 |
| Ritual | 1 |
| XION | 1 |
| Nibiru | 1 |
What the role is actually called
The most common titles on live listings that match this role: Product Lead, Developer Experience 1 · Senior Developer Relations Engineer 1 · Developer Experience Engineer 1 · Developer Relations Engineer 1 · Developer Relations 1. Titles vary by company; the job titles reference ranks every common title on the board.
Skills and the path in
You need to be a credible engineer — you will write the sample code and answer the hard questions in Discord — and a clear explainer in writing and on stage. The path in is frequently through the community itself: prolific contributors, hackathon winners and technical writers around an ecosystem get hired to do full-time what they were already doing.
Open roles
- Product Lead, Developer Experience at Alchemy — $190–290
- Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Trail of Bits — $160k–200k
- Developer Experience Engineer at Ritual
- Developer Relations Engineer (DevRel) - APAC at XION
- Developer Relations at Nibiru
Full live set: the related jobs page, or the board with the search term above. For candidates, the how to get a crypto job guide covers the process; for employers, the hiring guides cover what this market costs and how to write the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What does a Developer Advocate do?
A developer advocate helps outside developers build on a protocol or platform: documentation, sample code, workshops, hackathon support, technical content, and feeding developer pain back into the product. In crypto the role is unusually load-bearing because ecosystems compete on how many builders they attract, and the advocate is the ecosystem's technical face.
How much does a Developer Advocate earn in crypto?
Fewer than five live matching roles publish a USD band, so no median is quoted for this role — ChainJobs never estimates pay.
How many Developer Advocate jobs are open in crypto right now?
5 live roles on ChainJobs match this role today, 0 posted in the last seven days and 5 (100%) remote — counted from employers' own careers pages and refreshed daily.
What skills does a Developer Advocate need?
You need to be a credible engineer — you will write the sample code and answer the hard questions in Discord — and a clear explainer in writing and on stage. The path in is frequently through the community itself: prolific contributors, hackathon winners and technical writers around an ecosystem get hired to do full-time what they were already doing.
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