What Is a Developer Advocate (DevRel)?
As of 2026-10-31, ChainJobs lists 10 live roles matching Developer Advocate (DevRel), 1 posted in the last seven days and 7 remote. Definition, skills, pay and live demand — every figure from the board. Updated 2026-10-31.
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 10 live roles whose title matches this role, 1 of them posted in the last seven days, and 7 (70%) remote. By function they fall mostly into Community 5 · Engineering 4 · Product 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Fewer than five live matching roles currently publish a USD annual band, so we do not quote a median for this function — we never estimate pay.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
What the role is actually called
The most common titles on live listings that match this role: Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience 3 · Senior Staff, Developer Relations 1 · Developer Advocate, Data Platform 1 · Product Lead, Developer Experience 1 · Senior Developer Relations Engineer 1 · Developer Experience Engineer 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
- Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience at Alchemy — $205k–240k
- Product Lead, Developer Experience at Alchemy — $190–290
- Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Trail of Bits — $160k–200k
- Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience at Block
- Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience at Block
- Senior Staff, Developer Relations at Ripple
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?
10 live roles on ChainJobs match this role today, 1 posted in the last seven days and 7 (70%) 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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