[Hiring] NGINX Evangelist @205 F5, Inc. (United States)

Role Description

F5 is seeking a NGINX Evangelist to lead advocacy for NGINX open-source technologies. In this role, you’ll craft engaging presentations, technical tutorials, sample code, and videos that highlight real-world use cases, while representing NGINX at industry conferences and virtual events.

• Represent NGINX at conferences and virtual events, showcasing demos and connecting with users in authentic conversation.
• Engage with users on the NGINX community forum by publishing thought-leadership content and actively responding to technical questions.
• Build relationships with industry thought leaders, influencers, and open-source communities to strengthen the NGINX community.
• Create deep-dive technical posts, videos, and tutorials that illustrate practical use cases for developers, DevOps, and Platform Engineering teams.
• Develop and maintain sample code and reference apps that help users get started quickly.
• Act as a bridge between the NGINX open source community and internal teams—actively gather user feedback and feature requests to help shape product requirements and influence the roadmap.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering or developer/DevOps tooling roles.
• At least 3–5 years in DevOps/Platform Engineering advocacy for open source tools, developer relations, or similar external-facing technical roles.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering or developer/DevOps tooling roles ideally for open-source products and solutions.
• At least 3–5 years in DevOps/Platform Engineering advocacy, developer relations, or similar external-facing technical roles.
• Technical Depth: Hands-on experience with NGINX, Kubernetes including the emerging Gateway API, CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Familiarity with multiple API protocols and emerging AI gateway solutions.
• Evangelism Expertise: Proven ability to tell stories that resonate with developers, Cloud Architects and technical decision makers through talks, content, demos, or community building.
• Scalable Mindset: Experience packaging technical solutions into reusable assets (code samples, workshops, demos) rather than one-off implementations.
• Strong Communicator: Ability to translate between deep technical detail and executive-level outcomes.
• Ability to effectively lead & own project initiatives independently.
• Great teamwork, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, working across global teams and organizations (often virtual) work environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including public presentations.
• Must be willing to travel extensively to attend technical conferences and represent NGINX at industry events.

Benefits

• The annual base pay for this position is: $176,000.00 - $264,000.00.
• F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions.
• You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits.
• More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: F5 Benefits .