Nava is looking to grow, support, and inspire its open source community by hiring an Open Source Developer Evangelist / Community Manager. This role will serve as the public face of the project for developers and civic technologists, creating pathways for contribution, running community programs, and ensuring the open source work thrives through active participation and strong community health.
Requirements
- Hands-on technical background: experience with GitHub/GitLab workflows, pull requests, and open source collaboration
- Experience with Ruby on Rails
- Familiarity with APIs, SDKs, or developer tools
- Demonstrated experience building or sustaining an open source community (e.g., maintainership, community manager role, or active contributor)
- Knowledge of open source licensing, governance models, and community norms
- Experience as a developer advocate, evangelist, or community manager
- Public speaking experience at conferences, webinars, or workshops
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a welcoming and sustainable open source community
- Create high-quality content (blogs, tutorials, videos, sample apps, documentation) to help developers adopt and contribute
- Represent the project at conferences, hackathons, and industry events; deliver talks and workshops
- Manage community platforms (Discourse, Slack/Discord, GitHub) and moderate discussions
- Design and run contributor programs (onboarding guides, recognition, mentorship, ambassador networks)
- Partner with other Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs), civic tech orgs, and industry groups to strengthen collaboration
- Track and report on community health metrics: contributor growth, engagement, event participation, and impact
Other
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate technical topics for diverse audiences
- Experience with event planning or participation (meetups, hackathons, summits)
- Ability to work cross-functionally across engineering, product, and comms teams
- Background working with government, civic tech, or nonprofit communities
- Familiarity with community health metrics (e.g., CHAOSS metrics)
