Full-Time

Developer Advocate

Posted on 6/23/2025

Gadget

Gadget

51-200 employees

Automates boilerplate for faster software development

No salary listed

Ottawa, ON, Canada

In Person

Occasional travel may be required.

Category
Developer Relations
Required Skills
Public Speaking
REST APIs
Web Development
Requirements
  • Has completed or is currently enrolled in post-secondary education for software engineering, computer science, or a related field
  • Has some web development experience and is excited to continue learning about full-stack web development, from database to frontend
  • Cares deeply about the user’s experience and meeting the commitments made to them
  • Can smoothly and confidently present highly technical material to developers of all skill levels, through written and verbal communication to audiences of any size
  • Wants to work with people who encourage you to do your best work and are invested in your growth and development
  • Takes pride in working on projects from ideation to delivery, and enjoys sharing your knowledge with others
  • Is open to traveling occasionally
  • This role is in-person at our office in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Responsibilities
  • Be an early member of the Gadget team, which means huge impact on the direction of the product and infrastructure
  • Work extensively with Gadget, developing your own applications with the platform
  • Create product videos, tutorials, Gadget-related long and short-form content
  • Host webinars and product demos for Gadget users and customers
  • Write technical documentation and blog posts about the product and features
  • Create a roadmap on content, iterate on it, and measure successes
  • Influence the direction of our product by gathering insights from our developer community
  • Promote Gadget extensively within developer groups, share how it will improve their development experience 100x
  • Work with both our engineering and GTM teams to create content
  • Attend developer conferences, talks, and meetups
Desired Qualifications
  • Has an online audience on one of the following: X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Twitch, YouTube, or other relevant platforms
  • Has expertise in several parts of the web stack

Gadget provides a development platform that helps developers and development teams by removing repetitive tasks and boilerplate code, making software creation faster and easier. It offers a subscription-based suite of coding tools that integrate into the developer workflow to automate busywork, streamline the coding process, and improve software quality. The platform stands out from competitors by focusing specifically on eliminating boilerplate within the development workflow and delivering a cohesive set of tools under a single subscription, rather than just individual standalone utilities. Gadget’s goal is to help developers produce software more efficiently while maintaining or improving quality, and the company is actively hiring to grow its technical team.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$9.3M

Headquarters

Ottawa, Canada

Founded

2020

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $8.5M seed funding from Sequoia and Bessemer validates growth.
  • Investments by Greg Brockman and Koen Koppen boost credibility.
  • Roadmap delivers computed fields and native version control soon.

What critics are saying

  • Supabase captures market with superior full-stack JS and Postgres.
  • Railway steals hosting revenue via cheaper JS scaling.
  • Vercel dominates frontend, sidelining Gadget's full-stack approach.

What makes Gadget unique

  • Gadget eliminates boilerplate code, focusing developers on business logic.
  • Adaptive rate limiter maximizes Shopify API throughput for apps.
  • New metafields and Shopify APIs accelerate e-commerce web app builds.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

2%
Investing.com
Mar 11th, 2025
BigCommerce director Ellen Siminoff buys $1.18 million in stock

In another development, BigCommerce has introduced new tools for app developers, including a revamped app development portal and a Unified Billing feature, in partnership with Gadget.dev.

Gadget Software Inc.
Aug 17th, 2023
Build any JS-powered web app in hours with Gadget

Gadget has introduced new features and functionality that make it easy to build any web app, whether you're powering internal tools for your company or creating SaaS apps for the masses.

Gadget Software Inc.
Mar 9th, 2023
New metafield types and Shopify API resources now available

Gadget has added several new Shopify APIs and metafield types to Gadget.

TechCrunch
Dec 8th, 2021
Developer productivity startup Gadget raises $8.5M led by Sequoia and Bessemer | TechCrunch

Ottawa-based Gadget, a developer productivity company founded by two former Shopify employees, has raised $8.5 million in seed funding. The funding round

Business Wire
Dec 8th, 2021
Gadget Raises $8.5M Led by Sequoia to Build Developer Productivity Stack

Gadget, the developer productivity company founded by two former Shopify leaders, announced it has closed an $8.5M funding round.

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