Developer Advocate for Horizon World Platform

Job Overview

Meta Reality Labs (RL) is seeking a Developer Advocate for the Horizon World platform. As a member of the Quest Developer Ecosystem team, you’ll help 3rd-party developers adopt the new development framework to launch extraordinary experiences on Horizon Worlds. This role offers a unique opportunity to directly impact the quality of experiences enjoyed by Quest users.

Key Responsibilities

• Inspire and Educate: Engage early-stage developers in the region at scale on the opportunities across verticals in building for Horizon Worlds.
• Program Development: Devise programs in collaboration with Product Marketing to execute and localize growth initiatives for all verticals in the region.
• Event Leadership: Lead regional developer contests, hackathons, and other scaled funded initiatives.
• Developer Engagement: Build and nurture a robust developer pipeline, collect valuable product feedback, and champion regional developer needs internally.
• Thought Leadership: Serve as a thought leader externally and internally, providing guidance on best practices, industry trends, and future potential to developers at scale.
• Strategy Definition: Define regional strategy on types of developers we will be focusing on based on regional sensitivities and vertical needs.
• Community Engagement: Engage with developers by presenting at and attending relevant conferences, meet-ups, and events.
• Platform Education: Educate developers on our platform through communication channels in partnership with Product Marketing.
• Hands-on Support: Work directly with 3rd-party developers to develop engaging Worlds, encouraging and helping them to use Horizon World technologies.
• Workshops and Labs: Lead hands-on programming workshops and labs to assist developers with the adoption of specific Horizon World technologies.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8 or more years of related experience working with digital creators, game developers, partner management, or digital marketing programs.
• Experience with Unity and/or Unreal technologies.
• Fundamental understanding of modern app development and optimization.
• Proven presentation skills.
• Experience translating insights and data into highly impactful results.
• Experience leading cross-functional efforts across competing priorities and constrained resources.
• Proven communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills.
• Resourceful, action-oriented with experience to get things done independently and overcome obstacles by developing creative solutions to problems.
• Bachelor's Degree or higher.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of XR technologies and familiarity with the Horizon World platform.
• Experience building VR, MR, or AR applications.
• Experience working with large datasets.
• Proven track record with high standards of professionalism.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and experience to develop strong working relationships inside and outside Meta.

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

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