MySQL Architect, Community & Ecosystem

Responsibilities

• Foster and grow active user and developer communities around on-premise & cloud-based MySQL solutions (e.g., Oracle MySQL Database Service).
• Respond to technical questions, collect feedback, and resolve issues through forums, social media, GitHub, Stack Overflow, and other channels.
• Create high-quality technical content (blog posts, video tutorials, sample apps) centered on MySQL in cloud architectures (scalability, security, best practices).
• Speak at virtual and in-person conferences, webinars, and meetups on topics such as cloud-native data management, MySQL performance, and database migrations.
• Advocate for cloud and MySQL users by synthesizing feedback and working with product teams to influence the product roadmap.
• Collect and synthesize technical requirements from large users and ecosystem partners to help define the MySQL Community Edition roadmap (3–5 year horizon).
• Demonstrate new MySQL features and releases through reference architectures, deep-dive technical sessions, and real-world use cases for enterprise and community audiences.
• Serve as a technical “bridge” between community/users and MySQL engineering—translating field feedback into actionable product/engineering input and validating feasibility and impact.
• Organize hackathons, workshops, and cloud sessions focusing on modern MySQL database use cases.
• Develop and maintain community resources, such as getting started guides, FAQs, migration playbooks, and architectural best practices.
• Lead, manage and grow advocacy programs (such as MySQL ACE and Rockstars).
• Drive technical community contribution programs by identifying, encouraging, and mentoring high-quality external contributions (bug fixes, patches, features) aligned with product direction.
• Partner with engineering to expand open-source participation while maintaining technical quality (e.g., defining contribution standards, review expectations, and acceptance criteria).
• Work with engineering, product management, and marketing teams to advocate for developer needs and promote new features relevant to the MySQL cloud ecosystem.
• Ensure documentation and content materials are accurate and up to date.
• Drive MySQL’s GitHub organization processes and structure (e.g., contribution workflows, issue/PR triage, templates, labeling, governance mechanics) in alignment with internal engineering practices.
• Work closely with MySQL engineering, sales, and partner teams to support adoption efforts with technically credible guidance (architecture patterns, deployment considerations, performance and reliability best practices).

Qualifications

• 8-10 years working with MySQL and cloud platforms (preferably Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, &/or Google Cloud) and relational databases (preferably MySQL).
• Strong technical writing and public speaking skills demonstrated through blog posts, tutorials, conference talks, or webinars.
• Hands-on experience architecting, deploying, or managing MySQL in cloud environments.
• Experience cultivating online communities and responding to developer/user queries.
• Proficiency in English; additional languages a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across stakeholders (engineering/product/community) and operate effectively as a technical leader without direct authority.
• Experience working with open-source development workflows (GitHub-based contribution model, PR reviews, issue triage, release/change communication).