Developer Advocate (Tokyo, Japan)

The role

This role combines practitioner expertise with advocacy responsibilities, sitting within Figma's JAPAC advocacy team. The advocate will serve as a technical connector between sales, product, and developer communities while creating production-grade demos and technical content.

What you would do

• Collaborate with sales teams on customer engagements and technical deal support
• Lead regional presence at field events, activations, and developer-focused moments across JAPAC
• Develop production-quality demos, prototypes, and tools reflecting real product development workflows
• Author technical guides, code samples, and educational content for developer adoption
• Gather and channel customer feedback to inform product direction and feature development
• Help teams implement design systems, tokens, and developer tooling workflows

What they asked for

• Minimum five years of front-end technical experience with production code contributions
• Fluent English communication in writing and speaking
• Demonstrated ability to create technical content and deliver presentations
• Experience in product development workflows with design team collaboration
• Background in growth-focused SaaS environments

Nice to have

• Design experience or background
• Knowledge of design systems and workflows
• Experience developing Figma plugins
• Additional language proficiency beyond English