Neon Growth
Helped scale Neon from zero to nearly 1 million users.
AWS Community Builder
Recognized as AI Engineer AWS Community Builder.
Technical Content
Published 35+ technical articles and tutorials reaching hundreds of thousands of developers worldwide.
Experience
Neon
Founding Developer Advocate
Led developer relations efforts that helped scale the platform from zero to nearly 1 million users. Built comprehensive developer documentation, created technical content, and established community programs that contributed to Neon's successful $1B acquisition by Databricks.
ScyllaDB
Developer Advocate
Focused on building relationships with the distributed systems and database communities. Created technical content around NoSQL databases, performance optimization, and distributed systems architecture.
Microsoft
Developer Relations
Worked on global developer relations programs, helping developers adopt Microsoft technologies and build solutions on the Azure platform. Engaged with developer communities across multiple regions and technologies.
DevRel Philosophy
As a Developer Relations Engineer, my mission is to connect with developers and help solve their problems, educate them on the latest technological trends and their trade-offs, and help product and engineering teams build the best developer experience.
Connect with developers & help solve problems
Building genuine connections with developers and helping solve their real-world problems through direct engagement, community support, and technical guidance.
Educate developers on the latest technological trends and their trade-offs
Educating developers on the latest technological trends, providing honest assessments of trade-offs, and helping them make informed technology decisions.
Build developer experience
Collaborating with product and engineering teams to build exceptional developer experiences, from documentation to tooling and platform capabilities.
Connect with Developers & Help Solve Problems
Why
- •Increase brand awareness
- •Build credibility and trust within the community
- •Seek developer feedback
How
I actively engage with developers on social media and at in-person events such as community meetups and conferences. My goal is to have honest discussions to help solve their problems and build trust within the community.
Trust Formula
Trust = (Credibility + Reliability) / Self-interest
Source: The Trusted Advisor
Credibility
Know your stuff and be honest about what you don't know
Reliability
Be transparent and do what you say
Self-interest
The less self-centered, the bigger the trust
How to Measure
Community Engagement
Meetups and Communities
Conference Participations & Sponsorships
Talks
Developer Days
Highlight Reels
Open Source Projects
create-branch-action
GitHub Action for creating Neon database branches
neon-examples
Collection of examples and tutorials for Neon
mcp-server-neon
MCP Server for Neon database integration
pg_embedding
PostgreSQL extension for vector search with HNSW index
neon
Serverless Postgres with a generous free tier
neon-js
JavaScript/TypeScript client for Neon
neon-python
Python client for Neon
neon-go
Go client for Neon
neon-rust
Rust client for Neon
neon-cli
Command-line interface for Neon
neon_swarm
AI-powered tools and agents for Neon PostgreSQL databases using OpenAI Swarm Framework
Educate Developers on Trends and Their Trade-offs
Why
- •Increase product awareness
- •Elevate the brand
- •Drive activations
How
Through blog posts, videos, demos, and hands-on projects that show how to effectively use devtools in real-world scenarios.
How to Measure
Technical Articles & Tutorials
Featured Articles
Educational Videos
Build the Best Developer Experience
Why
- •Ensure the platform is intuitive and fast to use
- •Make developers productive from day one
How
Work closely with the product, engineering and support teams to collect and implement developer feedback, remove friction and build tooling.
Contributions
pg_embedding
20x faster than pgvector: introducing pg_embedding extension for vector search in Postgres and LangChain
With the help of Konstantin Knizhnik, we implemented the HNSW index for faster vector search on Postgres through the pg_embedding extension. I then acted PM for 6 months before we sunsetted the project in favor of pgvector. I then was responsible to QA all pgvector releases and testing it with Neon autoscaling.
Serverless Driver
Sub-10ms Postgres queries for Vercel Edge Functions
I helped testing and giving feedback about the serverless driver including suggesting HTTP implementation over WebSocket implementation for one shot query performance. I benchmarked the driver against other drivers in different environments such as Lambda and Cloudflare Workers.
MCP Server
Bringing MCP to the Cloud
I tested and shared feedback with the MCP team to implement remote server, functions and explain expected behavior. This contribution helped shape the MCP protocol and its cloud integration capabilities.
How to Measure
Interested in Working Together?
Whether you're looking to build a DevRel program from scratch or scale existing initiatives, I'd love to discuss how we can work together.