--- title: 'Open Source Community Advocate at Metabase' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/open-source-community-advocate-metabase-global-qv5jt3avse0e' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Open Source Community Advocate at Metabase - **Company:** Metabase - **Location:** Global - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2023-07-12 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/metabase/0a585401-4d13-4313-9614-1888153bfddc ## Job description Metabase is the easiest way for people to get insights from their data, from tiny startups who get up and running quickly to major corporations with tens of thousands of users. That's why people love us. We bring data tools with the elegance and simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. We provide an opinionated open source starting point for how companies should measure, analyze and share their data, which is used by tens of thousands of companies. Metabase is looking for a customer-focused, technical Open Source Community Advocate to join our growing global team! We are looking for someone who loves data analytics, enjoys helping others, and is excited to work for a startup to help drive our Success Engineering team’s mission to help our customers be successful by guiding them on how to get data from all the various places it lives, transform it into useful shapes, or to convert their questions into actual queries that can be executed.  You will help and build relationships with our customers in the public places they hang out (like LinkedIn, Twitter, Reddit, and data slack communities), providing help to Metabase users using our open source and for-fee products.  Our discourse forum is often the first resource that comes up when our customers search for issues, and it’s used by Metabase customers big and small. A typical day will involve a mix of answering our users on our discourse forum and helping customers on Twitter or other social channels.  Any given week, you might correspond with our users to hear what they’re trying to accomplish, collaborate with our writing team, or participate in brainstorming sessions on what content we should create for our customers. Why Success? We are the voice for our customers.  Our product team reviews our feedback, asks us for advice, and engages with our customers proactively.  We have a writer on our team who reviews what questions our customers are asking and improves our documentation, so the next customer doesn’t have to ask.  We also work closely with an engineering team focused on critical issues and our escalations, so we don’t have to worry about our customers being impacted by major bugs for a long time. We’re 100% remote, and our operations are designed that way.  People work during the times that work for them.  You are not expected to be “on” at all times, and there are no points for responding quickly to every Slack you receive. We don’t overpromise our customers. Since we’re open source, our customers can see what we’re doing in our Github repository and our roadmap is publicly available for our customers at all times. Many companies use the word “success” to describe jobs that are really sales jobs or account management jobs with quotas. We are not about that. We’re exclusively here to make sure our open source users, our future customers who are currently on trials, and our current paying customers all get the appropriate help they need to be successful. If you want to take part and have a voice in a truly growing business, believe that BI analytics should be easy to use and set-up, and that self-service analytics should be a real thing and not just some marketing jargon that people put on their websites, please apply! Being an Open Source Community Advocate at Metabase would be a great fit for you if you: - Enjoy helping people and solving their problems - Have a strong technical background (minimum of 3 -5 years writing production code or administering systems) - Have experience with using data visualization or data analytics tools (bonus if you have experience using Metabase) - Have excellent written communication - Are comfortable being the face of Metabase during webinars or in-person events You have expertise in at least one of: - Running Metabase on a variety of operating systems for multiple years - Strong background in networking and how web applications function - Managing servers (either physical, or Docker, or AWS/GCP/etc) - Managing databases and strong SQL skills It’s not required, but a plus if you: - Are fluent in multiple languages (this is helpful as our users are world-wide) ## Compensation The US base salary range for this role is $67.9K–$183.5K annually, plus equity and benefits. Compensation is determined by role, level, location, and individual qualifications, including skills, experience, and scope of responsibility. Pay may vary by geographic location and other job-related factors. ## Benefits We offer meaningful equity and a comprehensive US benefits package, including fully employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance (with 75% coverage for dependents), a 401(k) with employer match available to enroll after the first 30 days, flexible and unlimited paid time off including sick time, and an asynchronous, remote-first environment. We're a global team (50% outside the US), fully distributed (from Thailand to California), who get things done asynchronously, with plenty of uninterrupted time, supporting each other to do the best work of our careers. We offer flexibility (define your own schedule and work from wherever you want), autonomy, and an environment that fosters growth, learning, and development. We're relentlessly user-focused and believe in building long-term value, not short-term hacks. And we raised a $30M Series B to take our approach to the next level for years to come. For U.S. applicants: Metabase participates in the federal E-Verify program, which confirms employment authorization of newly hired U.S. based employees. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates and is only initiated upon hire. E-Verify Participation Notice (English/Spanish) Right to Work Notice (English/Spanish) ## About Metabase ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Metabase provides an open-source AI-powered analytics platform that lets teams explore, visualize, and embed data with ease. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, $51M total funding) - **Headquarters**: Spring Valley, California, United States (with an office in San Francisco) - **Founded**: 2014 - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Data Infrastructure and Analytics (business intelligence, embedded analytics) - **Target customers**: B2B, data teams, enterprise companies, SaaS product teams - **Mission or purpose**: To bring data tools with the elegance and simplicity of consumer products to the world of enterprise business intelligence, making analytics accessible to everyone. ## Products & Services - **[Metabase Open Source Edition](https://www.metabase.com/)**: Free, self-hosted BI platform with AI features (Metabot), visual query builder, dashboards, and SQL editor. Licensed under AGPL. - **[Metabase Cloud](https://www.metabase.com/)**: Hosted version with expert support, backups, SSL, SOC2 Type 2, and automatic upgrades. - **[Embedded Analytics](https://www.metabase.com/product/embedded-analytics)**: Multi-tenant, white-label analytics components for SaaS applications, with granular permissions and low-code integration. - **[Data Studio](https://www.metabase.com/product/data-studio)**: Semantic layer for curating canonical metrics, governed tables, and vetted data sources – making data correct for both humans and AI. - **[Metabase MCP Server & CLI](https://www.metabase.com/)**: Interfaces for AI agents, terminal-native workflows, and interactive data exploration. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $24.9M (2025) | Total funding of $51M - **Notable Investors/Partners**: New Enterprise Associates (lead in Series A and early round), Insight Partners (lead in Series B) - **Growth Signals**: - 97 employees (+6.8% YoY) - 28,854 LinkedIn followers (+43.7% YoY) - 100,000+ companies trust Metabase - Active hiring for 5 roles (Success Engineer, Technical Product Lead, etc.) ## Competitive Advantages - **Open source core** that enables self-hosting, community trust, and customization (AGPL and commercial licenses). - **AI-native analytics** (Metabot) built into every plan, with a verifiable semantic layer that ensures accurate answers. - **Enterprise-grade security** (SOC1, SOC2, GDPR, CCPA) and multi-tenant data segregation for embedded use cases. - **Low-code embedding** with dynamic styling, white-labeling, and flexible permissions – differentiating from heavier BI tools. - **Strong developer community**: 47k+ stars on GitHub, active plugin SDK, and MCP server for AI integration. ## Strategic Focus - **AI-powered analytics**: Deepening AI features (Metabot, MCP server) to let users ask questions and get trusted answers. - **Semantic layer governance**: Building Data Studio as the foundation for consistent, governed metrics across the organization. - **Embedded analytics growth**: Expanding the embedding platform to attract more SaaS and product-led companies. - **Global talent expansion**: Hiring across Europe and North America, with a distributed workforce in 25 countries. ## Why Work Here - **Engineering-led culture**: Small, lean team (97 people) with a focus on product quality and open source values. - **Remote-friendly with SF hub**: Offices in San Francisco and Spring Valley, but many team members work remotely across time zones. Collaboration uses Zoom, Slack, and GitHub. - **Great benefits**: Substantial equity in a venture-funded company, competitive compensation, and a supportive environment for career growth. - **High employee satisfaction**: 4.8/5 on employer reviews, with 4.9 for work-life balance, 4.8 for culture and compensation. - **Impact**: Join a pivotal time in a company that is defining the future of open source AI analytics, with a product used by millions. ## Sources 1. [metabase.com](https://www.metabase.com/) 2. [metabase.com/jobs](https://www.metabase.com/jobs) 3. [linkedin.com/company/metabase](https://linkedin.com/company/metabase) 4. [github.com/metabase/metabase](https://www.github.com/metabase/metabase) 5. 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