Board & committee roles
The boards are being seated now, and each platform seats its steering committee when it opens. These are the seats we are filling and the people we are looking for.
External Advisory Board
People who have built bodies like this before. They advise the Board and appoint it, and sit on nothing else.
5seats
Seats
Keeps the DOAP tenets honest against established DevOps practice.
Who we are looking forA recognized DevOps, SRE or platform-engineering practitioner or researcher (DORA-style work, conference talks, published writing).
Apply for this roleBrings how platforms are built, priced and shipped.
Who we are looking forSomeone who has worked inside an app platform, ideally a former product or ecosystem lead. A current employee steps out of decisions on their own platform.
Apply for this roleMakes the credential defensible.
Who we are looking forExperience at a certification or standards body: exam design, recertification, appeals, keeping teaching apart from certifying.
Apply for this roleKeeps the Alliance funded without being captured by its funders.
Who we are looking forFinance or governance leadership at a benefit corporation, B Corp, nonprofit or open-source foundation.
Apply for this roleSpeaks for the people who take the survey and earn the scores.
Who we are looking forSomeone who runs a builder consultancy or agency, or leads a large community on an app platform.
Apply for this role
DOAP Board
The final decision on everything: mission, budget, which platform opens, the standard.
5seats
Seats
Runs the Board and is its contact with the External Advisory Board and Openside.
Who we are looking forBoard or executive experience, and comfort as the Alliance’s public face.
Apply for this roleOwns the tenets, the rubric and the score method, and signs off each published report. Hears ranking disputes, and is the Board’s contact with the Certification Committee.
Who we are looking forDeep practice in DevOps on app platforms and a careful, evidence-first temperament.
Apply for this roleDecides which platform opens next and oversees the Platform Steering Committees.
Who we are looking forHands-on experience across more than one platform and their communities.
Apply for this roleOwns the budget, oversees the Openside contract and writes the annual benefit report.
Who we are looking forFinance experience, ideally with a benefit corporation or nonprofit.
Apply for this roleOwns membership, the Community & Content Committee, events and the Founding Cohort.
Who we are looking forSomeone who has built and run a professional community.
Apply for this role
Platform Steering Committee
Everything specific to one platform, from its community to its certification. Every platform seats one when it opens, and it reports to the DOAP Board.
5seats per platform
Seats
Runs the committee and sets its agenda, represents the platform to the DOAP Board, and decides when the platform is ready to open.
Who we are looking forAn experienced practitioner on the platform, respected in its community.
Apply for this roleRuns community interaction and the community teams (moderation, code-of-conduct first response, onboarding), and grows membership: gets the platform to its twenty registrants and keeps members engaged.
Who we are looking forSomeone who has run or moderated a community on the platform.
Apply for this roleOwns the platform’s certification: leads the Certification Working Group that writes its exam questions, and takes them to the Certification Committee for approval.
Who we are looking forDeep hands-on expertise on the platform, ideally with training or assessment experience.
Apply for this roleOwns the platform’s content and events (editorial calendar, guides, webinars, meetups), and leads outreach so new practitioners find the community and register.
Who we are looking forA creator, educator or event organizer in the platform’s community.
Apply for this roleOwns the platform’s standing in the Alliance. Reviews the research and survey results behind its DOAP Score before they are published, and handles its appeals with the DOAP Board’s Standard Lead. Also the committee’s contact with the company behind the platform, for its roadmap, feature requests and escalations.
Who we are looking forSomeone who knows the platform’s features and limits in depth, works from evidence, and can work with the vendor without being captured by it.
Apply for this role
Join the Alliance.
See a seat that fits you? Apply for it, or tell us where else you could serve. For a steering committee, pick your platform on the form too.
- Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join
Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.
- Q1 2027First survey opens
The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.
- Summer 2027The Alliance forms
Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.
- AfterCertification opens
The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.
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