Open Source Engineer

Zed
The Americas North +3 more
Remote

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level developers proficient in Rust who thrive in open source communities and remote collaboration across American or European time zones.

Best fit for

  • Developers with a track record of contributing to open source projects
    — “Enthusiasm for open source and collaborative development
  • Rust programmers who enjoy real-time collaboration and user feedback
    — “Participate in code reviews and collaborate with teammates and community members in real time
  • Problem-solvers who prioritize user experience and performance optimization
    — “Optimize performance and user experience where necessary

Things to consider

  • Remote work limited to American or European time zones
    — “Remote (American or European time zones)
  • Regular interaction with community members and users is expected
    — “communicating with our users

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with Rust in performance-critical applications
    — “Proficiency in Rust and willingness to learn quickly
  • Demonstrate past work on user-requested features or bug fixes
    — “Prioritize and implement features requested by the community
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Junior

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What success looks like

  • fixing community issues
  • implementing features
  • improving user experience
Typical background
software developmentopen source contribution

Skills & requirements

Required

Rust ProgrammingCode ReviewBug FixingFeature ImplementationPerformance OptimizationUser Experience

Preferred

Open Source ContributionCommunity Management

Stack & domain

RustProgrammingProblem-solvingCode ReviewsGithub Processes And ToolingUser EmpathyEnthusiasm For Open SourceCollaborative DevelopmentCode EditorOpen Source

About the role

Original posting from Zed via Ashby

Zed is a next-generation code editor that's engineered from scratch in Rust to be fast, elegant, and collaborative. As our community grows, so does our backlog of issues and feature requests. We're looking for talented developers to help us tackle these challenges by joining our team.

You'll be part of Zed's Open Source team who's responsible for triaging issues, communicating with our users, fixing critical bugs, working on features requested by the community, reviewing contributor pull requests, and more.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Work on fixing community issues and bugs
  • Prioritize and implement features requested by the community
  • Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
  • Review and discuss pull requests, giving and receiving constructive feedback
  • Participate in code reviews and collaborate with teammates and community members in real time
  • Help improve our GitHub processes and tooling
  • Optimize performance and user experience where necessary

REQUIREMENTS

  • Strong programming skills and problem-solving ability
  • Proficiency in Rust and willingness to learn quickly
  • Sufficient English proficiency for effective pair programming and communication with users
  • Enthusiasm for open source and collaborative development
  • User empathy and a strong desire to make Zed better for our users

Location: Remote (American or European time zones)

Source: Zed careers (Ashby)

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