Open Source Engineer

ZED
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Remote

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles
Code Review
Computer Programming
Github
Open Source Technology
Pair Programming

Job description

Hiring Remotely in USA Entry level Remote Hiring Remotely in USA Entry level Work on Zed's open source codebase: triage issues, fix bugs, implement community-requested features, review pull requests, improve GitHub processes, and optimize performance and UX while collaborating with community members. The summary above was generated by AI

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., 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

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