Open Source Engineer

 Posted 3 months ago
     
⭐ 2-5 years experience
Apply Now

Please mention DailyRemote when applying

AI Summary

The role involves working on the Open Source team to address community needs by triaging issues, fixing critical bugs, and implementing requested features. Responsibilities also include reviewing contributor pull requests and improving GitHub processes and tooling.

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)

Similar Jobs

See all Remote Software Development jobs β†’

Personalize your Remote Job Search in 3 Easy Steps!

Discover remote opportunities in Software Development

Answer easy questions

Answer easy questions

200,000+ jobs across 15+ categories

Get your best job matches

Get your best job matches

Only hand-screened, legit jobs

Find a remote job faster

Find a remote job faster

No ads, scams, or junk

I was the first applicant for a remote marketing position that got listed on the company website the same day I applied. Had an interview within 48 hours!

Sarah J. — Sarah J. · Marketing Manager ★★★★★ Verified