Lead Open Source Engineer (Node.js, TypeScript)

Descrição da Vaga

Requisitos

• Define boundaries between open‑source vs. enterprise features
• Act as internal expert on open‑source strategy & tradeoffs
• 8–10+ years senior software engineering experience
• Deep production experience with Node.js + TypeScript
• Worked at a company that built and commercially distributed open source
• or maintained a widely‑used OSS project
• Built platforms, frameworks, or developer tooling
• Strong experience with API / SDK design and long‑term compatibility
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Public technical presence (writing, talks, OSS visibility)
• Titles such as Staff, Principal, Lead, Director of Open Source
• Experience commercializing OSS and building community around it
• Opinionated but pragmatic about open‑source strategy
• Comfortable setting direction in 0→1, ambiguous environments
• Strong self‑starter; asks the right questions without hand‑holding
• 6+ years of experience as a senior- level software engineer with hands- on experience building or maintaining open source projects
• Work Experience
• Has worked at a company that builds and distributes open source software (ideally commercially), or has independently maintained a widely- used open source project
• Has had hands- on experience building platforms, frameworks, or dev tooling
• Has held a position as a senior, principal, director, or staff- level engineer
• Deep production experience with Node
• js / TypeScript
• Strong experience with API/SDK design, versioning, and compatibility
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for documentation and public- facing content
• Has a public technical presence (writing, talks, conference speaking)
• OSS consumers only (no ownership or stewardship)
• Customer Success / non‑engineering OSS roles
• Job hopping (multiple roles
• Low‑communication or poor public presence
• Uncomfortable with ambiguity or strategic ownership
• Uncomfortable defining strategy in ambiguous, zero- to- one environments
• Quick, informal Teams meeting with Excel
• Screen call
• Two technical interviews
• Take‑home exercise
• Onsite meeting Can be completed in ~4 days
• We can only submit candidates with direct OSS ownership + commercialization exposure and strong communication skills

Responsabilidades

• This is a Lead Open Source Engineer role where you''ll shape client''s open-source strategy from the ground up and have significant influence over technical direction and long-term platform decisions
• This role is 70% hands‑on IC / 30% strategy
• You’ll help shape what becomes open source, how it’s released, and how it’s commercialized
• Reports directly to the CTO
• Guide core platform components toward open‑source readiness
• Define standards for code quality, docs, testing, releases
• Own API/SDK design, versioning, compatibility, and migrations
• Design OSS contribution, governance, and review models
• Represent the company externally via writing, talks, and technical content

Benefícios