Senior Open Source Developer

As an Open Source Developer, you will play a crucial role in contributing to and maintaining open source software projects. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with a diverse community of developers, creating high-quality code, and promoting open source principles. You will work on projects that have a global impact, providing solutions that are accessible to anyone and fostering innovation in the open source ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities :

• Actively participate in open source communities and projects.
• Write, review, and merge code changes, bug fixes, and enhancements.
• Collaborate with other developers and maintainers to improve project quality.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following coding standards.
• Implement new features, fix bugs, and optimize performance.
• Ensure code is well-documented and includes appropriate tests.
• Interact with the open source community through forums, mailing lists, and social media.
• Respond to user issues, questions, and feature requests.
• Mentor and assist newcomers to the project.
• Use version control systems (e.g., Git) effectively to manage code changes.
• Collaborate with a distributed team of developers, both internal and external to the organization.
• Set up and maintain automated build and test pipelines.
• Ensure code changes pass all relevant tests and quality checks.
• Create and maintain project documentation, including user guides and API references.
• Share knowledge and best practices with the open source community.
• Identify and address security vulnerabilities promptly.
• Keep the project up to date with dependencies and libraries.
• Ensure adherence to open source licenses and compliance with legal requirements.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and trends in open source development.
• Propose and implement innovative solutions to improve the project.

Qualifications :

Skills Required

Python, Javascript, Java, C++, Git, forums, mailing lists