Senior Software Engineer, Community Open Source Engineering
We are looking for a senior software engineer to join our new Community Open Source Engineering team focused on growing the Quickwit OSS community and help steer the quickwit-oss collection of projects. You will play a key role in evolving quickwit & tantivy , ensuring community happiness, optimizing the release pr
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Senior Software Engineer, Community Open Source Engineering at Datadog in New York City. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. We are looking for a senior software engineer to join our new Community Open Source Engineering team focused on growing the Quickwit OSS community and help steer the quickwit-oss collection of projects. You will play a key role in evolving quickwit & tantivy , ensuring community happiness, optimizing the release pr
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- Assist with managing the Quickwit community, responsibilities include:
- reviewing external contributions and ensuring codebase quality
- triaging reported GitHub issues
- answering questions on GitHub Discussions
- Help define the project governance. Establish contribution guidelines and continuously improve processes to minimize friction for all stakeholders.
- Collect data to assess project health and usage, identifying areas for improvement.
What a strong candidate brings
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- You love talking with users and interacting with the open source community
- You have experience managing an OSS project with a community of (internal and external) users and contributors
- You ship fast, overcome blockers with a practical mindset, and cut through ambiguity
- You have at least 3-5 years of experience with systems-level programming and preferably using Rust (or similar language)
- You are a proficient written communicator, with the ability to clearly articulate thoughts across a team
- You are passionate about developer experience and reducing friction for maintainers and contributors
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- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
- Competitive global benefits
- Giving programs
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