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Staff Software Engineer
from GitLab · read the original and apply on their site
Bangalore, India
Our take: The real work here is owning a Go command-line tool end to end as its founding engineer, shipping developer-first features while stewarding an open source community and setting the team's technical direction.
This is the founding-engineer seat for glab, GitLab's Go command-line tool, where you set the architecture, the roadmap, and the daily technical calls with real independence. You will love this if you care deeply about developer experience, enjoy stewarding an open source community, and find satisfaction in shipping small improvements often to people who actually notice. It rewards someone who can hold a respectful no, absorb messy shifting inputs, and keep the quality bar high without a manager telling them how.
Needs
- systems design
- writing go
- stewarding open source
- setting direction
- ruthless prioritising
- clear trade-offs
- product instincts
Rewards
- greenfield ownership
- real autonomy
- an engaged community
- measurable adoption
- shipping often
- remote work
Demands
- holding a kind no
- living with ambiguity
- working across teams
- quiet cross-team influence
- guarding compatibility
Grows
- roadmap strategy
- setting team practices
- reviewing contributions
- learning ai tooling
Values
- craftsmanship
- transparency
- user obsession
- owning outcomes
Drains
- endless issue triage
- metrics reporting
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