Software Engineer

Who you are

• 4+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
• OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years experience
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years experience in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• OR equivalent experience
• 2+ year(s) of experience with Cloud Services
• 2+ years of experience developing & debugging large scale projects, applications or developer tools
• 2+ years' experience with Node.js
• 3+ years experience with cloud services, including AWS development
• Experience building applications adhering to the highest security standards
• Experienced in using AI-assisted coding and productivity tools

What the job involves

• We are changing the way the world builds software, and we want you to help build npm!
• We're looking for a full-stack software engineer to join the npm team
• This team is responsible for the open source tools that empower the JavaScript ecosystem to create, distribute & consume packages. Collaboration with both internal & external stakeholders is fundamental to this team's success & ultimately drives how we work
• Our team actively contributes back to the wider open source community, including the Node.js Project, OpenJS Foundation, Open Source Security Foundation & TC39
• In this role, you will have the opportunity to work as a full-stack engineer with a distributed, diverse & passionate team delivering features & improvements to our open source projects
• You’ll get to work closely with external community contributors as well as internal stakeholders from engineering, design, security, support, product & leadership
• Your work will have a direct impact on the lives of millions of developers around the world
• You will write, review & maintain code & technical documentation
• You will interact with our community, consumers & contributors, on a daily basis
• You will collaborate closely with internal & external stakeholders to define, design & develop new features that align business objectives with end-user’s wants & needs
• You will be responsible for helping triage & remediate bugs & security vulnerabilities
• You will steward some of the most impactful JavaScript open-source projects, relied on by millions of developers, enabling billions of downloads &, ultimately, creating connections to the world’s largest package registry

Benefits

• Flexible time away to support balance in your work and life
• Clear diversity, inclusion, and anti-discrimination policies backed by business practices and company culture
• 100% of medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums covered by GitHub for you + your dependents. (Includes gender-affirming benefits)
• Five months of paid family leave to all new parents with the option to use it all at once or throughout the child’s first year
• Family forming benefits that cover fertility, infertility, adoption, and surrogacy costs and support
• Mental health benefits that offer resources and support and cover therapy and coaching sessions for you and your dependents
• Generous 401(k) matching with 50% match up to the IRS 402(g) limit (US; competitive non-US pension options internationally)
• Employee stock purchase plan that lets you purchase Microsoft stock at a discount. (Microsoft is our parent company.)