Lead Open Source Engineer

Summary

Join Octopus Deploy, a leading provider of Continuous Delivery solutions, as a key contributor to our open-source projects. You will play a lead role in architecting open-source projects, contributing features and bug fixes to Argo CD and Argo Rollouts, and collaborating with the community. Responsibilities include working with maintainers to build roadmaps, acting as a Developer Advocate through blog posts and conference presentations, and becoming an Argo maintainer. This role requires 5+ years of software development experience, proficiency in Golang, Kubernetes, and Argo CD, and excellent communication skills. We offer a remote-first work environment and a transparent approach to compensation. While not explicitly stated, the mention of a public employee handbook suggests benefits such as leave and other compensation details are available there.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a software development role, demonstrating proficiency in various technologies
• Deep experience with Golang, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Docker, Cloud technologies, and related SaaS Product development
• Deep understanding and practical experience with Agile and Lean product development methodologies
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, both verbal and written, with fluency in English

Responsibilities

• Bring a lead perspective to architecture of open source projects making recommendations and judgements about contributions, features bugs etc
• Contribute features, bug fixes, and security improvements to Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, and other Octopus open-source initiatives
• Work with the community to coordinate community contributions by doing pull request reviews, answering issues, and joining community meetings
• Work with the community of maintainers to build the Argo roadmap and communicate key initiatives and build consensus on approaches to solving challenges
• Act as a Developer Advocate by helping teach people how to get the most out of Argo CD and Argo Rollouts from a GitOps perspective. This includes: Contributing blog posts, Submitting and presenting talks at conferences, Contributing to GitOps training, Engage with community users as well as Octopus customers to provide guidance and assist support time
• Become and Argo maintainer by consistently providing community value

Preferred Qualifications

Existing open source contributions and experience engaging in community-driven development

Benefits

• Remote-first work environment
• Transparent approach to compensation