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Our entire modern economy runs on code, but we haven’t developed appropriate tools to ensure software remains reliable over time.\r\nCompanies know that technical debt threatens the reliability of their services and slows down the pace of innovation, but struggle to find enough engineering talent to fix issues—most software maintenance today is still done manually and delayed as long as possible.\r\nWe believe there is a better way: we’re building AI bots that automatically maintain software through a combination of static analysis, our own query language, and machine learning.\r\nFounders Fund and Abstract Ventures led our $7M seed round and we have many paying customers on our beta product. Our team is currently 5 engineers.\r\nAbout the roleAs our JavaScript ecosystem lead, you will be responsible for making sure we have amazing support for transforming and improving JavaScript code. You’ll work directly with our founders (Cosmin and Morgante) to plan the roadmap for JavaScript and TypeScript across multiple open source JavaScript projects (React, Jest, Angular, etc.).\r\nThis is a multi-disciplinary role which involves directly coding new features, developing transformations for open source problems, and working directly with customers on their requirements.\r\nThis role is ideal for JavaScript experts who are looking to advance their career by doing more open source work, learning about compiler engineering, or expanding into developer advocacy.\r\nResponsibilitiesIdentify and build patterns to improve open source and customer JavaScript code.\r\nContribute to our product roadmap by suggesting (and building) features to enhance our integration with the JavaScript ecosystem.\r\nShowcase Grit by using it to improve open source projects and making substantive community contributions.\r\nCreate technical product content such as technical blog posts, website copy, and developer documentation.\r\nQualifications3+ years experience developing JavaScript code.\r\nA demonstrated history of open source contributions to the JavaScript ecosystem.\r\nExecution-driven mindset: you love shipping.\r\nComfortable working in low-structure environments and navigating unknown unknowns.\r\nExcellent communication, writing and presentation skills.\r\nPrevious experience working on developer products or linters (even as a side project) is a plus.\r\nOpen source contributions are highly valued.\r\nWhy you should join usBuild a meaningful product to solve a tangible problem for companies.\r\nOwnership in all senses of the word: significant equity upside, direct impact on product vision, and contact with users.\r\nSolve your own problems. 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