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Eclipse Foundation · 5 hours ago

Software Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

The Eclipse Foundation is a globally recognized nonprofit organization supporting open source projects. They are seeking a Software Engineer to contribute to the design, development, and operation of secure, reliable, and scalable services, particularly for Open VSX and other critical platforms.

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Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain features across our platforms and services, including Open VSX, APIs, community platforms, and internal applications

Build and operate secure and reliable services using Spring Boot, Quarkus, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Redis, React, and TypeScript

Apply security best practices throughout the development lifecycle, including authentication, authorisation, dependency management, and secure configuration

Contribute to monitoring, logging, and observability to ensure system health and incident visibility

Improve platform resilience and security through safeguards such as rate-limiting, abuse prevention, and input validation

Participate in code reviews and collaborate closely with team members to maintain code quality

Write and maintain technical documentation for internal use and open source contributors

Qualification

Java (JDK 17+)Spring BootSecurity best practicesTypeScriptReactPostgreSQLMariaDBCI/CD pipelinesDockerKubernetesRedisMonitoring toolsGitHubGitLab

Required

Solid experience with Java (JDK 17+) and Spring Boot

Strong understanding of security best practices and security concepts, including authentication, authorisation, secrets management, dependency management, input validation, and vulnerability mitigation

Experience with TypeScript and React, or another modern frontend framework with a willingness to learn

Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MariaDB

Familiarity with Redis or similar caching technologies

Experience with CI/CD pipelines (for example GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Gradle)

Working knowledge of Docker; basic familiarity with Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms

Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana

Comfort working in open source environments using GitHub or GitLab

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

Clear and direct communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Ability to work independently in a distributed, remote-first team

Pragmatic approach to problem solving, with attention to security and maintainability

Willingness to learn and grow through feedback and collaboration