Software Engineer

About the Eclipse Foundation
The Eclipse Foundation is a globally recognized nonprofit organization that supports a vibrant community of open source projects and contributors. With a commitment to vendor neutrality and transparency, we provide a collaborative environment for innovation across industries including cloud, edge, AI, and developer tooling. Our team is remote-first, inclusive, and passionate about open source.

Position Summary
The Eclipse Foundation is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Software Development team. In this role, you will work on Open VSX, an open source registry for Visual Studio Code extensions and compatible editors, as well as other business-critical platforms and services. These include APIs, community platforms, and internal applications used by our staff and members.

You will contribute to the design, development, and operation of secure, reliable, and scalable services. The role has a strong focus on security fundamentals, operational quality, and long-term maintainability. You will work closely with other developers, contractors, and the open source community to deliver solutions that are trusted and widely used.

This role offers exposure to large-scale open source systems, modern backend and frontend technologies, and real-world security challenges.

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
  

Desired Skills and Experience

• 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
  

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

Nice to Have

• Experience with extension security, including identifying malware risks and handling known vulnerabilities
• Experience with Elasticsearch or search platforms
• Exposure to rate-limiting or abuse-prevention mechanisms
• Experience with Quarkus
• Interest in or prior contributions to open source projects
  

Work Skills

• 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
• Habit of writing clear documentation and participating in reviews
  

Location

• This is a remote position. The selected candidate will work from their home office
• All qualified candidates will be considered, with preference for candidates based in
• Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Belgium
  

Why Join Us

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Flexible work hours and remote-first culture
• Corporate Recharge days and right-to-disconnect policy
• Opportunity to work on widely used open source infrastructure with global impact
  

We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For more information about the Eclipse Foundation, please visit our website at eclipse.org.

The Eclipse Foundation respects the dignity and independence of people with disabilities and is committed to providing accommodation and support throughout any recruitment process. If you require any special accommodation or support, please let us know when applying.