Software Engineer, Workspace Infrastructure

About Replit
Replit is where the world’s most productive developers write, share, and deploy code.  Get started writing an application quickly without spending a second on environments or setup.  Remix templates from the world’s top companies.  Deploy in one click.  Go from idea to software, fast.

-This is a full-time role that can be held from our SF Bay Area office or remotely in the USA-

About the role

Your charter as a Software Engineer on the Workspace/IDE team is to improve the core software creation experience on Replit, while also enabling other engineers to expand Replit’s power. You’ll work directly on core features like the editor and window management. You’ll also build infrastructure to make coding a multiplayer experience and rethink how software version control should work.

Things you might do: 

• Push the future of open source editors by integrating and contributing to CodeMirror 6

• Make coding a more collaborative experience by building multiplayer infrastructure and features

• Enable other Replit teams to quickly ship new AI-powered features like Generate Code

• Work closely with designers to ship new Bret Victor-inspired feedback mechanisms.

• Make the core user experience better for everybody by improving stability and crushing key bugs

You will…

• Build the core product surface of Replit: the Workspace. This is where users build their code, their development environment, and view their code running.

• Enable teams at Replit to build features like extensions, multiplayer, threads, and more.

• Ship features and build infrastructure using: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, NodeJS, and CodeMirror 6.

You are…

• Able to demonstrate your  4+ years of working experience with depth of expertise in at least one of the following:

  • Building rich browser-based applications

  • Building frontend infrastructure used by 100+ other developers

  • Shipping your own products to, and working with, users

• Someone who values simplicity and pragmatism (you think radically but ship incrementally).

• Self-directed and comfortable working autonomously.

Bonus Points

• Experience working with IDEs, terminals, or other common developer tools.

• Experience with collaborative editing technologies such as Operational Transforms or CRDT.

• Contributions to popular open source Javascript frameworks and libraries.

Full-Time Employee Benefits Include:

🧑‍💻 Flexible Work Hours

💰 Competitive Salary & Equity

🖥 Home Office Set-Up Stipend

⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance

🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability

📱 Monthly Expenses Stipend 

🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave

🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays

🚀 Annual company/team offsites (4/year)

Want to learn more about what we are up to?

• Replit Dev Day 2024

• Replit Teams

• AI Code Repair

• Replit Blog

• Amjad TED Talk

Interviewing + Culture at Replit 

• Life at Replit 

• Operating Principles

• Reasons not to work at Replit

To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.

The overall market range of base compensation for roles in this area of Replit is typically $140,000-$190,000. Compensation offered will be determined by additional factors such as location and experience.

This is a full-time role that can be held from our SF Bay Area office or remotely in the USA. If located in SF the hybrid role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.