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**About Us: ** Become a part of a dynamic and innovative team dedicated to supporting the NGINX open-source community and enhancing one of the most trusted and widely used web server technologies in the world. As a Software Engineer, you'll have the unique opportunity to make direct contributions to the open-source ecosystem, collaborate with a talented and passionate team, and engage with a thriving community of users and contributors.
Position Summary: We are searching for a skilled and enthusiastic Software Engineer to play a key role in supporting the NGINX open-source community. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute meaningfully while tackling technical challenges in areas such as issue resolution, community engagement, automation, and performance optimization. Your work will positively impact the NGINX community while helping maintain our reputation as a world-class software platform.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide robust support for the NGINX open-source community by monitoring, analyzing, and troubleshooting incoming issues, reviewing pull requests under the guidance of maintainers, and actively participating in Discussions.
Streamline the backlog of existing GitHub issues and pull requests.
Investigate, analyze, and address reported security vulnerabilities with precision and care.
Efficiently handle customer escalations, demonstrating technical expertise, empathy, and professionalism.
Develop hands-on experience by working on low-to-medium complexity software patches, strengthening your skills to progressively handle more complex implementations.
Collaborate closely with NGINX experts to acquire and apply advanced system tuning, optimization techniques, and best practices for high-performance deployments.
Contribute to the development of automated and performance tests.
Conduct thorough and constructive code reviews.
Create clear and comprehensive technical documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
Provide regular progress updates, collaborate with team members, including engineers, product managers, technical leads, and architects and actively engage with the broader open-source community.
Enhance development processes by creating automated workflows, such as style checks and AI-assisted workflows.
Work with the Community team to address user inquiries and provide guidance via the NGINX Community Portal.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Proficient hands-on programming skills with C; experience with Rust and/or Perl is a plus.
- Strong familiarity with **Unix-**like operating systems and widely used development toolchains.
- In-depth knowledge of networking (including cloud-based networking), web protocols, proxies, and load balancing.
- Strong understanding of **web server and reverse proxy architectures, including L4/L7 **traffic handling and request lifecycle management.
- Practical experience with HTTP (1.1/2/3), TLS/SSL, and modern transport protocols in production environments.
- Hands-on troubleshooting experience using networking and systems debugging tools (e.g., tcpdump, Wireshark, strace) to diagnose performance or traffic-related issues.
- Expertise in high-performance computing, event-driven programming, and fault tolerance.
- Exceptional analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, with a strong drive to tackle challenging technical issues.
- Dedication to engineering excellence, possessing high self-discipline, and exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong ability to work independently, demonstrating creativity and resourcefulness in solving problems, even in unfamiliar areas.
- Passion for continuous learning and an eagerness to embrace new technologies and methodologies.
- Excellent teamwork skills with a natural inclination to share knowledge and collaborate effectively.
- Proven ability to work with distributed global teams across multiple time zones.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a talent for conveying complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Strong knowledge of continuous delivery, testing practices, secure software development, performance optimization, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Experience managing mission-critical, large-scale systems in production environments.
- Experience with open-source development practices and tools, paired with a deep understanding of the culture and principles of open-source communities, is a plus.
Why Join Us?
Play a pivotal role in contributing to a highly impactful and widely used open-source project.
Join a global team of innovators committed to excellence and collaboration.
Sharpen your skills in high-performance computing, automation, and open-source development.
Thrive in a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment where your contributions truly matter.
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
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