Remote (American or European time zones) or Boulder, Colorado
Zed is a next-generation code editor that's engineered from scratch in Rust to be fast, elegant, and collaborative.
We’re looking for a Head of Open Source to be responsible for our open source roadmap,
creating focus in our GitHub issues, and making sure our Open Source Engineers are successful.
This is a role for someone who thrives at the intersection of engineering, community,
and product—someone who can turn feedback into features and organize a team around priorities.
Own the open source roadmap: triage bugs, prioritize features, and escalate critical issues to the core team.
Translate recurring community themes into a product development pipeline.
Define, track, and continuously improve open source team metrics.
Keep GitHub issues organized and the Open Source team focused on the most impactful work.
Automate workflows with AI where possible (triage, ticket reproduction, etc.).
Improve documentation (zed.dev/docs), issues and contributor guidelines.
Collaborate with the Head of Community to increase contributions and lower the barrier to entry for new developers.
Lead weekly rituals for the Open Source team: assigning issues, refining priorities, and managing queues.
Run the First Responder rotation, ensuring engineers are aligned and responsive.
Actively engage on Discord, Reddit, and Twitter to support users and capture feedback.
Grow and sustain the Open Source team by designing a repeatable program for the contract-to-hire pipeline, ensuring we can bring in and support Open Source Engineers on a regular cadence.
Provide focus and clarity for the Open Source team without direct people managment responsibilities (this is not an engineering management role).