About the role

Your charter is to improve the daily lives of millions of coders using Replit. You’ll improve things like packaging, version control, build toolchains, editor features, debugging, and testing and get to rethink what this looks like for all 50+ coding languages available on Replit.

Examples of what you could do:

• Make Tensorflow install in a few seconds

• Turn debugging into a multiplayer experience for Python, Java, Node, and C/C++

• Decrease Python Repl startup time by 100x

• Use the power of Nix to support an infinite number of languages and frameworks

You will…

• Make our flagship languages feature-complete (packager integration, debugger, LSP)

• Add new languages as soon as there is community interest

• Create Replit templates for common developer needs

• Create nix modules to configure the IDE

• Build infrastructure to support our developer experience needs

You are…

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

• Experienced in building for other developers

• Self-directed and comfortable working autonomously

• Interested in and passionate about a variety of coding languages and frameworks

• Someone who has worked in the developer experience or developer tools space for 5+ years

Bonus Points

• You love to experiment with (or even contribute to) new developer tools and frameworks

• You have experience with the Nix ecosystem

• You have built or have deep experience with compilers and interpreters

• You have built or have experience with the language server protocol

• You have managed a public-facing project (you have launched projects with real users)

• Experience building Platform/Infrastructure/Runtime as a Service

• Experience building IDEs, extensions, or developer frameworks

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

🚼 Parental and Baby Bonding Leave

🏝 Flexible PTO (2 Weeks Minimum Required) + Holidays

🚀 Annual company/team offsites (4/year)

Want to Learn More?

• Replit Product

  • Getting started with Replit

  • Repl from Repo

  • Replit Multiplayer

• Interviewing + Culture

  • My First Software Engineering Job Interview

  • 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 $180,000 - $220,000. Compensation offered will be determined by additional factors such as location and experience.