Full Stack Developer

DescriptionActiveState enables DevOps, InfoSec, and Development teams to improve their security posture while simultaneously increasing productivity and innovation to deliver secure applications faster. We are the only solution in the market today that offers vulnerability-free open source language packages and containers and Intelligent Remediation, which identifies which vulnerabilities to prioritize, assesses the impact of updates causing breaking changes, prioritizes what to fix first, securely builds open source packages from source, and facilitates the build and deploy process to get fixes into production quickly and easily. All from the trusted partner that pioneered and continues to lead enterprise adoption and use of open source software This position is available to remote workers anywhere in North AmericaAs a Full Stack Developer, you'll be a key part of the team that builds and maintains our platform. This hands-on role involves designing and implementing features across the stack, from the web user interface to the backend systems that manage our vast database of open-source artifacts. You will be instrumental in creating tools that empower enterprise customers to build securely, remediate vulnerabilities, and enhance their software supply chain security. Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain both front-end and back-end services of the ActiveState Platform, with a strong focus on security and performance.

• Build and maintain scalable solutions to handle our vast database of over 40 million open-source artifacts, ensuring high availability and performance.

• Serve as a subject matter expert in one or more of our core languages: Python, Node.js, or Golang.

• Drive best practices in code quality, testing, and security throughout the development lifecycle.

• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other developers on the team.

• Collaborate with product management and leadership to define the technical roadmap and execute on strategic initiatives.

• Contribute significantly to the open-source community and engage with our various projects.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex architectural and performance issues.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 8+ years of professional programming experience in modern imperative languages, e.g. Python, Go, or JavaScript. This means deep experience with at least one programming language, and at least shallow experience with others.

• Professional experience designing, writing, and using web APIs (React, JSON and REST required, GraphQL a plus).

• Experience creating and maintaining complex software systems along with the ability to design non-trivial applications and components from scratch.

• The ability to write clean, well-tested code with clear documentation.

• Backend development experience, including SQL and database integration.

• Knowledge of modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Vue.js, Angular) and their architectural patterns.

• Experience with at least one major platform (Linux, MacOS, Windows) and exposure to the others.

• Excellent written and spoken skills, both technical and non-technical. You’ll need to work closely with your developer teammates, as well as be able to have coherent conversations with people from QA, sales, marketing, and other parts of the company.

If you have experience with any of the following please make sure to highlight it in your cover letter:

• Notable contributions to or presence in at least one open source project or language community.

• Experience with SAT solvers, graph theory, and dependency resolution algorithms.

• Experience working with build systems, continuous integration, and debugging.

• Microservices, message queues, and distributed computing.

• Agile processes, including breaking large projects up into smaller stories, estimation, working in branches (GitHub Flow), code review, and CI.

• Perl, Python, Javascript, C#, R, Rust, Go, Java, or Ruby, especially an understanding of their respective language communities and their toolchains.

• Experience working on a build system or performing build engineering, including compiling code and debugging issues with build tools such as make, autotools, and Bazel.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus plan.

• Comprehensive benefits package and health/wellness credit program.

• Unlimited PTO and work-from-anywhere programs.

• Working for a stable and growing company that offers the environment and personal growth potential of a start-up as well as the stability of a successful business with established revenue.

• The chance to grow and grow with a team, the opportunity to learn directly from an experienced HR professional, and leaders who are passionate about mentoring and helping you grow your career.

• The chance to collaborate with a smart, considerate, enthusiastic team of people.

• The chance to work on a project that will change the work lives of developers around the world, including your own!