What are the responsibilities and job description for the Developer Experience Engineer position at Oven?
Bun is on a mission to make building with JavaScript more productive. Bun is an all-in-one JavaScript runtime, bundler, transpiler, package manager and test runner.
We are seeking a Developer Experience Engineer on-site in San Francisco to enhance the end-to-end experience of using Bun. This role is extremely important for getting more people & companies to switch to Bun.
Responsibilities
- Advocacy and Community Engagement: Actively promote Bun in the developer community. This includes social media (Twitter, Reddit), public speaking, writing blog posts, and participating in relevant forums and discussions
- Integration development: Create and maintain integrations with various third-party projects on GitHub. Focus on ensuring seamless compatibility of Bun with popular frameworks and libraries
- Documentation and Support: Contribute to the development of clear, comprehensive documentation. Assist in writing TypeScript types and provide support in resolving technical issues faced by the user community.
- Feedback Loop: Work closely with the development team to relay feedback from users and suggest improvements. Play a crucial role in shaping the future direction of Bun based on user needs
- Self-motivated, high-agency: We are looking for people who are willing to fix it when using Bun is harder than it should be. When part of Bun isn't good, it should bother you.
- Know how to build things: Part of your job will be building things with Bun. Past experience with projects you built from scratch should form the basis of many of your opinions.
- Excellent communicator: You will be expected to write content about Bun and respond to questions from people who sometimes may be confused or unhelpful. It's important you are able to foster a positive response.
- JavaScript experience: To be effective in this role, you must have work experience using JavaScript and/or TypeScript.
Bun is building a team of passionate and talented engineers who are excited to make JavaScript better. To achieve that goal, we are also building a workplace where people are trusted, empowered, and well-compensated for their work.
- Location: We have our own office in downtown San Francisco and provide lunch & dinner every workday
- Compensation: We offer competitive startup salaries and startup equity
- Healthcare: We have flexible health plans that cover both physical and mental healthcare
- Time Off: Enjoy four weeks of paid time-off each year with flexible sick, family, and mental health leave
- Stipends: We support your commute to the office, computer hardware, office setup, and fitness routine