Associate Technical Lead – Ballerina Team

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Ballerina is an open source programming language and platform for cloud-era application programmers to easily write software that just works. Ballerina team at WSO2 is working on expanding the features of Ballerina and are looking for passionate Engineers who would like to be a part of an exciting journey. As a member of our team, you will have a uniquely rewarding opportunity to build innovative technologies that inspire developers to produce state-of-the-art software. This is a great opportunity for you to contribute to open-source as well as build your own brand by publishing your work as research papers, articles, and personal blogs.

By joining the Ballerina team, you would get the opportunity to work on one or many of the following areas based on your expertise and interest.

Build or extend Ballerina compiler front-end and mid-level phases or code generation and optimization for JVM and native platforms.
Design and implement the Ballerina Standard Library which varies from modules such as file I/O, database, security, math, task to modules such as socket, HTTP transport, gRPC transport, etc.
Design and implement Ballerina developer tools which vary from IDE Plugins, Kubernetes, and Docker Support, Language tools such as linters, formatters, and IntelliSense support, Ballerina Central, and other developer utilities.

Key Qualifications:

BSc/MSc in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Strong computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms.
Solid skills and experiences in one or two programming languages.
Ability to design and implement solutions adhering to overall architecture and system design goals including performance, security, scalability, quality of code, etc.
Ability to give technical leadership to a small team. Delegate and follow-up on work assigned.
Ability to mentor junior members in engineering best-practices and processes.
Ability to communicate clearly: articulate in both written and verbal communication.
Excellent problem solving and critical thinking.
Desire to learn, explore and drive solutions to complex problems.
Ability to work with a culture of learning, prototyping, and experimentation.