Open Source Pledge
Open Source Software Engineer, uv
Open Source Pledge, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Astral
At Astral,
our mission
is to make the Python ecosystem more productive by building next-generation developer tools — tools that enable developers to ship great software, faster. To start, we've built
Ruff , an extremely fast Python linter and formatter; and
uv , a comprehensive Python package manager — two of the fastest-growing developer tools ever. Next, we're continuing to push the future of Python with a state-of-the-art type checker — and building out our first hosted services. Our early team includes the authors of
ripgrep ,
bat ,
hyperfine , and
maturin ; early, core contributors to
Biome
and
Prefect ; and multiple CPython core developers — all building at the intersection of Rust and Python. The Role
This role centers on
uv , an extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust. Since launch, uv has grown to tens of millions of downloads per month, and now accounts for
hundreds of millions of network requests
per day
to the Python Package Index (PyPI). Work on uv tends to span the spectrum from low-level optimization work to high-level user experience design. If you like writing
high-performance Rust , it could be a good fit. If you like thinking about the
future of the Python developer experience , it could
also
be a good fit. As with all positions at Astral, being an
open source maintainer
is a big part of the job too: engaging with the community, reviewing pull requests, debugging issues, and generally contributing to our culture of developing in the open. Strong candidates tend to have deep experience with
Rust ,
Python ,
open source , or
developer tools
— but few candidates are deep in
all
of these areas, and we've hired candidates without prior Rust (or Python) experience. The Team
We're not only remote, but highly distributed. We hire from Pacific Time (e.g., San Francisco, USA) to Central European Time (e.g., Munich, Germany), and get together twice annually for week-long, in-person on-sites.
We pay competitively (salary and equity) and offer comprehensive benefits (healthcare and more).
Our work is highly collaborative, but as is common in open source, much of that collaboration takes place asynchronously (in Discord, or GitHub, or Notion). We minimize meetings, and maximize time spent working in code.
We're a small, high-trust team. We strive to ship excellent software, at a fast pace... while having fun. (See:
Our Values .)
Our Process
Our hiring process is entirely remote and does not include any live coding segments. While the process may vary from candidate to candidate, it generally consists of three phases, each designed to mimic the kind of engagement and interactions you'd have as a member of the team: A take-home project, where we ask you to build a command-line tool based on a pre-defined specification.
A presentation, where we ask you to present on some of your own work, and have the kind of technical conversation you'd have as a member of the team, grounded in something that you know well.
A conversation with our founder, Charlie, where we discuss our company culture, your own goals, and how they map to the role.
Along the way, we'll talk through your background and interests to determine whether Astral is a good fit for your career goals.
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At Astral,
our mission
is to make the Python ecosystem more productive by building next-generation developer tools — tools that enable developers to ship great software, faster. To start, we've built
Ruff , an extremely fast Python linter and formatter; and
uv , a comprehensive Python package manager — two of the fastest-growing developer tools ever. Next, we're continuing to push the future of Python with a state-of-the-art type checker — and building out our first hosted services. Our early team includes the authors of
ripgrep ,
bat ,
hyperfine , and
maturin ; early, core contributors to
Biome
and
Prefect ; and multiple CPython core developers — all building at the intersection of Rust and Python. The Role
This role centers on
uv , an extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust. Since launch, uv has grown to tens of millions of downloads per month, and now accounts for
hundreds of millions of network requests
per day
to the Python Package Index (PyPI). Work on uv tends to span the spectrum from low-level optimization work to high-level user experience design. If you like writing
high-performance Rust , it could be a good fit. If you like thinking about the
future of the Python developer experience , it could
also
be a good fit. As with all positions at Astral, being an
open source maintainer
is a big part of the job too: engaging with the community, reviewing pull requests, debugging issues, and generally contributing to our culture of developing in the open. Strong candidates tend to have deep experience with
Rust ,
Python ,
open source , or
developer tools
— but few candidates are deep in
all
of these areas, and we've hired candidates without prior Rust (or Python) experience. The Team
We're not only remote, but highly distributed. We hire from Pacific Time (e.g., San Francisco, USA) to Central European Time (e.g., Munich, Germany), and get together twice annually for week-long, in-person on-sites.
We pay competitively (salary and equity) and offer comprehensive benefits (healthcare and more).
Our work is highly collaborative, but as is common in open source, much of that collaboration takes place asynchronously (in Discord, or GitHub, or Notion). We minimize meetings, and maximize time spent working in code.
We're a small, high-trust team. We strive to ship excellent software, at a fast pace... while having fun. (See:
Our Values .)
Our Process
Our hiring process is entirely remote and does not include any live coding segments. While the process may vary from candidate to candidate, it generally consists of three phases, each designed to mimic the kind of engagement and interactions you'd have as a member of the team: A take-home project, where we ask you to build a command-line tool based on a pre-defined specification.
A presentation, where we ask you to present on some of your own work, and have the kind of technical conversation you'd have as a member of the team, grounded in something that you know well.
A conversation with our founder, Charlie, where we discuss our company culture, your own goals, and how they map to the role.
Along the way, we'll talk through your background and interests to determine whether Astral is a good fit for your career goals.
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