About Infield

Infield helps software teams keep their open source dependencies up to date. We’re automating away the toilsome work of reading changelogs, assessing risk, and upgrading packages so that software teams can focus on shipping features. We’re a small team of repeat founders passionate about making open source easier to use.

About the role

Infield helps software teams keep their open source dependencies up to date. We’re automating away the toilsome work of reading changelogs, assessing risk, and upgrading packages so that software teams can focus on shipping features. We’re a small team of repeat founders passionate about making open source easier to use.

You’ll be helping found our engineering team with the opportunity to take ownership of large slices of our technology stack. We have work in a wide range of areas - from generative AI to complex data pipelines to modern, interactive web frontends - and want people who are excited about learning new technologies and passionate about open source.

What we use

Ruby on Rails the web application
React & SCSS for the frontend
PostgreSQL for data storage
Hosting and deployment on Docker + AWS

What you’ll need

B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
Professional experience with Ruby on Rails and relational databases
Experience with client-side technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript, a frontend view framework
Comfort with basic computer science concepts: data structures, algorithms, etc.
Comfort in Unix userland environment: grep, pipes, vim/emacs, etc.
Comfort with package managers: bundler, npm, yarn, etc.
Interest in entire product design and development process

What We’d Like

Experience with React, Typescript, and SCSS
Experience contributing to or maintaining an open source package
Experience writing command line tools

Technology

What we use

Ruby on Rails the web application
React & SCSS for the frontend
PostgreSQL for data storage
Hosting and deployment on Docker + AWS

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