Position title: VS code Developer
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Days onsite: 3 days a week
Interview process: video interview to face to face (must face to face)
Contract: 6-18 months
Must Haves- Senior-level engineer only, ideally 8–10+ years of software engineering experience
- Deep VS Code extension development experience
- Built substantial VS Code extensions
- Maintained and published extensions
- Strong understanding of VS Code architecture and Extension APIs
- Strong developer tooling / IDE engineering background, not just someone who uses VS Code
- Experience building large-scale, production-grade products or tooling supporting millions of users
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- Experience integrating IDE/developer tooling with:
- Source control systems
- Virtual file systems
- Developer productivity workflows
- Able to work independently and solve complex engineering problems
- Strong enough technically to influence engineering direction/design
Major Plus / Differentiators- CVS → GitHub migration experience
- Previous experience at Google, Microsoft, or a comparable large-scale technology environment
- Built developer tools or IDE capabilities used at enterprise scale