Sr. Software Engineer - JavaScript

🏢 About HeroDevs

HeroDevs provides Never-Ending Support (NES) for critical open-source JavaScript frameworks, ensuring long-term stability and security for enterprise customers. They maintain forks of popular projects like Angular, React, and Next.js.

🎯 The Role

We are seeking a Senior-Level Software Engineer with expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript to join our Never-Ending Support (NES) team. In this role, you will help maintain, secure, and extend the lifespan of critical open-source JavaScript frameworks and runtimes such as Angular, React, and Next.js, ensuring long-term stability and security for enterprise customers.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Core: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Next.js
• Tooling: GitHub Actions, npm, CI/CD
• Soft Skills: Problem-solving, Communication, Teamwork

💼 What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software solutions using JavaScript/TypeScript and popular frameworks.
• Maintain and improve HeroDevs’ NES forks for key JavaScript projects, backporting fixes and ensuring compatibility.
• Use AI-assisted code analysis tools to scan NES forks for vulnerable patterns.
• Partner with open-source contributors, security experts, and internal stakeholders.
• Identify, reproduce, and patch CVE vulnerabilities.
• Build and refine platform components, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure system scalability, reliability, and security.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Participate in architectural discussions.
• Stay current with emerging JavaScript technologies and web security practices.

✅ What You'll Need

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript with experience in one or more major frameworks (Angular, Vue, React, etc.).
• Familiarity with Node.js internals, dependency management, and the npm ecosystem.
• Experience with open-source contribution or maintenance.
• Knowledge of secure software practices and vulnerability triage (CVE, OSV, or Snyk).
• Experience building and maintaining automated build/test/deploy workflows (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a detail-oriented mindset.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a distributed team environment.
• Passion for open-source sustainability and long-term software maintenance.

🌟 Nice to Have

• Familiarity with multiple frameworks, specifically React and Angular.
• Experience actively exploring and applying AI tools to accelerate security workflows, vulnerability research, and code analysis.
• Curiosity to grow across multiple frameworks.
• Think in systems, proactively identifies inconsistencies across frameworks and tooling.
• Team player who likes to have fun at work while getting the job done.