Lead Open Source Developer - TypeScript/Node/Angular/React/.NET
Boston, MAJob$160–190/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Lead Open Source Software Engineer provides technical leadership and hands-on engineering across open source products and platforms. The role guides architecture, engineering standards, and technical strategy, collaborating with internal teams and the open source community to deliver scalable, secure, highly available software. The ideal candidate has expertise in .NET, C#, Angular, React, and TypeScript, and experience leading complex development initiatives.
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Full job description
$160 - $190
Job Description
We are seeking a Lead Open Source Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across a growing suite of open source products and platforms. This role combines hands-on software engineering with leadership responsibilities, helping guide architecture decisions, engineering standards, and long-term technical strategy.
The ideal candidate will have deep expertise across .NET, C#, Angular, React, and TypeScript and experience leading complex development initiatives. You will work closely with internal teams and the broader open source community to deliver scalable, secure, and highly available software solutions.
Required Skills & Experience
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7+ years of software engineering experience with .NET and C#
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Strong experience with Angular and/or React
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Advanced TypeScript and JavaScript expertise
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Extensive REST API development experience
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Strong database design and SQL development skills
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Experience working with Entity Framework
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Proven experience leading technical initiatives within Agile teams
Desired Skills & Experience
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Experience with .NET Core and .NET 8
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Azure, AWS, or Kubernetes experience
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Strong microservices architecture experience
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Experience building CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes
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Docker and containerization expertise
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Open source maintainer or contributor experience
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Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams
What You Will Be Doing
Daily Responsibilities
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Lead hands-on development efforts across open source products
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Design and implement scalable solutions using .NET and C#
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Guide front-end development using Angular or React
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Lead API strategy, development, and integration efforts
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Drive architecture reviews and technical decision-making
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Establish and enforce engineering best practices
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Support cloud-native application development and modernization initiatives
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Review community contributions and technical proposals
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Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across teams
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Partner with product and engineering leadership to define technical roadmaps
The Offer
- Bonus OR Commission eligible
You will receive the following benefits
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Medical Insurance
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Dental Benefits
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Vision Benefits
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Paid Time Off (PTO)
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401(k) {including match – if applicable}
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.
Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.
How this job compares
Set against the 42,008 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$160–190/hr
- Massachusetts median$37–60/hr26 hourly ranges
- US median$50–65/hr1,026 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $175/hr, is 243% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($51/hr) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer hourly ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,162 open Software Engineer jobs in Massachusetts and 42,008 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (34,212 postings).
- Education
- 13,955 of the 42,008 open Software Engineer jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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