Fullstack Engineer (Typescript), Create: Editor Extensions

What You’ll Do:

• Help to define and improve our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment.
• Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review.
• Represent GitLab and its values in public communication around broader initiatives, specific projects, and community contributions.
• Provide mentorship for Junior and Intermediate Engineers on your team to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and remove blockers to their autonomy.
• Confidently ship moderately sized features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members.
• Collaborate with the team on larger projects.
• Improve the engineering projects at GitLab via the maintainer program at own comfortable pace, while striving to become a project maintainer. 

What you’ll bring:

• Mandatory: significant professional experience with Typescript or JavaScript
• Mandatory: professional experience with VS Code Extension
• Language Server Expertise
• Visual Studio Code API
• Implement and Optimize Language Servers: Develop and optimize Language Servers for specific programming languages, ensuring efficient communication with code editors.
• Language Server Protocol (LSP) Mastery: In-depth understanding and practical experience with the Language Server Protocol, facilitating seamless integration between language servers and code editors.
• Understanding Extension Points: VS Code provides various extension points, such as editors, languages, themes, and more. Understanding how to leverage these extension points to enhance or extend the functionality of VS Code is key.
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment