1PASSWORD

Senior Developer, Open Source

1PASSWORD$153K — $214K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of professional software development experience delivering medium-to-large technical projects.
  • Advanced command of modern development tools (Git, IDEs, etc.) and proficiency in relevant programming languages.
  • Experience in designing maintainable systems, particularly in developer tooling and open source.
  • Ability to set technical direction and make architectural choices ensuring scalability and security.
  • Experience engaging with external contributors and managing quality in community-facing projects.
  • Interest in agent-assisted development and crafting secure development tools.
  • Strong communication skills to articulate project impact and progress to various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute major features and product enhancements, especially to Agent Hooks and in-IDE functionality.
  • Make architectural decisions ensuring scalable and secure integrations with existing security models.
  • Identify technical opportunities and risks on the roadmap, leading execution aligned with objectives.
  • Raise quality standards by addressing code quality gaps and enhancing documentation for community repositories.
  • Align with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into actionable tasks.
  • Drive initiatives improving support for developers and customer experiences.
  • Foster a collaborative team environment promoting best practices and constructive feedback.

Benefits

  • Competitive health benefits and generous PTO policy.
  • Maternity and parental leave top-up programs.
  • RSU program and retirement matching for employees.
  • Paid volunteer days and peer-to-peer recognition.
  • Remote-first work environment, with some exceptions for hybrid roles.
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Developer on our Open Source Team, focused on strengthening 1Password's open source posture and making our developer tools easy to use directly inside developers' workflows through agentic IDE integrations: our Agent Hooks and IDE plugins. You'll serve as a technical leader on the team, owning architectural decisions and driving cohesive execution on medium-to-large projects, from initial planning through development and into customer support.

How we're using AI today

Our Engineering, Product, and Design teams are thoughtfully integrating AI across the full software and product development lifecycle to move faster without sacrificing quality or security. In practice, that looks like engineers using AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate reviews and catch bugs earlier, product managers synthesizing user research at scale, and designers rapidly prototyping and iterating with AI-generated mockups. We approach AI the same way we approach security: with clear principles, human accountability at every consequential decision point, and rigorous evaluation before anything ships to customers.

This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US.

What we're looking for:
  • Significant professional software development experience, with a track record of independently owning and delivering medium-to-large technical projects end to end.
  • Advanced, hands-on command of a modern development toolchain (Git, IDEs, terminal, debugging and testing tools) and the languages relevant to the team's work; comfortable reading, writing, and reviewing others' code.
  • Experience designing extensible, maintainable systems, ideally developer tooling, IDE extensions, agent integrations, or actively maintained open source projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and make architectural decisions that keep products scalable, secure, and high quality.
  • A track record of working effectively in public, engaging with external contributors and upholding a high quality bar in community-facing repositories.
  • Interest in agent-assisted development and building tools to make agent-assisted development smoother and more secure.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make a project's impact and progress visible to engineering, product, and design stakeholders.
  • A security-minded approach consistent with 1Password's principles.


Bonus points for:
  • Experience maintaining a popular open source project or running open source community engagement.
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled or agentic IDEs (e.g., Cursor) and the emerging agent-hook ecosystem.
  • Experience contributing to an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) or similar function.


What you can expect:
  • Contribute large new features, significant product improvements, and critical bug fixes, such as extending our Agent Hooks across IDEs or building genuine in-IDE value beyond links to external docs.
  • Make architectural decisions that keep our integrations and public repositories scalable, secure, and aligned to 1Password's existing security and authentication models.
  • Contribute to the team's roadmap by identifying technical opportunities and risks up to ~6 months out, then lead execution aligned to team objectives.
  • Raise the quality bar by identifying lapses in code quality and gaps in testing coverage, anticipating and reporting potential problems, and fostering a high standard of documentation across community-facing repositories.
  • Ensure alignment with cross-functional partners (Partnerships, Product, UX, and the SDK/CLI teams), translating requirements into actionable work.
  • Drive initiatives that better support 1Password customers on your platform and mitigate issues developers face.
  • Contribute to a positive, collaborative team environment by modeling best practices, providing constructive feedback, and supporting a sense of shared ownership.


USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $153,000 USD and $214,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $144,000 CAD and $202,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and specific skill set.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

What we offer
We believe in working hard, and rewarding that hard work through our benefits. While not an exhaustive list, here is a glance at what we currently offer:

Health and wellbeing
Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
Competitive health benefits
Generous PTO policy

Growth and future
RSU program for most employees
Retirement matching program
Free 1Password account

Community
Paid volunteer days
Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
Remote-first work environment
*Some roles in our GTM team are currently being hired for in-person hybrid work in Toronto and Austin. These roles will specify on the posting.

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