Hiero Technical Community Architect

Company Description

The Linux Foundation is creating the greatest shared technology investment in history by enabling open source collaboration across companies, developers, and users. We are the organization of choice to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption.

Job Description

We’re seeking a dynamic Technical Community Architect to join the LF Decentralized Trust team and work closely with the Hiero maintainers. In this role, you will be a key contributor to the Hiero project and the broader open-source ecosystem. You will also act as a liaison between Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust and the Hiero Project ecosystem as the software transitions under a foundation. You will ensure compliance with development processes, build best practices, and manage smooth, timely communication across stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build & Release Management: Support the maintainers with designing, building, and maintaining the core CI/CD tooling used by the Hiero community, ensuring alignment with the open-source project road map.

• Strategic Liaison: Serve as a key liaison to the Hiero Technical Steering Committee (TSC) and the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust, supporting open-source best practices, deployment strategies, and community growth.

• Technical Support & Education: Be a source of technical knowledge for community contributors, including support for test networks, pipelines, and release management. Provide educational content for both developers and non-developers and guide documentation architecture.

• Documentation & Tooling: Collaborate with maintainers to adopt documentation best practices. Organize activities to build a robust community around Hiero documentation contributions.

• Community Health: Ensure that the Hiero project’s governance, policies, procedures, and software development processes are running smoothly. Ensure collaboration and transparency between Hiero Maintainers and the project ecosystem.

• Community Engagement: Immerse yourself in the Hiero and broader open-source technical communities. Facilitate smooth onboarding for developers, streamline contributions, and support technical working groups. Speak at conferences, mentor at hackathons, and support the production of community events.

Qualifications

• Technical Expertise:

  • Experience designing, integrating, and maintaining pipelines for CI/CD.

  • Proficiency in building modular, scalable, and extensible software solutions.

  • Familiarity with distributed trust technology and the technical/business landscape.

• Open Source & Software Development:

  • 5+ years of experience in open-source software development.

  • Substantial history of technical contributions to open-source projects.

  • Experience with Markdown, and have the ability to document software specifications or standards.

• Community & Stakeholder Management:

  • Strong understanding of open-source community governance and best practices.

  • Ability to influence both internal teams and external stakeholders across geographies and organizations.

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical information clearly.

• Strategic Thinking & Influence:

  • Ability to identify and resolve potential issues affecting project direction and strategy.

  • Ability to collaborate effectively at various levels, from developers to executive leadership.

Additional Information

The Linux Foundation is creating the greatest shared technology investment in history by enabling open source collaboration across companies, developers, and users. We are the organization of choice to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption.

The Linux Foundation is a largely all-remote workforce that hires top-notch talent. We are as passionate about providing a flexible and supportive work culture as we are in Open Source Software. Collaboration is in our DNA, and we pride ourselves on being able to work closely together while not being tied to an office.

Salary range: $145,000 - $165,000 USD

The Linux Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.