MTS - React-TypeScript Architect - VS Code Platform Modernization

technical leadership role in modernizing and evolving Wind River's developer tooling ecosystem.

You will help lead the re-architecture of our Eclipse-based Workbench into a modern, extensible Visual Studio Code-based platform, built with TypeScript and React. This role goes beyond feature delivery - you will influence architecture, guide engineering standards, and mentor developers while ensuring the platform scales for complex embedded and real-time system use cases.

Your work will directly improve the productivity of engineers building mission-critical systems across industries.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Drive the architecture and technical direction of the VS Code-based Workbench platform.

• Lead the migration and re-architecture of complex Eclipse-based tooling into a modular VS Code extension ecosystem.

• Define best practices for extension architecture, UI frameworks, state management, and performance optimization.

• Ensure the platform is scalable, extensible, and maintainable for long-term evolution.

• Design & Development

• Design and implement advanced VS Code extensions, custom views, commands, workflows, and developer productivity features using TypeScript and React.

• Build sophisticated UI experiences including multi-panel views, real-time data visualization, debugging tools, and system analysis dashboards.

• Collaborate closely with backend teams to integrate with compilers, debuggers, build systems, and remote toolchains.

• Lead performance tuning of UI and extension interactions, especially for large-scale embedded projects.

• Platform & Engineering Excellence

• Define and improve build, packaging, release, and distribution pipelines for developer tools.

• Champion code quality, automated testing, observability, and maintainability.

• Review designs and code across the team to ensure architectural consistency.

• Troubleshoot complex cross-layer issues spanning UI, extensions, backend services, and system tooling.

• Collaboration & Mentorship

• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across frontend and tooling initiatives.

• Partner with UX, DevOps, QA, and platform teams to deliver cohesive developer experiences.

• Contribute to long-term technical roadmaps and technology evaluations.

• Engage with internal stakeholders and customers to understand workflows and translate them into tooling improvements.

• Develop build, packaging, and distribution workflows for Workbench-related components.

• Ensure high-quality, maintainable, and testable code with appropriate unit and integration tests.

• Debug and troubleshoot UI, integration, and performance issues.

• Address issues reported by internal teams and external customers.

• Participate in design discussions and contribute to flexible, extensible software architecture.

• Improve team effectiveness by mentoring, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.

**ABOUT YOU

Core Competencies & Demonstrated Success**

• Strong technical leadership with the ability to own major subsystems end-to-end

• Deep understanding of frontend architecture, performance, and scalability

• Ability to influence engineering standards across teams

• Excellent collaboration skills in global, cross-functional environments

• Strong problem-solving mindset and ownership mentality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

• 8+ years of software development experience, with significant focus on frontend engineering

• Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript and React, including:

• Advanced hooks patterns

• Complex state management architectures

• Performance optimization techniques

• Component library design

• Strong experience designing and maintaining large-scale frontend codebases

• Hands-on experience building Visual Studio Code extensions (strongly preferred)

• Experience with Eclipse IDE/plugin architecture or other extensible IDE platforms (major plus)

• Solid understanding of software architecture, modular design, and API contracts

• Experience integrating with backend systems, CLIs, compilers, debuggers, or developer tools

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and container technologies (Docker)

• Experience with build systems and packaging for desktop or IDE-based tools

• Exposure to embedded systems, real-time systems, or systems programming workflows is a strong plus

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

NICE TO HAVE (Senior-Level Differentiators)

• Knowledge on Hypervisor, Embedded systems, RTOS

• Experience designing plugin/extension ecosystems

• Knowledge of language servers (LSP), debug adapters (DAP), or code analysis tooling

• Experience with remote development environments and toolchains

• Background in developer experience (DevEx) platforms

• Contributions to open-source developer tools or IDE extensions

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