Open Source Engineer

Zed Industries, Inc. is the company behind Zed, a high-performance, multiplayer code editor engineered for speed, efficiency, and collaboration. Developed by the creators of notable developer tools such as Atom, Electron, and Tree-sitter, Zed is built from the ground up in Rust to leverage modern hardware, utilizing every CPU core and the GPU to deliver a remarkably fast and responsive user experience. The editor is designed to start instantly, load files in a fraction of a second, and respond to keystrokes without delay, aiming to keep developers in a state of flow. The core philosophy of Zed is to provide a tool that is powerful yet stays out of the user's way, combining the capabilities of a full-fledged IDE with the agility of a lightweight editor.

A key focus of Zed is to enhance the collaborative aspect of software development. It features real-time collaboration tools that allow multiple developers to work together within the same editor, see each other's changes as they happen, and communicate directly through integrated chat and audio. This approach aims to make pair programming and knowledge sharing more seamless than traditional methods like pull requests. Zed also integrates AI capabilities to assist developers, offering features like code generation, transformation, and analysis. The editor maintains a full syntax tree for every buffer, enabling precise code highlighting, auto-indentation, and structural selection. It supports the Language Server Protocol for features like autocompletion, code navigation, and diagnostics across various programming languages. With its open-source model, Zed encourages community contributions to further its development and expand its ecosystem of extensions and features, positioning itself as a next-generation tool for modern software development.