Pioneer open source blockchain development careers, where collaborative programming expertise meets decentralized technology to build public goods with salaries ranging from $90,000 to $180,000+ annually plus grants and foundation funding. Leading open source organizations including Ethereum Foundation, Protocol Labs, Gitcoin, and Linux Foundation actively support developers contributing to public blockchain protocols, essential developer tools, and critical decentralized infrastructure. Work on foundational open source projects including core blockchain protocol development, developer tooling creation, documentation improvement, and security auditing that benefits the entire Web3 ecosystem. Career opportunities span open source protocol developer, blockchain infrastructure maintainer, developer tooling contributor, and Web3 ecosystem builder roles with flexible work arrangements and global collaboration. Master essential open source blockchain skills including Git collaboration workflows, protocol specification writing, community coordination, documentation creation, and public code review processes while contributing to projects used by millions of developers. The philosophical alignment of blockchain and open source offers meaningful career paths, from individual contributor positions starting at $70,000 to project maintainer roles earning $220,000+ plus substantial grant funding and community recognition. Build the open foundation of Web3 while contributing to the shared infrastructure, protocols, and tools that enable innovation across the entire decentralized ecosystem and advance the mission of democratizing access to blockchain technology.
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