# Hiring at Zed: Building in Real Time

DevFeed: [Hiring at Zed: Building in Real Time](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hiring-at-zed-building-in-real-time-13495.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/hiring>)

Author: Mary Luna

Published: 2026-03-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Zed Industries - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zed-industries-blog.md>)

Topics: [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [wasm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wasm.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>), [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>), [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>)

Tags: [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [demo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/demo.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [hiring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hiring.md>), [how-we-work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-we-work.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [wasm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wasm.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

Zed describes how it hires engineers and how new hires work during their first 90 days. The company says fewer than half of its hires submitted applications, with others discovered through open-source contributions, conferences, Hacker News, or existing relationships. New engineers land an early pull request, demonstrate their work, pair with colleagues, and contribute across Zed's vertically integrated Rust stack.

## Source excerpt

How we work at Zed and how we hire.