OSS Bounty Hunter
Get paid to contribute to top open source projects.
Role
This is an incubation-style internship for developers passionate about building open source software. You will be responsible for contributing to some of the top open source projects on the Merit platform. You will be provided with guidance and mentorship from the Merit team while you rack up profits executing high value bounties.
Location: Brooklyn, NY (Hybrid Optional) | Type: Part-time, Paid | Eligibility: Students and Recent Graduates
What You'll Do
- Contribute to Open Source repos funded on terminal.merit.systems
- Pick up paid bounties, work on longer project initiatives
- Work directly with open source communities
Qualifications
- Familiar with GitHub and open-source collaboration
- Interested in open source, developer tools, or software monetization
- Good PR etiquette. Pure Claude slop will be immediately rejected.
How to Apply
- Find a bounty you can solve on terminal.merit.systems
- Comment on the PR with your strategy + plan
- Complete the bounty after design / claim is approved by the maintainers
- Merge + get paid
- All developers with the ability to merge a high quality PR will be considered for the role
Browse open bounties on terminal.merit.systems and start contributing today.