[liberationtech] eQualitie hiring a mobile developer for the decentralized web

Jenny Ryan jenny at equalit.ie
Mon Mar 21 23:02:39 CET 2022


Greeting fellow internet defenders!

eQualit.ie is seeking an experienced Android mobile developer to 
contribute to the development and rapid growth of CENO Browser 
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ie.equalit.ceno&hl=en_CA&gl=US> 
– a novel and open source technology designed to work in networks 
experiencing extreme censorship and disconnections from the Internet. 
Built on <https://github.com/censorship-no> Mozilla’s Firefox for 
Android, CENO Browser utilizes the Ouinet library 
<https://github.com/equalitie/ouinet> to retrieve and share web content 
peer-to-peer over Bittorrent’s DHT. Want to help people living in Iran, 
Myanmar, Russia, China and countless others around the world access 
digital content freely? This is the team you can do it with!

Apply at: https://equalit.ie/job-post/mobile-dev-dweb/ !

*The role*

Working within a tight-knit team of engineers, user research and UI 
design partners, as well as other colleagues from eQualitie, your duties 
will include:

  * Migrating the existing browser base from Fennec to Fenix
  * Implementing UI improvements in the CENO Browser Android app
    according to provided wireframes
  * Unit-testing code for robustness, usability, and general reliability
  * Bug fixing and improving application performance
  * Maintaining the highest level of defensive programming practices
  * Listening critically and giving viable feedback to team members,
    managers, and outside groups
  * Documenting work toward long-term maintenance and reproducibility
  * Being on time with product timelines and deliverables

*You should:*

  * Have experience with Android app development (experience with mobile
    web browser development a strong plus)
  * Have experience in a test-driven approach to software development &
    version control with git
  * Be reachable for at least 2 hours on working days between 9am – 5pm CET
  * Have experience in network programming (HTTP, TCP/IP, UDP) and
    familiarity with peer-to-peer (BitTorrent) technologies

*Nice to have:*

  * Published at least one original mobile app
  * Java project experience
  * Enjoy delving into other people’s code, debugging and improving it
  * Excellent development credentials and years of experience working
    with a variety of technologies
  * A strong desire to work on free and open-source software

*About us*

eQualitie is a small company run on not-for-profit principles. Our goal 
and motivation is to promote and protect human rights in the digital 
age. We solve complex technical problems for improving digital defences, 
introducing privacy to online activity, enabling freedom of expression 
and association online. This project builds on knowledge and technology 
from https://censorship.no

*How to apply*

Please send your *resume and a cover letter via 
https://equalit.ie/job-post/mobile-dev-dweb/* explaining how your 
experience and motivation match our requirements. Please include your 
Github username or another platform where we can see your previous 
projects .

eQualitie welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. We are a 
remote-first company and offer flexible working arrangements. We are 
keen to hear from people who consider themselves under-represented in 
the software, technology or FLOSS communities – even if they feel they 
meet only some of our needs. You can read more about our principles 
here: https://equalit.ie/values

-- 
Jenny Ryan
CENO / OuiSync Project Manager, eQualitie
https://censorship.no   ||https://equalitie.org
PGP Fingerprint: 8AA3 7DFF 2190 ADA3 7C08  05F2 E76E BE2F D25B 0F57

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