Application Open for GNOME Foundation Software Engineer

The GNOME Foundation is seeking qualified candidates for an open Software Engineer position.

About The GNOME Foundation

The GNOME Foundation is a leader in open source software development, advocating for a free and open computing environment. We are looking to enhance the GNOME platform, with a focus on families and younger users. We seek a software engineer to contribute to this project.

About the Software Engineer Position

Scope of Work

  • Core Maintenance: Maintain and improve essential components, notably Glib.
  • Digital Wellbeing & Parental Controls: Develop features for internet content filtering, screen time monitoring, and other digital safety measures.
  • Usability & Reliability: Enhance GNOME Software for user-friendliness and efficiency.

Qualifications and Experience

  • English fluency.
  • Proven contributions to the GNOME community.
  • Experience with Glib, GNOME Software, GNOME Settings, and relevant freedesktop.org components.

Key Attributes

  • Passion for open source.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills.
  • Effective remote work capability.
  • Proficiency in C (required) and Rust (preferred).
  • Familiarity with open source development tools (Git, GitLab) and practices.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to present at community events.

Compensation and Position Details

  • Location: Remote
  • Duration: 1 year (fixed term remote contractor position with potential to extend based on funding)
  • Salary: Up to $50,000 USD per year, experience-dependent

How to Apply

Send your resume and cover letter detailing your GNOME community contributions to careers+sw-eng@gnome.org.
Application Deadline: January 26, 2024.

The GNOME Foundation is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity. Join us in shaping the future of the GNOME platform! 

Application open for GNOME Foundation Executive Director

The GNOME Foundation is looking for qualified candidates for the position of Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation. We are looking for an individual with existing experience in the wider nonprofit community, ideally with prior experience establishing and raising funds for programs that deliver impact through technology. Working closely with the existing members, contributors, volunteers, and the wider GNOME community, and managing our relationships with the Advisory Board and other key Free and Open Source Software partners, we hope to find a candidate that can build public awareness and help people learn about, use, and benefit from what GNOME has built over the past two and a half decades.

The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization that believes in a world where everyone is empowered by technology they can trust. We do this by building a diverse and sustainable free software personal computing ecosystem. The GNOME community is an influential social and technical contributor to the Free Software and Open Source software stack that continues to leave its mark on every piece of hardware that runs Linux across all technical market segments.

As Executive Director for the GNOME Foundation, you will assume both strategic and execution responsibility for our organization. You have a passion for using your strategic skills to make a difference within the technology space. You will play a key role in identifying and building partnership networks and relationships for strategic gain. You are powerfully skilled in steering innovative thinking, to develop strategy, to facilitate change and impact. You lead with empathy and can effectively connect and collaborate both with team members internally from diverse disciplines and backgrounds, and with partners in the wider for-profit and nonprofit ecosystem who are essential for achieving our goals. You are comfortable with technology, and ideally familiar with Open Source or other collaborative Open Culture organizations and values, giving you a solid basis to understand and work with our project and community to achieve real impact in the programs you are responsible for.

For more details, please see the full Job Description. Please apply via e-mail with a covering letter and a resume to careers+executive-director@gnome.org by the 29th of August.

GNOME Foundation opens recruitment for further expansion

Orinda, CA.

Today, July 6th 2018, the GNOME Foundation has announced a number of positions it is recruiting for to help drive the GNOME project and Free Software on the desktop. As previously announced, this has been made possible thanks to a generous grant that the Foundation has received, enabling us to accelerate this expansion.

“These positions are key to ensuring that the Foundation remains sustainable and that we are able to support the community in key areas,” said Neil McGovern, Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation. “It is my hope that we can continue to grow the Foundation so that these posts will continue to be funded, but to allow further positions to become available”

The Foundation is currently recruiting for four posts:

  • Development Coordinator
    • This will ensure that we receive sufficient funds to continue our work delivering free software
  • Program Coordinator
    • The Program Coordinator will free up time from those involved in organizational, administrative and logistical problems
  • Devops/Sysadmin
    • The systems and services we run need proper maintenance and care. As Flathub continues to grow, more support is needed to achieve this.
  • GTK+ core developer
    • GTK+ is core to our entire platform. Investing in development and maintenance of this toolkit will benefit the whole GNU/Linux ecosystem.

The Foundation is keen to hear from any person who is interested in applying for one of these posts. Details on how to apply and the application deadlines can be found on the Foundation’s Positions Available page.

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