About OpenArchive
About the Position
We are seeking a Technology Manager to ensure our flagship Save app is as up-to-date, secure, and easy-to-use as possible for our users and Decentralized Archivist Communities (DACs).
The Technology Manager is responsible for supporting the Technology Director’s work to ensure the success, functionality, and longevity of the Save app. The role is responsible for: technical documentation writing, coordinating and managing relationships with technical project partners such as Hypha/Distributed Press, Localization Lab (to ensure the app is localized in the many languages it needs to be in), as well as Security Auditors like OTF’s Security Lab, etc.
Additionally, they will support the Technology Director’s oversight of user experience design, testing, and quality assurance processes and provide guidance and expertise to the OpenArchive Executive and Tech teams, as-needed.
We are seeking a highly engaged person with moderate experience in mobile development who is proficient with product and project management. A commitment to free and open-source software, good communication and documentation skills, and a passion for contributing to the greater good are all essential.
If able, we would love for this role to also contribute code to the Android and/or iOS code bases (as-needed) and any other related work to enhance the security, decentralization, and usability of the Save app, but this experience it not required for this role.
If you have most of the required skills and experience, or could gain them with a little support, we would love to hear from you. Regardless of whether you have all of the required experience, please apply!
Responsibilities
Mobile Development Support
- Create and update Save app documentation;
- Ensure GitHub is, and remains, organized;
- Oversee, recruit, and manage quality assurance efforts;
- Oversee and manage localization efforts;
- Manage the OpenArchive website in markdown.
Technology Product and Project Management
- Collaborate and help coordinate meetings with our development, quality assurance, and decentralized storage researcher teams (most of whom are part-time contractors);
- Scope timelines with the executive team to align tech progress with programmatic milestones;
- Communicate critical app updates and progress with the executive team in a timely manner (e.g., respond to communications within 1 business day);
- Schedule and manage sprints with developer and QA teams;
- Advise on tech team recruitment, development of technical blog posts, guides, and other Save-related materials, as needed;
- Attend or present at conferences on behalf of OpenArchive when appropriate.
Required skills and experience
- Exceptional organizational skills including experience managing tech projects on GitLab / GitHub;
- Proven ability to meet deadlines;
- Excellent communication skills and a proactive communicator;
- Asynchronous, remote, multi-time zone collaboration skills;
- Be comfortable working remotely with a geographically distributed team (executive, tech, usability, design, etc.).
Preferred qualifications
- 5+ years of programming experience + previous experience as a tech lead or engineering manager;
- Experience implementing continuous integration, delivery, and automated testing;
- Interest in working within the archival, civil society, human rights, nonprofit, foundation, or NGO sectors;
- Open-source project methodology and collaboration experience;
- Experience working with at-risk or marginalized groups and being sensitive to their needs (i.e., understanding their threat models, securing communications, and working well with diverse cultures);
- Experience with threat modeling and analysis, and implementing security features to address these threats;
- Experience with anti-censorship and anti-surveillance technologies, especially on mobile platforms;
- Keen interest in and experience with peer-to-peer technology stacks (decentralized tech, IPFS, and libp2p, etc.);
- Can conduct code reviews;
- Deep appreciation and respect for advanced security and privacy feature implementation and principles.
Working with us
OpenArchive aims to empower people to have more agency over the long-term preservation, privacy, management, and access to their mobile media. We are working on challenging, but compelling problems at the crux of privacy, usability, and long-term preservation of mobile media. If you are passionate about helping people create secure, robust, personal archives to preserve mobile media, especially media made by historically marginalized communities, or are just interested in making secure archiving tools more usable, we’d love to hear from you.
Reporting
This position reports to OpenArchive's Executive Director and Technology Director.
Location
This position is remote. OpenArchive operates as a distributed team, with core staff based in the U.S., and others based in Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Overlap with US time-zones is preferred.
Compensation
This is a one-year contract position. It is a part-time contract position with the potential to become full-time within the contract period, dependong on the candidate's experience and availability. The budget for part-time work is $50,000 USD/year and the budget for full-time work is $100,000 USD/year. Contract extensions and raises for subsequent years will be based on funding and performance.
Application Process
To apply, please submit the following via this form
- Your resume;
- A cover letter that explains your interest in the position and why you believe you are well-suited for the role;
- Two references and their contact information (email or phone);
- Responses to supplemental questions.
Please submit your application via this form
We will consider applications on a rolling basis. Priority will be given to applicants who submit their materials by October 15, 2024.
