Hey community! Anyone looking for an ethical, fulfilling programming
job? Reach out!
eQualitie is seeking an experienced software developer to play a key
role on technology projects empowering freedom of expression and
association online. Our new colleague shares the company’s _values_
<https://equalit.ie/values/> and is ready to lead software development
on a DDoS mitigation infrastructure <https://deflect.ca> and contribute
to tooling underpinning a censorship circumvention web browser
<https://censorship.no>. In turn, you will get exposure to and a say in
the design of current and future _defensive web technologies_
<https://github.com/deflect-ca> and _decentralized solutions_
<https://github.com/censorship-no/> for avoiding Internet censorship, as
well as personal satisfaction that your contributions create real change
for people around the world. This is a relatively fast-paced environment
with a strong sense of individual contribution and close-knit project teams.
*Job Description*
You will work on existing software code across project teams and lead
the development and release of new software systems, working with other
developers, devops and systems operation staff. Your primary
responsibilities will include building and upgrading tools to improve
attack mitigation and network service availability, performance, and
Internet censorship resilience. You will introduce and adhere to common
development processes for a variety of in-house technologies, spanning
DDoS mitigation, a clearinghouse for anomalous network behaviour and a
decentralized peer-to-peer web caching network. You will take an
“document everything” approach and publish your work as FLOSS.
*About you*
You understand the building blocks of the Internet and are familiar with
its core protocols. You value infrastructure-as-code systems and believe
in test-driven development, prototyping, fine-tuning software
configurations and performance monitoring as the primary ways to improve
an Internet- reliant product or service. You have a depth of knowledge,
experience and a passion for Internet technologies that allow you to
learn new systems relatively quickly. Also, you should have:
* 5+ years experience in Python development;
* Experience in network programming (HTTP/S, UDP, DNS) and web caching;
* Experience with multi-platform package and release management;
* Demonstrable experience deploying and managing technology using
Docker and/or Kubernetes;
* Go development experience a strong asset;
* C++ development experience an asset;
* An active appreciation for reading and writing documentation!
*Now, a little bit about us…*
<https://equalit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/eq-logo-site.jpg>eQualitie
<https://equalit.ie> is a growing technology company that puts its
principles before profits. We solve complex technical problems for
improving digital defences, introducing privacy to online activity and
enabling freedom of expression and association online. We are a
remote-first company and offer flexible working arrangements,
contributions to private health care, annual pay raises, prospects for
professional growth and social opportunities. eQualitie welcomes
applicants from all backgrounds.
<https://deflect.ca>The _Deflect project_ <https://deflect.ca> protects
website platforms from cyber attack, serving over a million people
everyday. Deployed on bare-metal infrastructure around the world,
Deflect offers web caching, secure hosting and defence-in-depth
mitigation options, including the _Baskerville_
<https://equalit.ie/portfolio/baskerville/> clearinghouse and forensic
attack investigations <https://deflect.ca/solutions/investigations/>.
<https://censorship.no>_CENO Browser_ <https://censorship.no/> is a tool
designed to circumvent the most pervasive forms of Internet censorship.
Built on Mozilla for Android and the _Ouinet libraries_
<https://github.com/equalitie/ouinet>, CENO enables users to retrieve
and share web content peer-to-peer over Bittorrent’s DHT, during periods
of heavy censorship and Internet shutdowns.
*Metadata*
* Start Date: asap
* Job Location: Montreal, Canada (remote OK)
* Job Type: 12 month contract, possibility of full-time thereafter
* Salary: 80,000 USD + benefits
* Application deadline: October 30, 2021
*How to apply:
*Please send your resume and a cover letter explaining how your
experiences and motivation match our requirements. Please make sure to
include your GitHub (or similar) profile where we can see your previous
work and/or code: *https://equalit.ie/job-post/python-software-dev/ *
<https://equalit.ie/job-post/python-software-dev/>
Hi sudo meshers!
It's been a while since we've all hung out.
A lot has changed and many of us are in different places both mentally and
physically since sudo mesh was last properly active.
That being said I feel like we still all have things that are exciting to
us relating to decentralized internet things. Maybe some old projects
should be officially shelved. Maybe people have ideas for new things they'd
like to hack on.
Let's meet up and talk about what we are excited about and what we want for
the future. If nothing else we can at least decide on a recurring time to
hang out and hack on cool stuff together.
Here are a few options for when to meet:
https://doodle.com/poll/kbmffxz6i2aib9wg?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
The hangout will be both in person at Omni and online simultaneously.
Remember that masks are required at Omni at all times. I don't believe Omni
requires vaccines but sudo room and CCL both do while sudo mesh has no
policy so I'll just personally request that people don't show up in person
if they aren't vaccinated.
--
marc/juul
The oakland internet choice initiative is picking up speed!
> The Oakland Internet Choice Coalition (OICC) is organizing to provide a
legal path requiring landlords of large multi-tenant buildings to allow
*any *qualified Internet service provider to serve their tenants.
Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan is looking for community
support in the next couple of months.
If you live in Oakland, read more about it and send her an email:
https://takeaction.salsalabs.org/oicc0
I think passing this ordinance is going to be a really important step to
support independent ISPs in their fight against the big monopolies.
--Benny
Tweet from Monkey Brains:
https://twitter.com/monkeybrainsnet/status/1192505705728598016
And from EFF:
https://act.eff.org/action/bring-choice-to-oakland-f765c0b9-89ea-4dac-ac4d-…
