[Sudo-jobs] EFF is hiring a Web Developer!

[mark burdett]

https://www.eff.org/opportunities/jobs/web-developer

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit civil liberties 
organization based in San Francisco, is seeking a full-time programmer 
to help build web applications that protect and promote civil liberties 
in the digital world. The Web Developer will be responsible for 
improving and maintaining EFF's existing websites, creating new activism 
campaign sites and web projects, developing mobile apps for EFF's new 
Action Center, building a new free software-based solution for 
delivering messages to Congress, writing code to integrate with our 
CiviCRM database, and making sure things scale when our campaigns go 
viral. We'll also be counting on your creative ideas for future web 
projects.

EFF's web projects include content-oriented sites like 
https://www.eff.org, https://trollingeffects.org/ and 
https://ssd.eff.org/; activism campaign sites like 
https://necessaryandproportionate.org/, https://openwireless.org/, 
https://defendinnovation.org/, and https://jailbreakingisnotacrime.org/; 
our growing online database of FOIA documents at 
https://www.eff.org/issues/transparency/foia requests; traffic-heavy 
petitions that fight legislation like SOPA and CISPA; cutting-edge, 
creative tools for Internet users to take action for digital rights 
you'll develop for EFF's new Action Center; and web-centric 
liberty-enhancing projects like Panopticlick, HTTPS Everywhere and the 
SSL Observatory. You'll have opportunities to build new free software 
for the open web and contribute patches to existing software that we 
rely on.

Requirements:

  * Passion for using web technology to fight for online free speech, 
innovation and privacy
  * Working knowledge of the complete web application stack 
(application, databases and operating systems)
  * Very fluent in JavaScript and at least one major server-side 
application language (PHP preferred but not mandatory)
  * Ability to write custom web applications on demand
  * Experience building mobile-first responsive websites
  * Good knowledge of computer security, and especially web security
  * Linux command line operations and shell scripting
  * Ability to work with remote APIs and efficiently integrate them into 
web apps
  * Working knowledge of git or similar version control software
  * Appreciation of the power of good UI design and an interest in 
wielding it
  * Strong oral communication skills and enthusiasm to support and 
collaborate with multiple teams around the organization
  * Ability to prioritize and multitask in a workplace where many things 
are happening at once

Would be great:

  * Comfortable enough with contemporary front-end web development 
(HTML5, CSS3) for building attractive user interfaces
  * Experience developing mobile apps for Android and iOS
  * Knowledge of Drupal and writing Drupal modules
  * Knowledge of CiviCRM development
  * Experience working with Salsa Labs
  * Familiarity with Python
  * QA/testing tools and test-driven development
  * Experience with caching or CDNs

EFF offers outstanding benefits, including health, dental and vision 
insurance, retirement account with employer contributions, 14 paid 
holidays a year, 20 PTO days a year, and more.  Most importantly, EFF is 
an amazing place to work.  Everyone is dedicated not only to protecting 
civil liberties online, but also to creating a supportive and fun 
culture in which to do a tremendous amount of high profile work.  If you 
think you’d like to be a part of our team, please send a cover letter 
and your resume with links to some samples of your work to 
techjobs at eff.org. Please send these materials in a non-proprietary 
format.  This is a full-time position based in EFF's office in San 
Francisco, CA.  Inquiries about whether this job can be done remotely or 
part-time will not be answered.  No phone calls please!

https://www.eff.org/opportunities/jobs/web-developer

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