Hey that OS alot of people care about righ now is hiring, please consider & share to other
Qualifications
- Prior experience working on one or more of Android/AOSP-based operating systems, the Linux kernel and its hardening, memory allocators, or Android app development
- Strong programming skills in relevant languages (in order from most to least common: Java, Kotlin, C++, C, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, arm64 assembly, Bash, Python)
- Need to have enough experience to be comfortable to self direct workloads and submit finished features and fixes ready for review
- Commitment to privacy and security principles
- Ideally prior experience contributing to free and open source projects
Salary and remuneration will be commensurate with experience and aligned with industry standards. You will be employed as an independent contractor
Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
“you will be employed as an independent contractor”
Dear (US) companies: this is not “employed”. This is commissioned or mandated, depending on the contract details.
saigot@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yeah that’s a deal breaker for me too. But the flexible and non-full time hours could make it an attractive side hustle or student job. Good luck getting anyone senor though.
prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 day ago
No salary listed, they’re not getting anyone senior lmao
littleomid@feddit.org 1 day ago
No normal student can do all that is listed.
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 day ago
well by employed they mean they don’t want to pay contracted rates but they also don’t want to pay for benefits. so employ pay and contractor benefits.
Unusable3151@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Yeah, this is such an anti-labor thing for them to do. I hate seeing stuff like this in general, but from open-source projects it hurts way more.
Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I get where you’re coming from. I highly respect this project for its privacy push and it’s sadly a good example of “not all issues have the same priority”.
I honestly can see them just not being able to handle the business risk of a full employee would bring or several other reasons why it’s “okay” from their perspective. I now basically have to choose between two subjects that I find important.
For me I came to the conclusion that I still wish them the best - I can’t hold them to a standard ass high as the corporate world personally, let alone one higher.
l3db3tt3r@piefed.social 1 day ago
I don’t know if there’s really a better way to manage this need. They need a pretty niche specialized developer, so you have to cast a pretty wide net (globally, mind you) for remote work.
1) It’s a pretty small global team.
2) How would they financially/legally manage the burden of tax/benefit/workers rights across all boarders; especially as a non-profit.
Yes, people should know what they are getting into, with independent contractor work.
I just think there is (probably) some nuance to this particular case; where hiring people on as an employee doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Heh I literally at the same time you posted answered to someone else that I think I er where I’m coming from.
Personally my issue is more with the framing (“looking for an employee”) than with the fact that they want/need a contractor.
I still wish them the best and would encourage everyone qualified to put their energy into a project like this rather than … Close to anything else!
locuester@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
An independent contractor IS employed. They’re employed by themselves. Self-employed. So if you’re doing work for them, you are employed as an independent contractor doing work for them.
I think it’s pretty clear what they mean. Could have just said “you’ll be paid as a contractor and receive a 1099 (if USA) or 1042-A (non USA)” tho
Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
They are employed by themselves. They are not employed AS anything else. You have it right just your conclusion is inconsistent.
It’s for me not about the wording of the last paragraph by the way but about the context and requirements list which makes the impression (to me) of offering an employee/employer relationship which is only broken up in the last line. That’s the part I really don’t like.
This kind of advertisement would be illegal in Germany btw as it would encourage pseudo self employment: someone self employed who is relying on one client only. (And no, not exaggerated: I’ve a legal department at least pull job description from the tech dept similar to this).