<p>The Briar project is looking for help! We need people to contribute to all aspects of the project, including design, development, documentation, translation and testing.</p>
<p>If you're a UX designer or a Java developer, we'd love to hear from you - we're happy to provide guidance or mentoring for less experienced developers. Knowledge of Android or Swing would be especially useful.</p>
<p>We're also looking for people who can help with technical documentation, user documentation, translations and testing.</p>
<p>Briar is hiring! We're looking for two developers and a user experience designer to take the project from its current beta state to a 1.0 release. <ahref='hiring.html'>Please see our hiring page for more information.</a></p>
<p>We're also looking for volunteers to contribute to all aspects of the project, including design, development, documentation, translation and testing. We're happy to provide guidance or mentoring for less experienced contributors.</p>
<p>If you're interested in getting involved or following the progress of the project, please <ahref="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/briar-devel">join the development mailing list</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to support from the <ahref='https://www.opentech.fund/'>Open Technology Fund</a>, the Briar project is hiring two developers and a user experience designer to take the project from its current beta state to a 1.0 release. Please spread the word and help us find great people to fill these exciting roles!</p>
<h4>Android developer</h4>
<p>December 2015 - May 2016, full-time or part-time</p>
<p>Essential skills:</p>
<ul>
<li>Experienced Android developer</li>
<li>Material Design experience</li>
<li>Familiar with git</li>
<li>Good communicator</li>
<li>Used to working in a lean/agile team</li>
<li>Experience of remote working</li>
</ul>
<p>Desirable skills:</p>
<ul>
<li>Mobile security</li>
<li>Networking and Bluetooth</li>
</ul>
<h4>Java developer</h4>
<p>December 2015 - May 2016, full-time or part-time</p>
<p>Essential skills:</p>
<ul>
<li>Experienced Java developer</li>
<li>Strong concurrent programming skills</li>
<li>Test-driven development experience</li>
<li>Familiar with git</li>
<li>Good communicator</li>
<li>Used to working in a lean/agile team</li>
<li>Experience of remote working</li>
</ul>
<p>Desirable skills:</p>
<ul>
<li>SQL and JDBC</li>
<li>Network protocols and cryptography</li>
</ul>
<h4>User experience designer</h4>
<p>February - May 2016, full-time</p>
<p>Essential skills:</p>
<ul>
<li>Experienced mobile UX designer</li>
<li>Usability testing experience</li>
<li>Material Design experience</li>
<li>Good communicator</li>
<li>Used to working in a lean/agile team</li>
<li>Experience of remote working</li>
</ul>
<p>Desirable skills:</p>
<ul>
<li>Mobile security</li>
<li>Social/messaging apps</li>
<li>Agile product owner</li>
</ul>
<p>All roles will involve working remotely with a team based in the GMT timezone.</p>
<p>If you're interested in any of these positions, please email <ahref="mailto:contact@briarproject.org">contact@briarproject.org</a> [<ahref="keys/contact.asc">PGP key</a>].</p>