We are always looking for talented Debian contributors who embrace our mission statement and our values. If you are among them, and in particular if you fit in one ore more of the roles described below, please reach out to the Freexian managers. Feel free to join a cover letter and a resume detailing diplomas or professional experiences you deem relevant.
Note that we expect all Freexian collaborators to be official Debian members. If you don’t have that status yet, ideally you have some history of contributions and you should be willing to apply to Debian’s new member process.
Also be aware that people applying for a technical position typically must have the skills required to help with our LTS and ELTS services, and must be willing to work part-time on security updates for old versions of Debian (see Software developer role below).
Open positions
Project Manager and Program Manager
What you’ll be doing:
- Helping the business scale and grow, especially as we add more collaborators
- Helping Freexian deliver on its organizational goals and strategic plan
- Manage both customer and internal projects, and staff them with collaborators
- Ensure collaborators feel well and know their priorities
- Ensure our services meet the needs of our customers
What we’re looking for:
- Experience in managing projects, programs, or people
- Experience working in asynchronous environments
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work independently
- A desire to help Debian and open source succeed
Other helpful background experiences include:
- Grant writing, especially for open source software
- Doing enterprise sales and support
- Marketing
- Multi-lingual, particularly speaking and writing in French or other EU languages
Who should apply:
- Debian developers (uploading or non-uploading)
- Existing Debian contributors who are not yet Debian developers but would like to go through the Debian new member process
- Bonus points for non-uploading DDs that already contribute to Debian teams like the Debian publicity team
- Anyone from a marginalized or diverse background or community
Even if you don’t feel you are a perfect candidate, we encourage you to apply. Please reach out to us at gerants@freexian.com, and let us know!
Positions with regular recruitment
Software developer
We need developers who are able to provide security updates for our customers. Requirements:
- have a good understanding of computer security issues;
- be able to read and write code in many different programming languages;
- know Debian packaging and Debian security-related processes.
Developers will also be tasked to build Freexian’s internal infrastructure and new service offerings. Our software stack is based on Python (and Django for the web part).
Debian expert
We need Debian experts that have a broad experience in IT and building custom solutions with Debian. We have customers that are looking for our help to:
- audit their infrastructure and workflows, often in relationship with building their own derivative;
- troubleshoot problems;
- package software for Debian;
- better interact with Debian;
- get advice on new projects, etc.