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Element • London, United Kingdom

Fullstack Developer - EMS - Element Matrix Services (Worldwide Remote)

Employment type:  Full time

Remote-first

Fully flexible hours

Dog friendly

Job Description

Who We Are

Element is the startup which employs the core team behind matrix.org— the leading project for secure, open decentralised communication.

Matrix’s mission is to make messaging as open as email— allowing everyone to choose where their data is hosted, enjoy private conversations thanks to advanced encryption, and ultimately be in control of their own communication.

Matrix powers Element, our flagship messaging apps for the web, iOS & Android, along with Element Matrix Services (EMS), our SaaS platform for personal & professional use.

We build things for everyone, and we know we can’t succeed without a diverse team. Our hiring process is designed to be humane and give candidates the best chance to show us what you can do. If we ever fall down on this, please let us know.

The Role

You'll spend most of your time working on EMS, our SaaS platform for personal & professional use. You can take a look at our Synapse homeserver code here. Give it a spin!

EMS has already been adopted by organisations including Mozilla, KDE, Tezos, Tadhack & many more.

This role is about improving the features, performance and reliability of our EMS platform, as well as generally making it as easy as possible for anyone to access secure, decentralised communication software. Do check out our public roadmap.

Our backend is written in Go (Dendrite, Scalar) and as well as Python (Synapse) and Node.js (Bridges), whilst on the frontend, React and JavaScript.

Since (almost) everything we do is open source you can get a great feel for exactly what it would be like to work on EMS, why not join our developer channel at #EMS:matrix.org to provide a window into the core team and the community. Come and say hi!

The core of the EMS team work from our London HQ, where this role will be based. We are open to remote applications, though you would need to be based in a European (or nearby) timezone.

Requirements

The most important thing is that you believe passionately in the mission of decentralisation of the internet. More specifically that you believe that communications should not be centralised in the hands of a small number of very large organisations and instead individuals should control their own data and choose who they share it with.

Additionally we are looking for someone who is:

  • Smart, curious and enthusiastic
  • Likes to ship early and often
  • Likes to write tests :)
  • A tireless advocate of code quality (understanding the need for trade-offs in the short term whilst keeping us honest in the long term)
  • Enjoys working in an Agile/Lean development environment
  • Is articulate and empathetic.
  • Is comfortable with the pace, trade offs and ambiguity of an early stage startup (specifically: how to take care of yourself and get your work done without working crazy hours).

Your experience

We don’t have hard requirements, we just want to build the best possible team, but as a bonus it would be great if some of the following are true.

  • Experience with JavaScript and React (and to a lesser extent Go)
  • Experience of building web applications
  • Experience maintaining and/or contributing to open source projects
  • Experience working in a continuous delivery environment

If you have any questions before making an application reach out to Mischa (@mischawalmsley:matrix.org) via https://app.element.io/

Benefits

Our general approach is to treat people like adults and acknowledge that by being flexible we create an environment for people to do their best work. For more details here is our manifesto. That said specific points that differentiate us.

  • Work on FOSS projects with high visibility and a large enthusiastic community
  • Since our technology is relevant to anything that requires real-time comms, the role provides exposure to a wide range of domains from web and app dev through to VR, VoIP and IoT.
  • Family friendly environment, many of the team have small children and we look to accommodate that as best we can.
  • People tend to stay with the company for a long time, we take this as a sign that we have a cohesive supportive culture, that we have engaging challenging work and that people can develop their skills and careers here for the long term.

We build things for everyone, and we know we can’t succeed without a diverse team. Our hiring process is designed to be considerate and give candidates the best chance to show us what you can do. If we ever fall down on this, please let us know.

Element does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Sabbaticals
Work from anywhere scheme
Enhanced sick pay
Pregnancy loss leave

The FlexScore® is the result of a rigorous 2-step verification of a company’s flexibility

First we assess the flexibility options Element provides and then we anonymously survey a statistically significant proportion of their employees to make sure Element is as flexible as they say they are. Our assessment is based on the six key elements of flexibility: location, hours, autonomy, benefits, role modelling and work-life balance.

We ask the hard questions so you don’t have to.

Working at Element

Company employees

115

Gender diversity (male:female:non-binary)

83:16:1

Office locations

London, UK and Rennes, France

Funding levels

$48,100,000

Hiring Countries

France
United Kingdom

Awards & Achievements

Saas & Dev Software

Saas & Dev Software

Industry awards 2022