Volunteer Software Engineer

We're building a set of small, practical and scalable projects that start with open source addiction recovery, then rolling into loneliness and basic nutrition, and eventually into local statistics for people to rally around.

We’re looking for as many developers as possible who solve technical problems and instinctively reach for the simplest reliable solution -- ideally static, boring, cheap, and hard to kill.

Any programming language -- from Svelte to C to Lisp and anything in between -- will be useful for these projects.

• Please note this is a volunteering role for a not-for-profit and is completely unpaid
• It is open to everyone around the world, but there is not a migration pathway to Australia here. I'm sorry.
• We will not make you jump through interviews, or make you 'prove' yourself, either.

There's only one interview, and only for saying hello and learning what you're interested in.

We aim to give you practical and purpose-driven tasks -- and friends around the world who are going through all of this too -- that might make life less lonely, too.

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Most people globally are afflicted by addiction, loneliness or malnutrition.

We propose outcome-focused campaigns to create a more local world, and provide statistics for young people, then everyone, to rally around.

quiteasily -- provides completely free addiction cessation, using logical and effective approaches that cure people without using willpower. Less addiction creates calmer people, who spread these resources and other peaceful campaigns further.

learnskills -- upskills people by collating resources to learn useful skills (cooking, hiking, studying, socialising, or even attraction) that are generalised and encompassing, but particularly beneficial for people quitting isolating or desensiting addictions.

reasonable recipes -- shares nutritional recipes and an ethos on inexpensive and scientifically sound foods that improve health, such as potatoes and high-density food groups.

Calm College -- invites university students on campuses to share events, find people and create community using focused local tools.

hexagons -- organises the world into understandable data so that interested interdisciplinary university and local communities can combat statistics, together.

peaceful passport -- gives anonymous identity and reputation to volunteers and prevents co-opting.

scalablecampaigns -- helps communities build and create a more local world, together.

Each campaign assists the others: someone might stick posters inside of their school or university bathrooms, sharing addiction cessation resources, calming their communities, and links the other movements; this anonymous action signals in-group participation and movement in the real world.

Asking people for smaller actions, such as posters in bathrooms, means each campaign spreads quickly from very few people, and is uncensorable.

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You'll receive a comprehensive strategic document, and an onboarding call to get to know you, and a small team of frens. You're a volunteer, not an intern; we're grateful for your skillset.

You will not need to prove yourself or prepare for a call in any way: please expect a friendly conversation instead.

You're welcome to message fraserpatterson on discord, or at fraserpatterson@peacefulfoundation.org

You can also contact +61 405 970 960 on Signal or via phone.