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Volunteer position: Logos Circles Technical Steward

The Institute of Free Technology (IFT) is a mission-driven tech startup studio that supports the development of open-source projects focused on safeguarding civil liberties in the digital age. They provide financial, technical, legal, and operational support to a portfolio of projects including Status, Logos, and Waku.

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Employee count: 201-500

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About Logos

Logos is a movement to rebuild civil society using decentralised technologies. Logos is a sovereign, decentralised technology stack that allows for the creation of new types of corruption-resistant social institutions. It is designed to champion personal liberties and collective abundance through upgrading human governance.

As an open source movement, we need coders, creatives, and anyone passionate to help us build, own, and govern it.

Circles initiative

Logos Circles are self-organised groups that take action to solve issues that matter locally. They are a form of parallel governance: instead of reforming broken or rigged institutions, they build better ones that live on or are sustained by the network. Circles respond to local needs, build trust on the ground through solving problems, and experiment with real-world applications of Logos tech and values.

Upcoming circles near you.

We are looking for Volunteers that are passionate about the use of technology to provide alternate forms of governance.

You will commit to

  • At least 2 hours per week for a minimum of 6 months, though one year is preferable.
  • Facilitate meetups, introduce Logos, and help guide the group toward action.
  • Create space for others to contribute, grow, and take ownership over time.
  • Project manage the delivery of winnable issues
  • Spread the Logos love
  • Coordinate with core contributors from Logos

We will commit to

  • Provide training on the Logos stack and how it works
  • Provide training and support on how circles are organised
  • Have a dedicated “buddy” from our internal contributors who will be your POC
  • Provide support during the circles
  • Help in finding a location for the circle's meetings
  • Fund basic needs for each Circle, such as food, location and other costs.

Requirements

  • Fluency in English
  • Be aligned with the Logos mission
  • Have enough free time to dedicate to the circles
  • Have a sufficient level of technological knowledge so you can understand how the Logos stack works
  • Be passionate about social issues and have desire to be part of the change

Application process

Please attach or write a cover letter in the provided box telling us about yourself and your motivation for becoming a circle organiser. Put any information that could be relevant - similar causes you have supported; previous experience organising events; technology knowledge/involvement.

Once we have reviewed the application, we will contact you via email.

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About Institute of Free Technology

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We are the Institute of Free Technology (IFT), a mission-driven tech startup studio that emerged from Status, which we, Jarrad Hope and Carl Bennetts, founded in 2017. Our initial goal with Status was to enable the free flow of information and protect the right to private, secure conversations. However, as we delved deeper, we recognized gaps in the existing infrastructure needed to fully realize these values. This realization led to an expansion of our project's scope and ultimately, the formation of IFT and the startups it now incubates. Our core mission is to support the development, adoption, and accessibility of solutions to digital age problems. We are guided by a strong set of principles: liberty, censorship resistance, security, privacy, and inclusivity. We actively seek to connect with and support innovators who are dedicated to defending our digital rights.

At IFT, we provide comprehensive support to take ideas from the drawing board to market. This includes financial backing, technical expertise, legal guidance, people operations, and brand-building assistance at every stage. We empower our startups to concentrate on their core strength: building public goods designed to safeguard civil liberties in the digital age. Our portfolio of open source projects is continually growing and currently includes prominent names like Status, Logos, Codex, Waku, Nimbus, Nomos, and Keycard. As a team, IFT has been completely distributed since its inception. We boast a strong core of over 220 contributors from diverse backgrounds, spread across the globe. We are deeply passionate about open source, and our organizational structure reflects this with minimal hierarchy and no fixed work hours. We champion a high degree of autonomy, encouraging our team members to work independently while aligning with the organization's overarching priorities.

Employee benefits

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Co-working space

Access to co-working spaces is provided.

Unlimited vacation

We offer unlimited vacation to our contributors.

Entirely remote

Our team is completely distributed since inception.

Flexible working hours

Our organizational structure has minimal hierarchy and no fixed work hours.

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Institute of Free Technology

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201-500 employees

Founded in

2017

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Jarrad Hope, Carl Bennetts

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