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"Putting power in people's hands to pursue their own aspirations is how humanity has made the most progress. Novel ideas and major steps forward rarely originate from established institutions alone. They came from the brothers in a bicycle shop who believed people could fly, the bookbinder's apprentice with no schooling who figured out how to generate electricity, and the kid in a garage who thought personal computers could be for everyone. We believe this will continue to be true. As everyone gains more powerful tools, each person will become more capable of shaping the future, not less."
Let's just hope nobody's aspiration is to engineer a supervirus that will kill all of humanity. As they gain more powerful tools, they will become more capable of shaping the future, not less!
Well, 20 years later and actively coding for a living, count me as having been inspired - Thank you Molly!!
Make an impact in the world of mental health by becoming part of the UpLift team. We're an early-stage startup that aims to help millions of people overcome depression with our interactive digital program. We are looking for an experienced software developer to join us as a core member of our small team with big dreams.
In this role, you will be architecting new software from the ground up, replatforming existing applications, and growing the product in new and exciting ways. You'll take on a leadership role in the team, work on a daily basis with the CEO, and come up with ideas that will substantially shape our product. Most importantly, you'll be working on a product that directly helps people overcome depression.
We're a startup that's fundamentally focused on doing good with our lives - we were founded out of the Effective Altruism movement, which uses reason and evidence to do the most amount of good for the world.
What you'll do:
- Work as a core member of our team to shape the direction of the program
- Build both iOS and Android mobile applications using Swift and Kotlin
- Improve existing projects with JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Ruby
- Set the technical direction for and own the implementation of products you will build from scratch
- Lead and manage the team’s engineering workflows and assist with administration/configuration of related tools and processes
- Provide technical mentorship and share expertise with teammates
- Establish coding best practices
- Perform code reviews
- Work effectively in our Agile product development framework
To learn more or apply, please email [email protected] with your resume and 1-2 sentences on why you're interested.