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text-align: center; font-size: 18px;" class="imgright"> <p><img src="https://www.fsf.org/resources/jobs/trio.png" alt="" title="" /></p> <p><a href="/resources/jobs/new/employersection/">Post a new job</a> — usual price $250/30 days</p> </div> <p>It's a place where employers tired of sifting through dozens of candidates who don't get it come to advertise, knowing the few applications they get will be the right ones.</p> <p>The job postings listed are written by the people hiring, and are not necessarily reflective of the Free Software Foundation. All jobs must relate to free software positions.</p> <p>Who says you can't get paid for doing what you love?</p> <h3>Testimonials</h3> <p>Lucas C. Wagner, of Spindletop Software Dynamics, Inc. says:</p> <blockquote>"The GNU jobs page represents, to me, one of the easiest and most effective ways to post jobs that require the knowledge and expertise of the free software community at large..." </blockquote> </div> <dl> <dt class=""> <span class="summary"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/resources/jobs/senior-sre-database-engineer-at-infomaniak" class="contenttype-document state-published url">Senior SRE Database Engineer at Infomaniak</a> </span> <span class="documentByLine"> — <span> by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/author/fsfweb">Free Software Foundation</a> </span> — last modified Dec 13, 2024 04:48 PM </span> </dt> <dd> <span class="description">Infomaniak is seeking a Senior SRE Database Engineer in Geneva. </span> </dd> <dt class=""> <span class="summary"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/resources/jobs/sre-network-engineer-at-infomaniak" class="contenttype-document state-published url">SRE Network Engineer at Infomaniak </a> </span> <span class="documentByLine"> — <span> by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/author/fsfweb">Free Software Foundation</a> </span> — last modified Dec 13, 2024 04:41 PM </span> </dt> <dd> <span class="description">Infomaniak is seeking a Senior SRE Network Engineer in Geneva. </span> </dd> <dt class=""> <span class="summary"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/resources/jobs/senior-sre-online-storage-engineer-at-infomaniak" class="contenttype-document state-published url">Senior SRE Online Storage Engineer at Infomaniak</a> </span> <span class="documentByLine"> — <span> by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/author/fsfweb">Free Software Foundation</a> </span> — last modified Dec 13, 2024 04:31 PM </span> </dt> <dd> <span class="description">Infomaniak is seeking a Senior SRE Online Storage Engineer in Geneva. </span> </dd> <dt class=""> <span class="summary"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/resources/jobs/senior-sre-storage-engineer-at-infomaniak" class="contenttype-document state-published url">Senior SRE Storage Engineer at Infomaniak</a> </span> <span class="documentByLine"> — <span> by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/author/fsfweb">Free Software Foundation</a> </span> — last modified Dec 13, 2024 04:32 PM </span> </dt> <dd> <span class="description">Infomaniak is seeking a Senior SRE Storage Engineer as soon as possible in Geneva. </span> </dd> <dt class=""> <span class="summary"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/resources/jobs/software-engineer-for-gnuastro-development-european-space-agencys-arrakihs-mission" class="contenttype-document state-published url">Software engineer for Gnuastro development: European Space Agency's ARRAKIHS mission</a> </span> <span class="documentByLine"> — <span> by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/author/fsfweb">Free Software Foundation</a> </span> — last modified Dec 13, 2024 03:29 PM </span> </dt> <dd> <span class="description">Seeking a software engineer to work on Gnuastro development for Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón (CEFCA). The deadline to apply is Deadline: January 15th, 2024 (23:59 CET).</span> </dd> <dt class=""> <span class="summary"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/resources/jobs/new/employersection" class="contenttype-document state-published url">Looking for skilled and dedicated people?</a> </span> <span class="documentByLine"> — <span> by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/author/fsfweb">Free Software Foundation</a> </span> — last modified Mar 29, 2023 11:45 AM </span> </dt> <dd> <span class="description">Support the free software community while finding a great new employee. </span> </dd> <dt class=""> <span class="summary"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/resources/jobs/new/faq" class="contenttype-document state-published url">Frequently Asked Questions</a> </span> <span class="documentByLine"> — <span> by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/author/mattl">Matt Lee</a> </span> — last modified Oct 17, 2023 02:36 PM </span> </dt> <dd> </dd> <dt class=""> <span class="summary"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/resources/jobs/new/index_html" class="contenttype-document state-published url">So you want to know....</a> </span> <span class="documentByLine"> — <span> by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/author/mattl">Matt Lee</a> </span> — last modified Jul 26, 2019 12:59 PM </span> </dt> <dd> <span class="description">What's a free software job? 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