Notices by Sovereign Tech Agency (sovtechfund@mastodon.social)

Reminder: Tech-Jobs mit echtem Impact sind selten. Bei der Sovereign Tech Agency arbeiten wir daran, digitale Infrastruktur zu stärken – für mehr Sicherheit, Innovation und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Damit schaffen wir eine stabile Grundlage für Partizipation und Demokratie.

Die Bewerbungsfrist für unsere offenen Stellen läuft noch! 📩

https://mastodon.social/@sovtechfund/113793005917699070

Reminder: Tech jobs with real impact are rare. At the Sovereign Tech Agency, we work to strengthen digital infrastructure – fostering security, innovation, and resilience to provide a stable foundation for participation and democracy.

You can still apply for our open positions! 📩

https://mastodon.social/@sovtechfund/113792992197932834

New year, new opportunities! 🎲

Join us in shaping the future of digital infrastructure! If you're passionate about strengthening open digital ecosystems and supporting the people behind the code, we want you on our team!

Apply in German or English. Open roles ⬇️

The Sovereign Tech Agency is looking for an experienced and innovative expert in #opensource #security to lead the Sovereign Tech Resilience program.

https://www.sovereign.tech/jobs/cybersecurity-program-lead #fossjobs #getfedihired

Our team is growing, that’s why the Sovereign Tech Agency is looking for a full-time or part-time back-office/administration manager to support our leadership team:

https://www.sovereign.tech/jobs/back-office-manager

We’re looking for new people to join our team and strengthen digital infrastructure in the public interest!

If you know people who might be interested, please share these jobs with them!

We are currently accepting applications for the following positions:

Our team is growing, that’s why the Sovereign Tech Agency is looking for a public interest technologist to join the Tech & Investments team:

https://www.sovereign.tech/jobs/technologist

Our team is growing, that’s why the Sovereign Tech Agency is looking for an experienced project lead or project manager with a technical background to join the Tech & Investments team:

https://www.sovereign.tech/jobs/technical-program-manager

Our team is growing, that’s why the Sovereign Tech Agency is looking for an experienced project lead or project manager to join the Tech & Investments team:

https://www.sovereign.tech/jobs/program-manager

Last week, the German parliament's digital committee convened a hearing on open source, to which Adriana Groh, CEO of the Sovereign Tech Agency, was invited to share her expert testimony and insights. Her opening statement, the full written response to the committee's questions, and the video recording of the hearing are published here: https://www.sovereign.tech/news/public-hearing-in-the-german-parliament-about-open-source

FOSS-Maintainer*innen aufgepasst: Sucht ihr nach finanzieller Unterstützung, um eure Open-Source-Projekte nachhaltig zu gestalten? Wollt ihr eure Security verbessern oder neue Contributions gewinnen?

Dann laden wir euch zu unserem Livestream ein!

🗓 Wann: Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2024
⏰ Uhrzeit: 8 - 9 Uhr Pacific | 17 - 18 Uhr CET
🔗 RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/github/events/304800194
📺 Live-Übertragung auf: GitHub YouTube | Twitch | LinkedIn

Are you a FOSS maintainer looking for financial support and to get paid for your work? Want to attract new contributors, enhance security, and boost your project’s sustainability?

Join us for an exclusive livestream featuring @senficon (Director of Developer Policy at @GitHub & former Member of the European Parliament) @dvzrv (Arch Linux package maintainer) and Adriana Groh, Founder and CEO of the Sovereign Tech Agency. (1/2)

Reminder 🔔

We’re hosting a devroom at @fosdem 2025 along with @fsfe @linuxfoundation @nlnet foundation, Probabl.ai, @PrototypeFund, and Andriy Utkin!

The "Funding the FOSS Ecosystem" devroom @FOSDEM25DevroomOnFunding is for developers to gain insights into funding strategies, and encourages funders to better understand and support developer needs in FOSS projects.

Call for participation is open until Dec 1, 2024! 💬

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/funding/

The Sovereign Tech Agency is the new home for the Sovereign Tech Fund, all our programs, and our growing team as well.

We’d like to introduce the people behind the Sovereign Tech Agency 🤗

https://www.sovereign.tech/news/meet-the-sovereign-tech-agency

Hello, World! We’re now the Sovereign Tech Agency 🎉

It’s been two years since the Sovereign Tech Fund began investing in open technologies in the public interest, and our mission has grown to be more than the “fund” in our name. The new Sovereign Tech Agency anchors digital infrastructure on the agenda and is a home for the Sovereign Tech Fund and our other programs that strengthen the open source ecosystem.

Read more: https://www.sovereign.tech/news/stf-part-of-new-sovereign-tech-agency

How effective are bug bounties in securing critical, open source infrastructure? On 30 Sep 2024 in Berlin, following a keynote by Sabine Grützmacher (MdB), Dr. Ryan Ellis will present his research and dive into FOSS, security, and the public interest with an expert panel. Details & agenda for the evening event: https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/programs/bug-resilience/research-event

We’ve set aside 30 spots for interested FOSS community members. Register here: https://events.sovereigntechfund.de/bug-resilience/

We're on our way to Open Source Summit Europe this week! Look for @krakenbuerger, @tarakiyee, Paul Sharratt, @mechko, @kelset, and @polexa in Vienna. Don't miss our talks and sessions:

✴️ Tue. 17 Sep at 11:55am: How Stakeholders Across Government, Enterprise, & Civil Society can Accelerate Open Source for Good! (Fiona) https://sched.co/1izL3

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#OSSEU #OSSEU2024 #OSSummit

On 17 June 2024, you'll be able to apply for new financing from STF. We’re looking forward to proposals from critical and foundational open source technologies, whose work strengthens the #FOSS ecosystem. Thanks to all maintainers and contributors for your #opensource engagement! https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/programs#general-investments

Interested in joining the STF team? The deadline to submit an application for the Bug Resilience Program Manager job opening is Sunday, 14 April 2024. We're looking forward to getting your applications!

https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/jobs/bug-resilience-program-manager #fossjobs #GetFediHired

Reminder: The Sovereign Tech Fund is asking #FOSS maintainers for input as we design the pilot program for a paid fellowship to support critical digital infrastructure. Help us by sharing this with maintainers you know!

The last day to submit a response is Sunday, 7 April 2024.

More: https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/foss-maintainer-fellowship-survey

Survey: https://survey.sovereigntechfund.de/968766