Archivematica Maintainer
Artefactual Systems Inc.

Location: Surrey, British Columbia (Remote)
Compensation: $70,000 - $96,000

Artefactual Systems Inc. (https://www.artefactual.com/) provides archival management and digital preservation products and services to the cultural memory sector using open source software. We help to ensure that our international client base is able to care for the evidence of
the past so that it can be trusted in the future. Though founded and still based in British Columbia, Canada, we have staff across Canada, the US, Spain, the UK, and El Salvador. We ground all our work in 4 core values: openness, collaboration, sustainability, and trustworthiness.

Description and Duties    

Working in a specialized team of developers, successful candidates will focus on maintenance and stability in the Archivematica code base and related projects. You will develop deep knowledge and expertise of Archivematica on a technical level and support our clients' use of it by writing code for fixes and enhancements, implementing dependency upgrades, determining operating system compatibility and addressing complex client support incidents. You will also engage with open source Archivematica community users on a technical level.

Archivematica Maintainers will report to the Software, Architecture and Development Manager and collaborate closely with the support staff who will guide product management decisions and communicate priorities for software enhancements. Maintainers provide specialized knowledge to support staff that is critical to the success of our hosted and on-premise Archivematica customers.

Responsibilities

Responsible for ensuring a stable Archivematica codebase to be used in Artefactual products and services


Enhancements and defect fixes

• Writes code to fix bugs or implement enhancements to Archivematica as necessary for the support staff
• Investigates security issues in the Archivematica code base or related projects as reported by Artefactual staff or community members
• Responds to community pull requests

Releases and upgrades

• Manage dependencies and operating system compatibility for Archivematica to meet the needs of Artefactual customers.
• Prepares releases of Archivematica; collaborates with the support staff to test releases and deploy to customers.

Technical support

• Diagnoses complex support incidents from the support staff, identifying root causes and potential solutions.
• Engages on a technical level with the community, as time allows

Job skills and qualifications

Must have

• Demonstrable experience as a paid developer
• Experience with Python
• Proficiency with Gitlab and/or Github
• Self-starting and self-motivated
• Works great in a team setting
• Good communication skills in English
• Comfortable and productive in a Linux development and deployment environment
• At least 4 hours overlap with 8am-4pm Pacific Standard Time
• Legally able to work in Canada

Nice to have

• Experience supporting and maintaining the Archivematica code base
• Experience with Weblate
• Experience troubleshooting and diagnosing software defects
• Experience preparing software releases
• Experience working in open source software projects and communities

You will be working with

• Python
• Django
• Elasticsearch
• MySql/Sqlite
• Gearman
• Ubuntu LTS
• Red Hat-based Linux Distributions
• The Archivematica ecosystem of projects and external software tools

 
How to Apply: Please send your CV and cover letter to jobs@artefactual.com
Application Webpage (URL): https://www.artefactual.com/jobs/

Application Deadline: Dec 12, 2022

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