Organization Description Atria is creating a community organizing platform for coalitions, alliances, and networks to collaborate effectively. The focus is on achieving collective goals efficiently by leveraging technology and connectivity. We are a civic organization ran and led by our wonderful volunteers.

Role Description This is a volunteer role for a Volunteer Software Engineer at Atria Community in Vancouver, BC (remote friendly across Canada.

The Software

Engineer will be involved in back-end web development (Python/Django), front-end development (React.js), and programming tasks to support the community organizing platform for the VFJC (Vancouver Food Justice Coalition). We currently have a team of volunteer engineers (currently 10 devs strong) to help with frontend and backend development, and we are hiring more for continuity. The ideal volunteer for this role is one that is either still in school for a Computer Science/Computer Engineering bachelor's (2nd to 5th years in a Canadian university or college such as but not limited to UBC, McGill, UofT, Western, SFU, BCIT, Langara, Douglas, etc) or have recently graduated from a bootcamp (i.e.

Lighthouse

Labs, Brainstation, etc) and looking to gain some relevant experience. There is no previous work experience necessary for this role, in fact, this role aims to help out current programming students and recent graduates faced with a tough tech job market gain some relevant experience. To be extremely clear,



this is a volunteer role and everyone in the organization including the engineering team lead and the founder are volunteering to be a part of this cause.

There is no monetary compensation in this volunteer role. At this point we will only consider candidates living in Canada (west coast to the east coast is OK!), we are not accepting volunteers from other countries thanks for understanding. We are looking for 2-3 developers to join us at this time.

There is an interview process (not technical in nature) to ensure we get volunteers with the right fit and expectations of this role. What You'll Learn Computer Science and Software Development skills

Experience in Front-End Web Development (React.js, JavaScript)

Experience in Back-End Development (Python, Django)

Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting

Problem-solving abilities

Understanding of software engineering principles

How to make an ERD

How to make a Technical Design Document

Collaborate with Notion and JIRA to ensure tasks are done

General Github skills

Active mentorship by team lead who is in tech industry The time commitment to this role is at least 2 hours a week. This is set on purpose to allow flexibility for many of you that are still in school/looking for jobs such that you can contribute but not overburden on your schedule. Every 3-4 months the team will be asked if they wish to continue volunteering with Atria.

📌 Volunteer Software Engineer Intern (Vancouver)
🏢 Atria Community
📍 Vancouver