Careers and Contributing

The Software Is Open Source

Zafarios is school management software, and it is open source. You can read the code, run it on your own server, change it for your own school, and share what you change. Nothing about that requires our permission or a contract with us.

That also means the most useful thing you can do here is not to apply for a job. It is to run the software, find what breaks, and fix it.

How to Contribute

• Run it. Install it, put real school data through it, and see where it does not hold up.
• Report what you can reproduce. Tell us the steps you took, what you expected, and what actually happened. A report we can reproduce is worth more than a long description of a symptom.
• Send a change. Describe what the change does, and say how you tested it. We do not merge behaviour we have not seen work.
• Fix the documentation. If you had to work something out for yourself, write down what you worked out.
• Translate it. The interface is translated; a language we do not cover is a school we cannot reach.

What Makes a Change Easy to Accept

• It extends the existing implementation rather than adding a second one alongside it.
• It comes with evidence that you ran it, not only that it compiles.
• It does one thing, so it can be reviewed and reverted on its own.
• It does not claim a capability the software does not yet have.

Paid Positions

There are no confirmed paid openings at the moment. If you want to be considered when that changes, write to careers@lilit.us and tell us what you have built or which part of the codebase you have worked in. We are not running a formal application process and we cannot promise a reply.

Getting the Source

If you need access to the repository, or you have a question about the code before you start, get in touch and we will point you at it.