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Join the saff.
Build it with us.

First Saff is small and run on very little. If you'd like to give some of your time and skill to the masjids near you, and to masjids you'll never visit, there's a place in the row for you.

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There are no paid roles right now. Every role here is volunteer.
Volunteer roles

Find your place
in the row

All remote, all in your own time. Pick one, or tell us what you're good at and we'll find a fit.

Community ambassador

Be First Saff's friend in your city. Tell masjids about it, help committees claim their page, and tell us what your area needs.

Your cityOutreach

Masjid data volunteer

Add missing masjids, give real names to ones that only say "Masjid", and confirm times and facilities with the people who pray there.

AnywhereDetail-minded

Translator

Help bring the app to more languages, such as Malayalam, Urdu, Arabic and Bengali. Natural, careful wording matters more than speed.

LanguagesWriting

Designer

Screens, glyphs, store art and print pieces for masjid noticeboards, in the app's calm design language.

Product designIllustration

Engineer

React Native and Expo for the app, Postgres and Supabase for the data. Small, well-scoped pieces of work you can finish.

ExpoPostgresSupabase

Islamic content reviewer

Check duas, hadith references and Islamic wording in the app for accuracy and respect, with sources.

KnowledgeReview

Moderator

Look at reported posts, photos and fundraisers, and decide fairly using our community guidelines.

Fair-mindedTrust and safety

Something else?

Writing, photography, talking to organisations, teaching others to use it. Tell us what you're good at.

Your idea
How we work

Remote, unhurried
and credited

We work the way the app is meant to feel: calm, clear and kind. You give what time you can; we make it count.

Remote and async

Work from anywhere, in your own time. No meetings you have to make.

Small, clear pieces

Tasks with a clear end, so an evening here and there adds up.

Credit for contributors

Your name on what you made, if you'd like it there.

Same values as the app

Honest, kind and private. People's data is an amanah for us too.

What you get

Why people
give their time

Not a salary, but not nothing either.

Learning

Real product work with real feedback, across design, code, data and community.

Credit

Work you can point to and talk about, with your name on it.

Reward with Allah

Helping people reach the masjid and each other. The reward is with Allah, insha'Allah.

Something real

What you make goes into the live app that people open on their way to the masjid.

Apply

Take your place
in the row

  1. Tell us about youWho you are, what you'd like to do and roughly how much time you have.
  2. We write backA real person reads every note and replies, with a first small task if there's a fit.
  3. Start at your own paceDo it, tell us how it went, and pick the next one if you'd like.

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