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I think you'd have a good time doing GSOC, though I think this year's already gone...

Something else that could be done, though I'm not sure how UK unis work, is that you could look for research openings around labs, C is pretty often around legacy research code.

I think the last thing, crypto companies. As someone said, the general market isn't too great right now, crypto bros are the most open minded people regarding employment. Specially if you can contribute to their OSS projects.