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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
Your job would be to work on all aspects of the main Tor network daemon
and other open-source software.
+
This would be a contractor position starting in 2013 (with plenty of
work to keep you busy), with the possibility of 2014 and beyond.
@@ -24,22 +25,23 @@ Any candidate must:
-- Have extensive experience in C, and several other programming
- languages. At least 5 years experience with C is probably necessary
- for the level of expertise we want; most people would need more.
-- Have a solid understanding of issues surrounding secure C programming.
-- Be comfortable working from home (or wherever your preferred
- Internet connection is).
-- Be familiar and experienced with nonblocking, event-driven networking
- programs.
-- Be comfortable and experienced with interacting with users online.
-- Be comfortable and experienced with driving the entire lifecycle
- of a new feature in an existing piece of software, from design to
- implementation to testing.
-- Be comfortable and experienced getting code and design reviewed,
- and reviewing the code and design of others.
-- Be comfortable with transparency: as a non-profit, everything we do
- is in public, including your name and pay rate.
+ - Have extensive experience in C, and several other programming
+ languages. At least 5 years experience with C is probably
+ necessary for the level of expertise we want; most people would
+ need more.
+ - Have a solid understanding of issues surrounding secure
+ C programming.
+ - Be comfortable working remotely.
+ - Be familiar and experienced with nonblocking, event-driven
+ networking programs.
+ - Be comfortable and experienced with interacting with users online.
+ - Be comfortable and experienced with driving the entire
+ lifecycle of a new feature in an existing piece of software,
+ from design to implementation to testing.
+ - Be comfortable and experienced getting code and design
+ reviewed, and reviewing the code and design of others.
+ - Be comfortable with transparency: as a non-profit, everything
+ we do is in public, including your name and pay rate.
@@ -47,32 +49,35 @@ An ideal candidate would also:
-- Know enough of the basics of cryptography in order to understand
- how to implement our protocols and discuss changes to them. (Actually
- implementing block ciphers and stuff like that isn't necessary.)
-- Know enough about networking in order to understand how to implement
- our protocols and discuss changes to them.
-- Have experience with high-performance networking code.
-- Have experience with open-source software development, including
- working with distributed teams across different time-zones containing
- employees and volunteers of differing skill levels over email and IRC.
-- Have basic familiarity with distributed version control systems.
-- Have contributed significant chunks of code to multiple
- open-source projects in the past.
-- Genuinely be excited about Tor and our values.
+ - Know enough of the basics of cryptography in order to
+ understand how to implement our protocols and discuss changes
+ to them. (Actually implementing block ciphers and stuff like
+ that isn't necessary.)
+ - Know enough about networking in order to understand how to
+ implement our protocols and discuss changes to them.
+ - Have experience with high-performance networking code.
+ - Have experience with open-source software development,
+ including working with distributed teams across different
+ time-zones containing employees and volunteers of differing
+ skill levels over email and IRC.
+ - Have basic familiarity with distributed version control
+ systems.
+ - Have contributed significant chunks of code to multiple
+ open-source projects in the past.
+ - Genuinely be excited about Tor and our values.
-Being a core Tor developer includes triaging,
-diagnosing, and fixing bugs; looking for and resolving security
-issues; and working collaboratively with coworkers and volunteers
-on implementing new features and protocol changes at every stage from
-design to maintenance. We'd also need help making our code more scalable,
-testable, and maintainable. Sometimes, we need to drop everything and
-scramble to implement last-minute anticensorship schemes, or to deploy
-urgent security updates. You'd also be reviewing other people's code and
-designs, and looking for ways to improve it. For an idea of the
-breadth and depth of the work you'd be doing, have a look at the
ChangeLog file from the Tor source distribution.
@@ -82,13 +87,13 @@ Other notes:
-- Tor developers don't have an office; you can work from wherever you
- want, in basically any country. You'll need to be comfortable in
- this environment! We coordinate via IRC, email, and bug trackers.
-- Academic degrees are great, but not required if you have the right
- experience.
-- We only write free (open source) software, and we don't believe in
- software patents.
+ - You'll need to be comfortable in this environment! We
+ coordinate via IRC, instant messaging, email, and bug
+ trackers.
+ - Academic degrees are great, but not required if you have
+ the right experience.
+ - We only write free and open source software, and we don't
+ believe in software patents.
@@ -96,28 +101,29 @@ How to apply:
-- Link to a sample of code you've written in the past that you're
- allowed to show us.
-- Provide a CV explaining your background, experience, skills, and
- other relevant qualifications.
-- List some people who can tell us more about you: these references
- could be employers or coworkers, open source projects, etc.
-- Email the above to jobs at torproject.org.
+ - Link to a sample of code you've written in the past that
+ you're allowed to show us.
+ - Provide a CV explaining your background, experience, skills,
+ and other relevant qualifications.
+ - List some people who can tell us more about you: these
+ references could be employers or coworkers, open source projects,
+ etc.
+ - Email the above to jobs at torproject.org.
About the company:
The Tor Project is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to research,
development, and education about online anonymity and privacy. The Tor
- network's 3000 volunteer relays carry 14 Gbps for upwards of half a million
- daily users, including ordinary citizens who want protection from identity
- theft and prying corporations, corporations who want to look at a
- competitor's website in private, people around the world whose Internet
- connections are censored, and even governments and law enforcement. Tor has
- a staff of 14 paid developers, researchers, and advocates, plus many dozen
- volunteers who help out on a daily basis. Tor is funded in part by
- government research and development grants, and in part by individual and
- corporate donations.
+ network's 3000 volunteer relays carry 14 Gbps for upwards of half a
+ million daily users, including ordinary citizens who want protection
+ from identity theft and prying corporations, corporations who want
+ to look at a competitor's website in private, people around the world
+ whose Internet connections are censored, and even governments and law
+ enforcement. Tor has a staff of 14 paid developers, researchers, and
+ advocates, plus many dozen volunteers who help out on a daily basis. Tor
+ is funded in part by government research and development grants, and
+ in part by individual and corporate donations.