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# Revision: $Revision: 25666 $
# Translation-Priority: 3-low
#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor Project: Jobs (core developer)" CHARSET="UTF-8"
#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor Project: Jobs (browser hacker)" CHARSET="UTF-8"
<div id="content" class="clearfix">
<div id="breadcrumbs">
<a href="<page index>">Home &raquo; </a>
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<h1>The Tor Project is looking for a Browser Hacker!</h1>
<p>
Your job would be to work on Torbutton and patches to our Firefox-based
browser, as well as a potential Android port. This would be a contractor
position for the remainder of 2012 (starting as soon as you're ready and with
plenty of work to keep you busy), with the possibility of 2013 and beyond.
position for the remainder of 2012 plus Q1 2013 (starting as soon
as you're ready and with plenty of work to keep you busy), with the
possibility of later in 2013 and beyond.
</p>
<p>
@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ codebases, looking for ways to alter and augment their functionality in
specific, goal-oriented ways.</li>
<li>Be at least passingly familiar with web technologies and how the web
works, especially the same origin model and web tracking.</li>
works, especially the same-origin model and web tracking.</li>
<li>Be comfortable and experienced justifying and documenting technical
decisions for a public, world-wide technical audience.</li>
@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ browsers.</li>
<li>Be familiar with probability, statistics, and information theory.</li>
<li>Know enough about networking in to be able to visualize what HTTP 1.1
<li>Know enough about networking to be able to visualize what HTTP 1.1
looks like on the wire while encapsulated within Tor's network protocol.</li>
<li>Have experience with open-source software development, including
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<blockquote>
<p>
Being a Tor Browser Hacker includes triaging, diagnosing, and fixing bugs;
looking for and resolving web privacy issues; responding on short notice to
security issues; and working collaboratively with coworkers and volunteers on
implementing new features and web behavior changes.
implementing new features and web behavior changes.
</p>
<p>
We'd also need help making our code more maintainable, testable, and mergeable
by upstream. Sometimes, we need to drop everything and scramble to implement
last-minute fixes, or to deploy urgent security updates. You'd also be
reviewing other people's code, designs, and academic research papers, and
looking for ways to improve upon them.
</p>
<p>
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other relevant qualifications.</li>
<li>List some people who can tell us more about you: these references
could be employers or coworkers, open source projects, etc.</li>
<li>Email the above to jobs at torproject.org.</li>
<li>Email the above to jobs at torproject.org, specifying the "Browser
Hacker" position.</li>
</ul>
<p>
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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 13 paid developers, researchers, and advocates, plus many dozen
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.