The Tor Project is looking for a Browser Hacker!
- 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.
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ codebases, looking for ways to alter and augment their functionality in specific, goal-oriented ways.
- 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.
- 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. -
@@ -152,7 +147,8 @@ How to apply: other relevant qualifications.
@@ -164,7 +160,7 @@ About the company:
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.