About this team and role:
The Firefox Application Security Team sits at the center of Firefox security, working on fundamental security projects that span from architecture hardening, security research, to web security. We apply foundational platform improvements as well as automation to scale our work such that it serves all of Firefox and hundreds of millions of users worldwide.
What you’ll do:
- Secure the web and the web browsing experience for hundreds of millions of users.
- Get mentorship from seasoned web/security experts.
- Learn and partake in regular team processes that help secure a mature product.
- Improve or automate existing team processes using Python.
- Implement or expand web security features in Firefox using C++.
- Work with the wider open source community.
- Have the possibility to propose and drive your own projects.
What you’ll bring:
- Experience in web development and version control systems.
- Experience in programming with Python and practices for secure software development.
- Fluency in English and enjoyment of conducting software engineering work in the open.
- Enrollment in a university in Germany and willingness to occasionally visit our office in Berlin.
Bonus points for:
- Experience with C/C++ and familiarity with the concept of memory safety.
- Contributions to open source projects or other group projects.
- Understanding of web security and security APIs, like Content Security Policy or Subresource Integrity.