Motivation:
- Are you passionate about Firefox and the open Web?
- Do you want your contributions to have a positive impact on the world?
- Do you want the Web to be more secure by bringing state of the art web privacy features to everyone?
Your Professional Profile
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field focusing on security, privacy, or software development
- Strong communication skills and proficiency in English
- Enthusiasm for conducting software engineering work in the open
- Basic knowledge of core web technologies and how browsers work at a high level
- An understanding of, and passion for, privacy and security on the web
- Experience with programming in C/C++ or JavaScript
- Drive for learning and delivering fundamental work across the entire stack
Examples of projects and responsibilities
- Automating, triaging, diagnosing and fixing web compatibility issues caused by Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection
- Owning, delivering, prototyping or improving smaller-scale privacy-improving projects such as Copy Clean Link
- Working to improve Protections UI, Site Identity, Site Permissions and Certificate Errors surfaces across Firefox
- Consolidating and improving telemetry dashboards
- Mitigating tracking, security or privacy issues
- Collaborating with and learning from senior engineers to deliver more complex projects
Bonus Points:
- Actively contributed to the Mozilla mission and the codebase
- Experience advancing or collaborating on open-source initiatives
- Proficiency with SQL