At a Glance
- Tasks: Join the Firefox team to implement Storage Encryption and drive innovative projects.
- Company: Be part of a leading tech company focused on open-source solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, flexible work options, and opportunities for skill development.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with great potential for career advancement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on web security while working with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Strong C++ skills and experience with browser-engine codebases required.
The predicted salary is between 49500 - 60500 $ per year.
The role
You will help the Firefox DOM LWS team to implement tasks for Storage Encryption everywhere, helping to drive the in-progress project through to completion .
Responsibilities
- Contributing to delivering Storage Encryption Everywhere in Gecko, which may include tasks such as migrating data between schemas, implementing data storage in PBM and integration testing.
- Write and pass Web Platform Tests, and add Gecko tests as needed.
- Work through code review with the relevant Gecko module owners and iterate to landing.
- Surface and help resolve any specification questions the implementation raises.
- Shepherd the feature through Nightly, Beta, and Release. Fix correctness, performance issues and regressions.
- Definition of done
Ship Storage Encryption Everywhere to release channel. Fix triaged and prioritized issues.
- Required qualifications
- Strong C++.
- Substantial experience in a browser-engine codebase, ideally Firefox/Gecko.
- Substantial experience in databases.
- Familiarity with web standards and Web Platform Tests.
- Strong debugging and optimization in a multithreaded codebase.
- Comfort working in the open: public bugs, code review, and upstream landing.
- Preferred
- Prior contributions to Gecko or another major browser engine.
- Familiarity with the relevant standards body and specification process.
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