Contract Staff Software Engineer - (Firefox) C++,Storage Encryption

Wwshemi; United Kingdom; Remoto; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Wwshemi is seeking a highly skilled C++ engineer to join the team working on Storage Encryption Everywhere within Firefox/Gecko. The role focuses on implementing cross-cutting storage encryption features, writing tests for the Web Platform, and collaborating across teams to ensure up-streamable, reviewable code.

Candidates should have strong debugging and multithreaded performance experience and be comfortable contributing in the open.

Competenze

• Strong C++ programming skills.
• Extensive experience in a browser-engine codebase (Firefox/Gecko preferred).
• Significant experience with databases.
• Familiarity with web standards and Web Platform Tests.
• Strong debugging and optimization in a multithreaded environment.
• Experience working in open-source projects, including public bugs and upstream landing.
• Nice to have prior Gecko or major browser engine contributions.

Mansioni

• Contribute to delivering Storage Encryption Everywhere in Gecko, including data migrations and storage integration tasks.
• Write and pass Web Platform Tests; contribute Gecko tests as needed.
• Collaborate through code reviews with Gecko module owners and iterate until landing.
• Surface and resolve spec-related questions raised by implementation.
• Guide the feature through Nightly, Beta, and Release, addressing correctness and performance issues.

Conoscenze

C++

Browser engine codebase

Databases

Web standards & Web Platform Tests

Debugging & multithreading

Open source collaboration

Upstream landing & code review

Descrizione del lavoro

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.