Privacy Student Worker

Why Mozilla?

Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company behind pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser, and Pocket, the content discovery platform. More than 270 million people around the world use its products each month.

Along with 20,000+ volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozilla Corporation’s staff are driven by our vision to be the trusted guide through a joyful internet. We design, build and distribute software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.

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