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

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 Qualifications

• Prior contributions to Gecko or another major browser engine.
• Familiarity with the relevant standards body and specification process.