Author: phobos Date: 2013-05-26 15:00:50 +0000 (Sun, 26 May 2013) New Revision: 26193 Modified: website/trunk/about/en/jobs-senior-qa.wml Log: fix up the job desc. Modified: website/trunk/about/en/jobs-senior-qa.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/about/en/jobs-senior-qa.wml 2013-05-23 14:59:54 UTC (rev 26192) +++ website/trunk/about/en/jobs-senior-qa.wml 2013-05-26 15:00:50 UTC (rev 26193) @@ -10,52 +10,35 @@ <a href="<page about/jobs>">Jobs</a> </div> <div id="maincol"> -<h1>The Tor Project is looking for a Senior QA Engineer/Lead Automation -Engineer!</h1> +<h1>The Tor Project is looking for a Lead Automation Engineer!</h1> -<p> - -The Tor Project seeks to deploy nightly builds and continuous integration for +<p>The Tor Project seeks to deploy nightly builds and continuous integration for as many of its key software components and platform combinations as possible. Your job would be build and deploy the initial functional versions of a wide -range of testing frameworks and continuous integration systems. +range of testing frameworks and continuous integration systems.</p> -</p> - -<p> - -This is a Senior position. Candidates are expected to be capable of taking the +<p>This is a contract position. Candidates are expected to be capable of taking the lead in selecting, deploying, and maintaining multiple automation systems in several different programming languages. Ideally, they would also be capable of reproducing bugs and writing new reproduction test cases for one or more of the testing frameworks. Eventually, we hope to add additional staff to assist in this project, but to start, you will be expected to prioritize your own work such that the most important tasks get attention first, without letting -any specific core component starve for attention. +any specific core component starve for attention.</p> -</p> +<p>All candidates must:</p> -<p> -All candidates must: -</p> - <ul> -<li> - -Have experience programming in multiple languages, including Java, +<li>Have experience programming in multiple languages, including Java, python/ruby, bash scripting, and Javascript. You must also have experience -working with testing/automation frameworks on multiple platforms. +working with testing/automation frameworks on multiple platforms.</li> -</li> - -<li> -Be comfortable and experienced with repeatedly diving into new, +<li>Be comfortable and experienced with repeatedly diving into new, unfamiliar automation framework codebases, looking for ways to alter and augment their functionality in specific, goal-oriented ways. This includes hacking testing/automation/build software written in languages you might not -know (yet). -</li> +know (yet).</li> <li>Be experienced with writing useful tests for one or more testing frameworks, and with using code coverage tools and bug count statistics to @@ -80,9 +63,7 @@ </ul> -<p> -An ideal candidate would also possess several of the following skills: -</p> +<p>An ideal candidate would also possess several of the following skills:</p> <ul> @@ -116,9 +97,7 @@ <li>Genuinely be excited about Tor and our values.</li> </ul> -<p> -How to apply: -</p> +<p>How to apply:</p> <ul> <li>Link to a sample of code you've written in the past that @@ -141,7 +120,7 @@ from identity theft and prying corporations, corporations who want to look at a competitor's website in private, people around the world whose Internet connections are censored, and even governments and law - enforcement. Tor has a staff of 14 paid developers, researchers, and + enforcement. Tor has a staff of 30 paid developers, researchers, and advocates, plus many dozen volunteers who help out on a daily basis. Tor is funded in part by government research and development grants, and in part by individual and corporate donations.