[tor-bugs] #19007 [User Experience/Website]: Create job posting for core OONI developer

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#19007: Create job posting for core OONI developer
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     Reporter:  hellais                  |      Owner:  Sebastian
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 # The Tor Project is looking for another dedicated core developer to work
 on OONI!

 Your job would be to work as a software engineer on the Open Observatory
 of Network Interference (OONI), a global network measurement platform.
 Your initial focus will be on the design and implementation of a mechanism
 for instrumenting probes on which measurements should be run and re-
 engineering the data processing pipeline to scale to the growing OONI
 user-base.
 Moreover you will be expected to be working on improving the existing
 measurement instrument (ooni-probe) and the data collection backend
 component (ooni-backend).

 This would be a contractor position starting as soon as possible (by mid-
 June 2016, latest) for a duration of 12 months.

 Any candidate must:

         • Have extensive experience in python and several other
 programming languages.
         • Be comfortable working remotely.
         • Be self-directed.
         • Be comfortable and experienced in getting code and design
 reviewed and reviewing the code and design of others.
         • Be comfortable and experienced in documenting and designing
 protocols.
         • Be comfortable with transparency: as a non-profit, everything we
 do is in public, including your name and pay rate.

 An ideal candidate would also:

         • Have prior experience with designing and implementing scalable
 complex network applications.
         • Not be afraid of refactoring code and writing unit-tests
         • Be familiar with the challenges of developing and scaling data
 processing pipelines.
         • Be familiar with the network measurement field
         • Have experience with open-source software development, including
 working with distributed teams across different time-zones containing
 employees and volunteers of differing skill levels.
         • Have basic familiarity with distributed version control systems.
         • Have contributed significant chunks of code to multiple open-
 source projects in the past.
         • Be passionate about internet freedom and interested in
 contributing to it in a concrete way.

 Other notes:

         • You'll need to be comfortable in this environment! We coordinate
 via IRC, instant messaging, email, and bug trackers
         • Academic degrees are great, but not required if you have the
 right experience
         • We only write free and open source software, and we don't
 believe in software patents

 How to apply

         • Link to a sample of code you've written in the past that you're
 allowed to show us and ideally also your github profile.
         • Provide a CV explaining your background, experience, skills, and
 other relevant qualifications.
         • List some people who can tell us more about you: these
 references could be employers or co-workers, open source projects, etc.
         • Email the above to jobs at ooni.io

 About the project:

 The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a free software
 project under the Tor Project which collects and processes network
 measurements with the aim of detecting network interferences, such as
 censorship, surveillance and traffic manipulation. Since late 2012, OONI
 has collected millions of measurements across more than 90 countries
 around the world.

 About the company:

 The Tor Project is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to research,
 development, and education about online anonymity and privacy. The Tor
 network's 3000 volunteer relays carry 16 Gbps for upwards of half a
 million daily users, including ordinary citizens who want protection 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 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.

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