Front-End Software Engineer
As a Front-End Software Engineer, you'll develop across multiple platforms, including the Winston dashboard, browser extension and our public facing website. You'll have the opportunity to work with a variety of technologies, including HTML, Javascript, CSS, Angular, Amazon lambdas and the web request API. You'll play a pivotal role in providing convenient and effective privacy solutions which protect users from digital surveillance by advertisers, trackers, hackers and other bad actors.
- Develop the Winston Browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome and Safari
- Create a delightful UI experience that’s easy and intuitive for the non-technical user
- Improve (and invent new) existing technologies to defeat cutting edge tracking methods (ie: font enumeration, browser history sniffing, battery charge detection, hardware probing, etc.)
- Diagnose and improve compatibility with websites and streaming services
- Benchmark and improve performance and responsiveness
- Strongly influence the future direction of our product as we grow
The kind of person we’re looking for is…
- Passionate about privacy
- Loves working with web technologies
- Loves to take ownership
- Curious and not afraid to experiment
- Excited by big goals and challenges
- Accomplishes amazing amounts of work in short periods of time
- Experienced with unit and integration testing
Other
- Strong engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of algorithms and data structures
- Advanced proficiency with Javascript and NodeJS, including asynchronous development best practices
- Familiarity with Mocha/Chai unit testing frameworks
- Believer in Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration
- 3-5 years of relevant professional work experience
What we offer you
- A significant equity opportunity at a venture backed startup with massive growth potential
- Flexible work schedule
- Healthcare
- 401k
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Disability
Contact: jobs@winstonprivacy.com