Requirements

• Strong C++ skills.
• 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 abilities in a multithreaded codebase.
• Comfortable working in the open with public bugs, code review, and upstream landing.

Nice to haves

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

What you'll be doing

• Contributing to delivering Storage Encryption Everywhere in Gecko, including tasks like migrating data between schemas, implementing data storage in PBM, and integration testing.
• Writing and passing Web Platform Tests and adding Gecko tests as needed.
• Working through code review with relevant Gecko module owners and iterating to landing.
• Surfacing and helping resolve any specification questions raised by the implementation.
• Shepherding the feature through Nightly, Beta, and Release channels, fixing correctness, performance issues, and regressions.
• Completing the project by shipping Storage Encryption Everywhere to the release channel and fixing triaged and prioritized issues.