commit 7e6ccb997d82a0596e41e565974e5c2580494d82
Author: hiro <[email protected]>
Date: Fri Nov 2 13:20:03 2018 +0100
Add metrics data architect job post
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+#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor Project: Jobs (software developer)"
CHARSET="UTF-8"
+<div id="content" class="clearfix">
+ <div id="breadcrumbs">
+ <a href="<page index>">Home » </a>
+ <a href="<page about/overview>">About » </a>
+ <a href="<page about/jobs>">Jobs</a>
+ </div>
+ <div id="maincol">
+ <h1>
+ Internet Freedom Nonprofit Seeks Metrics Data Architect
+ </h1>
+ <h2>(Posted November 2, 2018)</h2>
+
+ <p>
+ The Tor Project, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization advancing human
rights and freedoms by creating and deploying free and open source anonymity
and privacy technologies, is seeking an experienced Data Architect to take our
metrics work to the next level.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Tor is for everyone, and we are actively working to build a team that
represents people from all over the world â people from diverse ethnic,
national, and cultural backgrounds; people from all walks of life. Racial
minorities, non-gender-binary people, women, and people from any group that is
generally underrepresented in tech are encouraged to apply.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The team:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Our Metrics Team has been collecting data since 2004 to help improve the
tools we build and learn more about the Tor network. For example, we monitor
the number of relays and clients in the network, their respective capabilities,
the number of clients connecting via bridges, fluctuations in network speed,
etc. Gathering this data results in huge data archives, so we are also working
to develop tools to process this data and make it available to everyone.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ How we achieve our goals:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Robustness (We want to avoid bugs and/or bad design decision that
cause us to miss data)</li>
+ <li>Timeliness (users need up-to-date network status information)</li>
+ <li>Scalability (as the network grows, so does our data)</li>
+ <li>Transparency (our community rightly wants to know what data we're
collecting)</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>
+ The Tor Metrics team presently consists of two full-time developers; this
position will be the third. Our team works asynchronously on each personâs
own schedule, but we sync regularly via Git, Trac, IRC, e-mail, and an
occasional video chat.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The most interesting challenge for the Metrics team is how to gather data
on an anonymity system without de-anonymizing users.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The job:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The person in this position will work directly with helping us design and
refine systems for gathering and analyzing data. The bulk of our code is
written in Java, but smaller portions are written in R, Python, PostgreSQL, and
JavaScript. Part of this job will be to analyze and fix bugs in our current
code and review patches. We will also be migrating parts of our code from Java
to Python, and the person in this position will help with that.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Our main five codebases:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Collector (<a
href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/collector.git/";>https://gitweb.torproject.org/collector.git/</a>
)</li>
+ <li>metrics-lib (<a
href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-lib.git/";>https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-lib.git/</a>
)</li>
+ <li>Onionoo (<a
href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/onionoo.git/";>https://gitweb.torproject.org/onionoo.git/</a>
)</li>
+ <li>Exonerator (<a
href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/exonerator.git/";>https://gitweb.torproject.org/exonerator.git/</a>
)</li>
+ <li>metrics-web (<a
href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-web.git/";>https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-web.git/</a>
)</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>
+ Requirements:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Technical abilities/experience:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Have experience finding your way into existing
Java/Python/R/PostgreSQL code bases and the ability to review patches and make
changes to fix bugs/smaller enhancements.</li>
+ <li>Able to identify shortcomings in our data pipeline and suggest
improvements to reduce complexity and future maintenance efforts.</li>
+ <li>Experience working with Git and Trac or similar issue tracking
tools.</li>
+ <li>Ability to learn quickly and can adapt to our current processes; are
able to improve future processes for releasing software and operating
services.</li>
+ <li>Understanding of the inherent privacy implications of gathering data
in an anonymity system, the security implications of gathering metrics data
from semi-trusted relays in the Tor network, and the challenges of processing
large amounts of data per day (specifically performance and scalability
challenges).</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>
+ Collaborative requirements:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Ability to work remotely 90% of the time, as most team
synchronization happening via email and/or IRC.
+ <li>Participation in weekly IRC meetings and monthly team video chats.
+ <li>Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to four times
per year, to semi-annual Tor meeting plus up to two team-internal meetings.
+ <li>Language: write and speak fluent English.
+ <li>Comfortable posting to a public mailing list or speaking up in a
public IRC channel to ask questions, even when you think the question might be
obvious or silly.
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>Bonus skills:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Data analysis: Ability to make sense of data sets and use data
analysis tools to find and visualize interesting patterns.
+ <li>Open source attitude: You're accustomed to a pattern of early and
frequent releases without attempting to finalize things on your own and have
contributed to open source projects before.
+ <li>Scientific writing: Experience writing technical reports about data
findings.
+ <li>Mathematics: Knowledge of basic statistics.
+ <li>Networking background: Experience working with networks and
measurements in the past.
+ <li>You support Internet Freedom!
+ </ul>
+ <p>
+ This is a full-time position that can be done remotely/internationally or
in our office in Seattle, WA. To apply, send a cover letter that includes a
statement about why you want to work at the Tor Project, your CV/resume
(including three professional references), and a link to a code sample or some
non-trivial software project you have significantly contributed to. All
documents should be in PDF format labeled with your name. Please send to
job-metrics at torproject dot org with âMetrics Data Architectâ in the
subject line. No phone calls please!
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Flexible salary, depending on experience. The Tor Project has a highly
competitive benefits package, including a generous PTO policy; paid holidays
(including the week between Christmas and New Year's, when the office is
closed); health, vision, dental, disability, and life insurance paid in full
for employee; 401(k); and flexible work schedule. (Please note that benefits
package specifics can vary slightly from country to country, but we aim to
treat everyone equally.)
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The Tor Project's workforce is smart and committed. The Tor Project
currently has a paid and contract staff of around 47 developers and operational
support staff, plus many thousands of volunteers who contribute to our work.
The Tor Project is funded in part by government research and development
grants, and in part by individual, foundation and corporate donations. If
youâre new to the Tor Project scene, are curious what our workplace culture
is like, or just want to read about how fun our semi-annual meetings are, hear
what our new Development Director had to say about all of it:
https://blog.torproject.org/reflections-tor-meeting-newbie
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The Tor Project, Inc., is an equal opportunity, affirmative action
employer.
+ </p>
+ </div>
+ <!-- END MAINCOL -->
+ <div id = "sidecol">
+ #include "side.wmi"
+ #include "info.wmi"
+ </div>
+ <!-- END SIDECOL -->
+</div>
+<!-- END CONTENT -->
+#include <foot.wmi>
diff --git a/about/en/jobs.wml b/about/en/jobs.wml
index da16c2ac..583ece67 100644
--- a/about/en/jobs.wml
+++ b/about/en/jobs.wml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
<ul>
<li><a href="<page about/jobs-sysadmin>">Senior Systems
Administrator</a></li>
<li><a href="<page about/jobs-developer-anti-censorship>">Software
Developer</a></li>
+ <li><a href="<page about/jobs-metrics-data-architect>">Metrics data
architect</a></li>
</ul>
<p>In the past, we looked for the following people:</p>
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