Learning Goals

By the end of the internship you will have learned about:

• Leveraging JavaScript, cryptography, and browser technologies to protect user's privacy
• The software development lifecycle of a product
• Working in an Open Source company and community
• Integrating in a multidisciplinary team with engineers, designers, and managers

What you will do

• Identify issues and areas of improvement for the product
• Implement fixes for these issues
• Communicate with the team about your ideas and integrate feedback into your work
• Collaborate with mentors to get fixes and features into production
• Balance the technical constraints of privacy with usability concerns, ensuring our product actually serves people
• Contribute to the work of the team on current projects and new features

What we look for

• Fluent English to be able to communicate with the remote team
• Some experience with JavaScript
• Interest in privacy issues

Training & Meetings

• Office orientation
• An introduction to the XWiki company and CryptPad team
• On the job training while testing the product, reporting issues and implementing fixes
• Regular meetings with the mentors
• Mid term and final evaluation; assessment of the internship’s success

Duration

• The chosen candidate can expect a full-time internship during summer (Jul 1 - Sep 30)
• The daily schedule: 8 h/day in the 8-20 bracket

Payment & Benefits

• Paid internship
• Open plan office with fun activities (Table Football, WII / video games, board-games, etc.)
• Refreshments and fruits on the house
• Monthly team activities
• You will work on the latest generation of technical equipment
• Open and collaborative environment where your ideas are heard
• Casual dress code
• Flexible work schedule
• The majority of your work is publicly available, so you can reference it in your portfolio
• Mentorship by experienced engineers that will help you develop your IT potential
• Possibility to join as a full time or part-time employee after the internship