Tool Developer

Tool Developer

New York City Area

• Collaborates with Privacy Testing Project Leader (and others) to integrate privacy and security testing techniques into new and existing workflows.
• Develops and maintains tools and pipelines for automating testing processes and investigatory techniques.
• Contributes to projects to improve its continuity with our test methodology and workflows, and to improve its effectiveness as a rigorous community-based tool.
• Researches and experiments with opportunities to use machine learning for privacy policy analysis and its applicability to continuous privacy and security testing for connected products.
• Develops tools that can aid in investigations and be used as prototypes for potential member products.
• Helps team members author reports and present findings, issues and concepts to staff to provide clear evidence of analysis and provide feedback for improving methodology and tools.
• Performs other duties as assigned but not at a higher level.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent background with 2 yrs. experience with full-stack web app design, and a track record with the likes of React, nodejs, HTML, JS, SASS, AWS, Heroku, Jenkins, and more
• Ample experience with scripting languages (like python, ruby, go, and node) for providing services, data analysis, automation, etc.
• Familiarity with version control (read: git), continuous integration, etc.
• Experience with data visualization languages and tools, like d3, p5, panda, ipythonnotebook, etc.
• Comfort in an agile environment with a humble respect for scrum
• Experience and comfort with G Suite (Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc.)
• Impeccable communication skills and design sensibilities
• Enthusiasm for teamwork and collaborative opportunities
• Previous experience with legal and technical challenges in privacy and security with respect to connected devices and online platforms would be preferred.