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JOB TITLE: JavaScriptCore Security Engineer
The JavaScriptCore Security Engineer joins the JavaScriptCore team within WebKit to secure the JavaScriptCore virtual machine. This role involves working across all engine areas to improve security and stability while driving innovations in the security architecture of the codebase. Day-to-day responsibilities include fixing security issues, responding to fuzzing, and ensuring that security processes are updated to current best practices. The engineer must ensure that the compilation pipeline, language runtime, garbage collector, and memory allocators execute untrusted third-party code in a memory-safe way. Required skills include modern C++, assembly-level programming, and experience with compilers, parsers, and interpreters. Preferred expertise includes just-in-time compilers, web browsers, memory allocators, garbage collectors, and knowledge of JavaScript and WebAssembly to solve complex security challenges in the engine.
Secure the JavaScriptCore virtual machine against threats from untrusted third-party code.
Ensure new features are implemented securely within the compilation pipeline and language runtime.
Fix security vulnerabilities and respond to results from fuzzing activities.
Improve the security and stability of memory allocators and garbage collectors.
Drive innovations in the security architecture of the JavaScriptCore codebase.
Update security processes to align with current industry best practices.
Maintain memory safety across all engine subsystems including parsers and interpreters.
What we're looking for
BS in computer science or equivalent.
Experience programming in modern C++.
Experience developing privacy and security-sensitive software.
Experience with compilers, parsers, and interpreters.
Experience with assembly-level programming.
Excellent debugging, critical thinking, and communication skills.
Hands-on experience with VMs with just-in-time compilers (preferred).
Experience with web browsers, memory allocators, garbage collectors, fuzzing, security architecture, memory safety, or knowledge of JavaScript and WebAssembly (preferred).
C++
C
Clang
LLVM
Compiler Design
Memory Safety
Security Mitigation
Exploitation Techniques
Open Source Development
Build Systems
Debuggers
Source Editors
C++
C
Clang
LLVM
Compiler Design
Memory Safety
Open Source Development
Security Mitigation
Exploitation Techniques
Build Systems
Debuggers
Source Editors