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	3 Literally everything we do is [open source](https://hg.adblockplus.org). Anyone can contribute. If you join Eyeo, you can do it for a living. Eyeo is an equal o pportunity employer, and encourages people of all genders, ethnicities, national origins, orientations, etc., to apply.

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	5 We are looking for an experienced developer with a solid understanding of comput er science and a focus on web technologies, in particular JavaScript.

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	7 You would work on our core adblocking code, ensuring that millions of users can block ads as effectively and efficiently as possible. You would also work on mak ing this code work across the various browser extension APIs we support. In addi tion, you could contribute to any area of our code base you're interested in, or to related open source projects such as Chromium or Firefox.
	Sebastian Noack 2015/09/04 15:57:20 Still a little too much focused on the core, if yo Still a little too much focused on the core, if you don't plan to put another job ad for an extension developer up. Also note that our style guide tells to spell it "ad blocking" with the space now. How about: You would work on our core ad blocking code, ensuring that ads are blocked as effectively and efficiently as possible. You would as well work on the Adblock Plus browser extensions for Firefox and Chromium, which use these code and are used by millions of users. Felix Dahlke 2015/09/04 16:11:06 Sure, why not, reworked this a bit. Show quoted text On 2015/09/04 15:57:20, Sebastian Noack wrote: > Still a little too much focused on the core, if you don't plan to put another > job ad for an extension developer up. Also note that our style guide tells to > spell it "ad blocking" with the space now. How about: > > You would work on our core ad blocking code, ensuring that ads are blocked as > effectively and efficiently as possible. You would as well work on the Adblock > Plus browser extensions for Firefox and Chromium, which use these code and are > used by millions of users. > Sure, why not, reworked this a bit.
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	9 Most of our developers work remotely, so can you. If you'd prefer an office envi ronment, we'll help you relocate to Cologne, or pay for a coworking space in you r vicinity.

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	11 Requirements

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	13 - Strong experience with JavaScript, beyond frameworks like jQuery
	Sebastian Noack 2015/09/04 16:03:43 It seems that people don't get the "beyond framewo It seems that people don't get the "beyond frameworks like jQuery" part. How about changing it to something like: - Strong experience with JavaScript - Deep knowledge of the DOM, and preferable extension APIs I would adapt the Frontend Developer position as well. Felix Dahlke 2015/09/04 16:11:06 Not sure, I pretty much like the "beyond framework Show quoted text On 2015/09/04 16:03:43, Sebastian Noack wrote: > It seems that people don't get the "beyond frameworks like jQuery" part. How > about changing it to something like: > > - Strong experience with JavaScript > - Deep knowledge of the DOM, and preferable extension APIs > > I would adapt the Frontend Developer position as well. Not sure, I pretty much like the "beyond frameworks like jQuery" part, it communicates that we don't need someone who doesn't actually know their way around plain JS. We do have the extension API part below as a nice-to-have. Did we have applicants that do not know plain JS? Which frameworks where those using? Maybe we just need to say something like "beyond frameworks like jQuery and Angular" to make it clear? Sebastian Noack 2015/09/04 16:23:16 Yes, we get a lot of applications by people using Show quoted text On 2015/09/04 16:11:06, Felix Dahlke wrote: > On 2015/09/04 16:03:43, Sebastian Noack wrote: > > It seems that people don't get the "beyond frameworks like jQuery" part. How > > about changing it to something like: > > > > - Strong experience with JavaScript > > - Deep knowledge of the DOM, and preferable extension APIs > > > > I would adapt the Frontend Developer position as well. > > Not sure, I pretty much like the "beyond frameworks like jQuery" part, it > communicates that we don't need someone who doesn't actually know their way > around plain JS. We do have the extension API part below as a nice-to-have. > > Did we have applicants that do not know plain JS? Which frameworks where those > using? Maybe we just need to say something like "beyond frameworks like jQuery > and Angular" to make it clear? Yes, we get a lot of applications by people using jQuery, not knowing their way around the DOM unfortunately. I think it's either misleading or not explicit enough. What we try to say here is that people should know the JavaScript language well as well as the DOM API. Maybe we should do that more explicitly. Felix Dahlke 2015/09/04 16:34:46 Alright, it's worth a shot. Didn't add browser ext Show quoted text On 2015/09/04 16:23:16, Sebastian Noack wrote: > On 2015/09/04 16:11:06, Felix Dahlke wrote: > > On 2015/09/04 16:03:43, Sebastian Noack wrote: > > > It seems that people don't get the "beyond frameworks like jQuery" part. How > > > about changing it to something like: > > > > > > - Strong experience with JavaScript > > > - Deep knowledge of the DOM, and preferable extension APIs > > > > > > I would adapt the Frontend Developer position as well. > > > > Not sure, I pretty much like the "beyond frameworks like jQuery" part, it > > communicates that we don't need someone who doesn't actually know their way > > around plain JS. We do have the extension API part below as a nice-to-have. > > > > Did we have applicants that do not know plain JS? Which frameworks where those > > using? Maybe we just need to say something like "beyond frameworks like jQuery > > and Angular" to make it clear? > > Yes, we get a lot of applications by people using jQuery, not knowing their way > around the DOM unfortunately. I think it's either misleading or not explicit > enough. What we try to say here is that people should know the JavaScript > language well as well as the DOM API. Maybe we should do that more explicitly. Alright, it's worth a shot. Didn't add browser extensions again since it's already mentioned below, and I think it's definitely a nice-to-have. Most who joined us weren't really into those before. Also added something about modern JS APIs, which I think is quite relevant.
	14 - Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures

	15 - Very good knowledge of how the web works

	16 - Good communication skills in English

	17 - Ability to work and learn independently

	18 - High integrity

	19 - Knowledge of browser internals would be a big plus

	20 - Experience with browser extension development would be a big plus

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	22 When applying, please include a code sample or, preferably, references to open s ource projects you worked on.

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