Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lightpanda is building a headless web browser from scratch, tailor-made for machine usage. They are seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join their growing team, focusing on developing the browser and ensuring its reliability.
Responsibilities
- Test the browser against websites, analyze and debug Javascript execution issues
- Detect, implement and test missing Web APIs in Zig and/or in Javascript
- Understand, deobfuscate, reproduce failing Javascript code
- Identify missing browser features and help the core team to improve functionality
- Improve, write and maintain the browser’s test suite (unit, WPT, end-to-end)
Skills
- Strong experience with Javascript and/or Typescript development
- Experience with Zig and/or a desire to learn it
- Ability to give and process constructive feedback, and work independently
- Comfort with the fast-moving and dynamic nature of an early-stage startup
- Experience of other programming languages, like C, C++, Go
- Familiarity with Web API standards and the Chrome Debug Protocol
- Experience with end-to-end testing/scraping tools like Puppeteer and Playwright
Benefits
- Equity incentives that reflect that
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