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Trail of Bits offers unique remote, short-term internship opportunities called “Winternships” (Winter Internships). Winternships generally happen over your University’s winter break. You can get paid (~$2500) to work on a project that excites you and still spend time with your friends and family.

Requirements

You must have at least 3 weeks of time available to dedicate to the project. You should have the legal right to work in the United States now or by the time you graduate.

Projects must be short-term, achievable within the time winternship, and focused on cybersecurity. Project materials must be released as open source code under a permissive license (e.g., Apache2) and be hosted on the Trail of Bits Github organization after the project concludes.

Collaboration and Mentorship

Trail of Bits takes advantage of the latest technology to get work done. Winternships will be organized and tracked through Slack, Google Meet, and Github. Projects will have a project inception, schedule, and debrief. You will work with our copywriter to publish an end-of-winternship blog post that summarizes your work.

Interested?

If you’re interested, submit your resume and a little bit about the project you’d like to work on.

Example Projects

GoFindErrors: Help us improve our automated bug finding capabilities for Go codebases.
Ensemble and Hybrid Fuzzing: Help us research and improve our ensemble fuzzing techniques in DeepState, or help us create a feedback loop between Manticore's symbolic execution and a fuzzer.
afl/libFuzzer into Continuous Integration: Help us build fuzzing support for continuous integration.
Manticore EVM: Help extend Manticore’s Ethereum VM (EVM) support.
Slither: Help extend, Slither, our Solidity Static Analyzer.
McSema: Help us improve McSema, our binary translator. Required skills: C++, x86, or ARM.
Fuzzing Lifted Bitcode: Figure out what’s required to use libfuzzer, afl, or asan on McSema lifted bitcode and make the changes.
Binary Diffing: Work on porting a binary diffing plugin from IDA Pro to Binary Ninja.
Rust and Go: Help us port Linux utilities from C to Rust/Go.
Master's or PhD Project: Are you a graduate student researching program analysis or cybersecurity? Let's start a collaboration.
Be a hero! Help us improve the quality and usability of our open-source tools.

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Cara Pearson

Director of Professional Services

Developing rapport

Creating a pattern of personal connection

As part of a three-women team, Pearson prioritizes personal connection in order to develop a positive culture from the ground up. As the company grows, she says keeping connectivity front and center through virtual events, one-on-one coffee meetings, and chats will be that much more important.

I think it is nice to recharge by having a non-work-related conversation every now and then to check in on how people are doing and what I can do to help keep personal connection and engagement at the forefront of a remote work environment.

Cara Pearson

Director of Professional Services

Suha Hussain

Security Engineering Intern

Diving right in

Becoming a subject-matter expert

As a security engineering intern, Hussain primarily spends her time between classes and a part-time job digging into PrivacyRaven, a Python library for testing deep learning systems. While she enjoys that work, she appreciates not being pigeonholed into a certain facet of the business. Since she’s been with the company, she’s been able to test different program analysis tools and shadow multiple security audits.

Trail of Bits’ formal modeling reading group inspired many breakthroughs in one of my cryptography research projects.

Suha Hussain

Security Engineering Intern

What are Trail of Bits Perks + Benefits

Trail of Bits Benefits Overview

Empowered Living
From the moment you start, our holistic approach takes care of you and your family with fully company-covered insurance packages — health, dental, vision, disability, and life. We complement this with a solid 401(k) match of 5% of your base salary to build your future financial health. Plus, to maintain a healthy work-life balance, you're entitled to 4 weeks (20 days) of paid vacation (unless otherwise mandated by jurisdictional regulations), with the flexibility to add more.

Nurturing New Beginnings
Embracing life's milestones is part of our ethos. As you welcome new family members, our 4 months of parental leave ensures you're fully present in those precious early moments. And if relocating to the vibrant heart of New York City is part of your journey, we make the move smoother with a $5,000 relocation assistance.

Work & Life Enrichment
We recognize that a fulfilling career transcends the confines of the office. That's why we offer an initial $1,000 Working-from-Home (WFH) stipend to set up your ideal home office, ensuring productivity and comfort in your workspace. Our commitment to your continuous learning and development comes with a yearly $750 L&D stipend, encouraging you to grow your skills and knowledge. To foster our united spirit, we bring everyone together for an all-company celebration, with all travel and accommodation provided, to recognize our shared successes and strengthen our community bonds.

Community Impact
Integral to our culture is a dedication to exerting a positive influence beyond our workplace, where we annually match your philanthropic contributions up to $2,000. Our commitment also extends to environmental responsibility, where employees can participate in Project Wren, a subscription service that offsets their carbon footprint through climate change initiatives.

Culture

Volunteer in local community

Open door policy

OKR operational model

Team based strategic planning

Flexible work schedule

We maintain a flexible work schedule that cares more about results than time in the office.

Remote work program

Diversity

Mandated unconscious bias training

We work with LifeLabs once per year to deliver an unconscious bias and behaviors of inclusion training to our employees.

Hiring practices that promote diversity

Inclusive language in job postings, prioritize under-represented groups in our hiring pipeline, work with specialized recruiters, avoid whiteboard coding during interviews.

Health Insurance + Wellness

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Trail of Bits employees can contribute up to $2750 annually to their FSA.

Disability insurance

Short-term Disability insurance covers 60% of weekly salary up to $1,000 weekly maximum payout. Long-term Disability insurance covers 60% of monthly salary up to $5,000 monthly maximum payout.

Dental insurance

Choose between premium MetLife or Aetna PPO+ dental plans, at no cost to the employee.

Vision insurance

Choose between premium MetLife or Aetna Vision+ plans, at no cost to the employee.

Health insurance

Trail of Bits health insurance policy covers up to 100% of out of pocket expenses. All health insurance plans include access to HealthAdvocate, OneMedical on-demand primary care, and Teladoc.

Life insurance

All full time employees receive $50,000 in Life Insurance and $50,000 in AD&D Insurance at no cost to the employee

Wellness programs

Full time employees in qualifying locations have access to fitness club discounts, a gym membership stipend, ClassPass, and bike share membership.

Mental health benefits

Transgender health care benefits

Financial & Retirement

401(K)

401(K) matching

Trail of Bits provides employees with a 401(k) matching plan managed by Betterment. We match 5% of employee's annual gross pay.

Performance bonus

Charitable contribution matching

Trail of Bits will match $2000 of charitable donations per year.

Pay transparency

Child Care & Parental Leave

Generous parental leave

Family medical leave

Return-to-work program post parental leave

Vacation + Time Off

Generous PTO

Trail of Bits employees receive 20 days per year of paid time off.

Paid volunteer time

Paid holidays

Paid sick days

Office Perks

Commuter benefits

Company-sponsored outings

Relocation assistance

Fitness stipend

Home-office stipend for remote employees

Professional Development

Job training & conferences

Tuition reimbursement

Lunch and learns

We regularly host team reviews of new academic research publications.

Promote from within

Mentorship program

Continuing education stipend

Continuing education available during work hours

Learning is a continuous activity at Trail of Bits, and employees are bonused for completing online classes, frequently collaborate in study groups, and meet to discuss recent academic papers.

Online course subscriptions available

Customized development tracks

Paid industry certifications

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