Intern projects that outlived the internshipOur business operations intern at Trail of Bits built two AI-powered tools that became permanent company resources—a podcast workflow that saves 1,250 hours annually and a Slack exporter that enables efficient knowledge retrieval across the organization.
Working on blockchains as a Trail of Bits internEarlier this year, I successfully completed my internship at Trail of Bits and secured a full-time position as a Blockchain Security Analyst. This post is not intended to be a technical description of the work I did during my internship. Rather, it is intended to describe my general experience as a […]
The road to the apprenticeshipFinding talent is hard, especially in the blockchain security industry. The space is new, so you won’t find engineers with decades of experience with smart contracts. Training is difficult, as the technology evolves constantly, and online content quickly becomes outdated. There are also a lot of misconceptions about blockchain […]
A Typical Day as a Trail of Bits Engineer-ConsultantWherever you are in the world, a typical day as a Trail of Bits Engineer-Consultant means easing into your work. Here’s a short video showing some of our European colleagues describing a typical day as a Trail of Bits Engineer-Consultant: You generally set your own hours, to provide at least a couple of hours of […]
How to choose an interesting projectTrent Brunson, Head of Research & Engineering Originally published on October 15, 2021 Come join our team today! Trail of Bits is hiring full-time Senior Software Engineers and Software Security Research Engineers. Over the last nine years, I’ve interviewed hundreds of applicants for research and engineering positions. One of my favorite icebreakers is, What […]
