https://miscreants.github.io/blog.trailofbits.com/categories/working-at-trail-of-bits/Recent content in working-at-trail-of-bits on The Trail of Bits BlogHugoen-usThu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400https://miscreants.github.io/blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/28/intern-projects-that-outlived-the-internship/Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:00:00 -0400https://miscreants.github.io/blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/28/intern-projects-that-outlived-the-internship/Our 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.https://miscreants.github.io/blog.trailofbits.com/2022/10/05/trail-of-bits-internship-blockchain-tealer/Wed, 05 Oct 2022 09:00:42 -0400https://miscreants.github.io/blog.trailofbits.com/2022/10/05/trail-of-bits-internship-blockchain-tealer/Earlier 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 […]https://miscreants.github.io/blog.trailofbits.com/2022/08/12/the-road-to-the-apprenticeship/Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:00:13 -0400https://miscreants.github.io/blog.trailofbits.com/2022/08/12/the-road-to-the-apprenticeship/Finding 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 Training is difficult, as the technology evolves constantly, and online content quickly becomes outdated.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 […]https://miscreants.github.io/blog.trailofbits.com/2022/06/30/a-typical-day-as-a-trail-of-bits-engineer-consultant/Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:00:29 -0400https://miscreants.github.io/blog.trailofbits.com/2022/06/30/a-typical-day-as-a-trail-of-bits-engineer-consultant/Wherever 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 […]https://miscreants.github.io/blog.trailofbits.com/2021/11/12/how-to-choose-an-interesting-project/Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:09:53 -0500https://miscreants.github.io/blog.trailofbits.com/2021/11/12/how-to-choose-an-interesting-project/Trent 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 […]