assist the R&D team in developing cover traffic, an important long-term feature of the HOPR mixnet

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<h3>mission</h3><p>The HOPR project aims to allow everyone – whether individuals, companies or organisations – to use the Internet safely and securely, as is their right.&nbsp;</p><h3>current challenges</h3><p>At HOPR we're building the foundations for a more private and resilient web. But to succeed, we also need to challenge the economic power structures that shackle today's web to unhealthy and unsustainable business models.</p><p>We need natively digital organizations to drive the next wave of inclusive innovation. Open technology platforms rely on and enable communities instead of emperors and shareholders.</p><p>HOPR is pioneering decentralized, community-enabling governance (DecenGov) as a techno-legal framework that combines the dynamics of communities with the efficiencies of crypto networks and the advantages of established legal bodies to govern collective efforts.</p><h3>culture &amp; values</h3><p>At HOPR, we believe the Internet is a public good – a digital commons that should be available to all without fear of their activity being recorded by those who have no right to do so. We also believe there is a pragmatic, achievable, community oriented way to accomplish this goal, one that could bring benefts to individuals, companies and society at large.</p><ul><li>Guardian of choices</li></ul><p>Everyone should have the chance to make decisions in their lives as freely and uninfluenced as possible. This is exactly what we are committed to - neutrally and transparently.</p><ul><li>Curious pioneer</li></ul><p>We want to improve the privacy standards of the digital world and are always looking for new ways to do so. We boldly go new ways. And when we find a suitable way, we do everything we can to make it work for our community and society.</p><ul><li>Vivid organism</li></ul><p>HOPR is a living ecosystem made up of many different people who share the same goal. We want everyone to have the space for their own ideas and to be able to develop freely. To achieve this, we create a climate of fairness and trust in which it is fun to work together towards our goal.</p><h3>history</h3><p>While working as technical solution providers in the blockchain ecosystem since 2016, the HOPR founding team encountered the lack of a go-to solution for metadata private point-to-point data exchange solutions. The HOPR team aims to create a point-to-point messaging protocol that enables greater functionality than existing broadcasting solutions such as Ethereum's Whisper network.</p><p>Thus the HOPR team decided in 2018 to develop an incentivized mixnet infrastructure to improve on the privacy and economic incentives of existing of VPNs and privacy communication protocols like Tor. The first public demo of the network layer was presented at EthCC in early 2019 and subsequently followed with HOPR joining the Binance Fellowship program. Additionally, HOPR was initially funded using grants received from the Gitcoins second CLR round. In early 2020, HOPR was established as a Swiss-based association and closed a funding round led by Binance Labs.</p><h3>core team</h3><p>Sebastian Bürgel - Founder</p><p>Steven Nonis - Software Engineer</p><h3>benefits</h3><p>At HOPR Association we are working on a challenging and foundational infrastructure component of the web3: a decentralized and incentivized mix network that allows any two parties to exchange data without third parties knowing that they are communicating and without leaking any other metadata.&nbsp;</p><p>This is what we offer you:</p><ul><li>A young, dynamic + international team to work with</li><li>Flat hierarchies with space for you + your ideas</li><li>An encouraging atmosphere for clever minds</li><li>A fast-paced working environment in a Swiss association</li><li>A competitive salary + benefits like token allocation</li><li>Office in the heart of Zurich&nbsp;</li></ul>

<h3><strong>Role Overview </strong></h3><p>As a R&amp;D Intern you will assist the R&amp;D team in developing cover traffic, an important long-term feature of the HOPR mixnet. You'll be working directly with the team on iterations through design and implementation of new cover traffic strategies and test them in our live Monte Rosa network.</p><p>The final result will be directly integrated into HOPRd itself, making your contributions valuable and visible to the entire HOPR community.&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3><ul><li>Desire to work on the future of privacy&nbsp;</li><li>Communicative team player who can work with a R&amp;D team in a fast-paced environment</li><li>Meticulous in work</li><li>Familiar with Python&nbsp;</li><li>Familiar with HTTP APIs</li><li>Interest in Data Science&nbsp;</li><li>Previous experience in working on R&amp;D projects is preferred (e.g. semester projects, hackathons, etc.)</li></ul><h3><strong>Culture &amp; Perks</strong></h3><p>At HOPR we aim to change data privacy for good. In order to do so, we are proactive about creating workplace models that wrap around our lives. Whether you like to work part-time, completely remote or from a specific computer model you feel most comfortable working with - we will make sure you have everything you need to thrive and achieve our challenging goals.</p><p>Our company culture is characterised by mutual respect, openness and flat hierarchies. We offer space for you and your ideas. We live an open feedback culture and we encourage you to speak up your mind.&nbsp;</p><p>At HOPR we work hard, but we also know how to enjoy downtime - for example by cooking Chinese Hotpot, Office Apéros or a skiing trip to the Swiss Mountains.</p><p>Glad to hear this? This job offers all of the above and a bit more.</p><p>Apply now + become a part of our ambitious team!</p><p><strong>Hopr is an equal opportunity employer:</strong></p><p>We team up, learn and grow together.&nbsp;Our team consists of people with diverse backgrounds and we guarantee that every candidate and future team member receives equal treatment regardless of ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p><strong><em>Everybody should have the right to decide about their data privacy - We enable it</em></strong></p><p>HOPR is a Zurich-based association working at the forefront of privacy. Our product, the HOPR protocol, is a decentralized mixnet which incentivizes data relaying, giving users full data and metadata privacy.</p><p>We are building public infrastructure for web3 in a free and open source environment. We believe this world can become a better place if we work and grow together.</p><p>HOPR was founded and seed funded in Spring 2020. We now have over 20 team members and are continuing to grow rapidly. Most of the team works in Zurich, Switzerland, with a second office in Singapore and opportunities for remote work.&nbsp;</p><p>We are looking for the very finest to become a part of our HOPR family, and help change data privacy for good.</p>

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