About the role
<p data-renderer-start-pos="16" data-local-id="63d2b2e8-3d90-4a7d-a662-d83c51ba727a"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Join Proton and build a better internet where privacy is the default</strong></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="86" data-local-id="c2d943a7-d39e-4c9a-9c56-0c9ac46f6229">Proton was founded in 2014 by scientists from CERN on a simple truth: <strong data-renderer-mark="true">privacy is a fundamental human right</strong>. Since then, we’ve built the world’s largest encrypted email service (Proton Mail) and expanded into Proton VPN, Proton Drive, Proton Pass, and Proton Calendar, tools used by millions globally to protect their freedom, fight censorship, and keep their data safe. In some situations, Proton has literally helped save lives.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="517" data-local-id="96f9df81-fec7-4d5e-85fa-5ab0b27e3dff">We are profitable and independent with no VC control. Our 500+ team members across 50+ countries come from leading organizations and elite academic backgrounds. We move fast, keep hierarchy light, and prioritize impact over optics. If you want to do meaningful work with exceptionally high-caliber people, this is it. Join us and do work you can truly be proud of. Check our open-source projects <a class="_ymio1r31 _ypr0glyw _zcxs1o36 _mizu1v1w _1ah3dkaa _ra3xnqa1 _128mdkaa _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu1r31 _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _kqswh2mm _syaz13af _ect4ttxp _1a3b1r31 _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj13af _9oik1r31 _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l313af _1nrm1r31 _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h12zz _10531ra0 _1ien1ra0 _n0fx1ra0 _1vhv17z1" href="https://proton.me/community/open-source" data-renderer-mark="true"><u data-renderer-mark="true">here</u></a>!</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="966" data-local-id="2a6dad0b-ac69-4864-a98f-dc35b3e56c96"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">The role:</strong></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="977" data-local-id="a1ebc1e0-95f1-4781-9115-4a1b82365983">As an engineer on our small Windows VPN team, you will be responsible for designing, building, maintaining, and evolving Proton’s applications on Windows. You will be involved in the entire application lifecycle, from feature design and implementation to CI/CD configuration, deployment, monitoring, and operational incident response. You will collaborate closely with product managers and engineers across the company to deliver privacy‑preserving products used by millions of people worldwide.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1474" data-local-id="7f8ccbf8-3821-466f-95b2-f99293bda66f">Our codebase is primarily written in .NET and WinUI (C#/XAML), and we are building and integrating cross‑platform logical core libraries written in Rust.</p> <p da