Staff Mobile Engineer, Mozilla
iOS
CA$125-140k
+ Discretionary Annual Bonus Program
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Internet software for people, not profit
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Internet software for people, not profit
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$125-140k
+ Discretionary Annual Bonus Program
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure the internet remains open and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of professional software development experience, including significant experience working on complex mobile applications at senior level
- Deep experience with Swift and iOS frameworks required
- Expertise with mobile architectures, platform constraints, and application lifecycle management on iOS
- Proven experience leading complex technical work and contributing to architectural decisions, with the ability to act as a technical lead and mentor supporting the growth of other engineers
- Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, including system design, testing strategies, and release considerations for mobile applications, along with working knowledge of mobile security and privacy practices
- Experience with communication and email protocols such as RSS, IMAP, POP, or Matrix, and familiarity with the IETF standards for CalDav or CardDav
- Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows, including code review and CI systems
- Excellent communication skills, documentation skills, and the ability to work with a multi-disciplinary, geographically distributed team, with a product-oriented mindset considering user impact and business context
Desirable
- Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects
- Familiarity with mobile release processes and app store requirements
- Experience improving development processes, tooling, or workflows within a team
- Experience with shared mobile components or cross-platform patterns is a plus
What the job involves
- The Staff Software Engineer, Mobile is a senior individual contributor who brings deep iOS expertise to the design, development, and evolution of Thunderbird’s iOS application
- This role works on complex and ambiguous technical problems, leads significant mobile initiatives, and contributes to architectural decisions in collaboration with other senior engineers and engineering leadership
- You’ll work closely with mobile engineers, product management, UX, and other partners to deliver high-quality iOS experiences that meet high standards for performance, reliability, accessibility, security, and maintainability
- The ideal candidate demonstrates deep mobile expertise, collaboration with engineering leadership and peers, ownership of technical decisions, and the ability to influence, mentor, and guide the work of other engineers
- You’ll play a critical role in delivering exceptional user experiences by translating strategy into action and ensuring technical decisions align with MZLA’s mission and the objectives of the Thunderbird Project. This is a full-time, remote position working with colleagues across multiple regions and time zones
- Tackle complex and ambiguous technical challenges in mobile development that require thoughtful design, planning, and coordination
- Serve as a technical lead on major iOS initiatives, including feature development, architectural improvements, and targeted refactoring
- Collaborate with senior engineers and engineering leadership on mobile technical direction and architectural decisions
- Drive improvements to code quality by reducing technical debt and improving performance, stability, and build health
- Partner closely with product and UX teams to ensure usability and accessibility are integral to iOS implementations
- Write high-quality, testable, and maintainable iOS code, contributing to a consistent and reliable codebase
- Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing
- Contribute to improving engineering practices and workflows, and stay current with iOS technologies and best practices
Our take
Mozilla develops a range of free and open-source software, with its most familiar product being Firefox. Operated with a mission-driven, not0for-profit ethos, Mozilla champions online privacy, open standards and user-choice.
Beyond Firefox, Mozilla has focused on privacy forward offerings such as Mozilla VPN, which allows users to browse securely without being tracked. The company has also streamlined its product portfolio to concentrate on initiatives that align closely with its core mission, ensuring resources are dedicated to improving user experiences while fostering safer, more open digital environments.
Alongside this, its impact extends into the developer and tech community, having played a pivotal role in the creation of Rust, a systems programming language celebrated for its speed and efficiency. With a loyal user base, ongoing innovation, and a clear commitment to privacy and open-source principles, Mozilla remains an influential player in the technology landscape.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2018
$1.2m
GRANT
Jan 2005
$0.3m
ANGEL
Total funding: $3.5m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness: Mozilla covers medical, dental and vision plan premiums at 100% for U.S. and Canadian employees. Our offerings give you the options you need to manage your health — and your family’s — the way you want.
- Mental health: Mental health is as important as our physical health. That’s why Mozilla’s health benefits include therapy and coaching sessions to make sure our people have access to the care they need.
- Time away: With all of life’s demands, time away from work to disconnect and recharge is essential. In addition to country-specific holidays (12 in the U.S. and Canada), vacation and sick time start accruing right away (specifics vary by country). Everyone also takes a pause together on quarterly all-company wellness days, plus you get to celebrate the most personal holiday of all: your birthday.
- Parental leave: While Mozilla’s parental leave policies vary globally, our U.S. and Canadian-based employees can look forward to 26 weeks of paid leave for childbearing parents and 12 weeks of paid leave for non-childbearing parents.
- Financial: Mozilla is a private company, so our compensation isn’t tied to stock options or equity plans. Instead, we offer generous, performance-based bonus plans to all regular employees to underscore that we share in our success as one team. As for retirement savings for US and Canadian employees, Mozilla contributes a percentage of your eligible base salary each year to the 401(k) Plan/RRSP (regardless of whether you contribute or not), with 100% vesting.
- Learning and development: We’re big believers in learning by doing, and we also want to invest in your education and development beyond your role. Every employee is eligible for an annual professional development budget. Mozillians can put it toward technical or management training, certifications, conferences and more.
- Help when you need it: Life is full of surprises; that’s why it’s important to be prepared. Mozilla provides Life/AD&D and Short and Long Term Disability insurance (offerings may vary by locale) to ensure that you and your family will have a safety net in place should you ever need it.
- Plus a bit more: A few other benefits include a quarterly wellbeing stipend (to use on those things just for you), an employee referral bonus, internet reimbursement if you’re remote, and a budget for office essentials to make working remotely ergonomically comfortable.
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Laura Chambers
(CEO)Alongside serving as the CEO at Mozilla, Laura is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. Previously, she was the CEO and PResident at Willow Innovation, Director at Patelco Credit Union, and General Manager of Core Hosts & Community at Airbnb.
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