Desktop Integrations Engineer, Mozilla
+ Performance-based bonus
Designs, builds, and distributes internet software
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Designs, builds, and distributes internet software
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Performance-based bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make sure that the internet remains accessible, open, and transparent to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with systems-level programming on at least one major platform (Windows, macOS)
- Solid programming skills in C/C++
- Effective communicator and collaborator, especially in distributed teams
- Ability to break down technical work and make steady progress within project timelines
- A collaborative mindset and a desire to contribute to team success
Desirable
- Programming experience in Rust
- Experience working with Windows and/or macOS APIs at a low level (e.g., Win32, Cocoa)
- Additional experience with Linux, or macOS internals
- Contributions to open source projects
What the job involves
- The Firefox team is a community of engineers who care deeply about delivering the fastest, friendliest, most usable browser possible
- We are responsible for making the things you see in the browser work securely, quickly, and well
- The Desktop integrations team is a cross-functional team that focuses on updates, installs and integrating Firefox with different OS platforms
- As part of the Desktop Integrations team, you will be responsible for all things related to OS integration (particularly Windows and macOS) and helping us grow our user base
- Our team is geographically distributed, and working in the open is the norm
- We contribute to the code driving the Firefox browser on a number of desktop platforms
- A Senior Software Engineer contributes to architectural discussions, and driving feature development within a team
- At Mozilla, Senior Engineers are expected to work independently on scoped projects, collaborate closely with peers, and play a key role in delivering high-quality software that aligns with team goals
- Contribute to the development and improvement of Firefox features related to installs, updates, and OS integrations
- Help implement enhancements to the Firefox installation and update experience, using data insights to guide development
- Tackle platform-specific challenges in low-level operating system integration on Windows and/or macOS
- Collaborate with your manager and teammates to scope and prioritize work in alignment with the team’s goals
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical discussions with peers
- Take ownership of complex bugs and lead efforts to improve the Firefox experience for hundreds of millions of users
- Work closely with your geographically distributed team in a highly collaborative environment
Our take
Mozilla creates and manages a range of free-to-use software products. Their most well-known product is Firefox, the fourth most popular internet browser in the world. Mozilla is a not-for-profit with a focus on promoting online privacy. The company has a published manifesto outlining its commitment to keeping a balance between commercial profit and public benefit.
The companies other products include Bugzilla, a bug management platform, and Pocket, an award-winning digital content filing service. In direct odds with Google, Mozilla has recently launched a new product Mozilla VPN. The VPN or virtual private network enables users to browse the internet without being tracked. Companies such as Google rely on tracking user behavior online to target them with advertising.
Mozilla was also instrumental in creating the programming language Rust, which is admired for its brevity. Rust uses roughly half the amount of code as C++ to produce the same results.
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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, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance + Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Retirement Plan contributions
- 20 Paid Time Off days per year (prorated) + your birthday
- Company Holidays + Shutdown
- Wellness budget
- Reimbursement for professional development (up to $3,000/year)
- Industry-leading paid parental leave (up to 26 weeks of fully paid leave for childbearing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-childbearing parents)
- Flexible work environment (nearly half of Mozillians work remotely)
- A work setup including the latest hardware and software of your choice
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Mitchell Baker
(CEO & Chairwoman)Mitchell worked as a lawyer and at Netscape Communications before co-founding Mozilla in 2003. They have served as Chairwoman of Mozilla Foundation since then, and CEO as of April 2020.
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