Senior Staff Software Engineer, Mozilla
Firefox Desktop Integrations
$165-285k
Salary dependent on location. + Bonus
Internet software for people, not profit
Job no longer available
Internet software for people, not profit
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$165-285k
Salary dependent on location. + Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure the internet remains open and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years experience as a Software Engineer
- You have experience with low-level systems programming on at least one major platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, any mobile platform)
- You possess a solid understanding of C/C++
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and have participated effectively on a distributed team
- Ability to influence roadmaps and execution in the teams you and your team partner with
- You’re pragmatic about how to move things forward in specific timeframes including trade-offs and safeguards when implementing new functionality
- You already have development experience on Windows and/or macOS, particularly with low-level Win32/Cocoa API coding
- Experience working collaboratively with product managers, project managers, and/or other non-engineering teams
- Commitment to our values:
- Welcoming differences
- Being relationship-minded
- Practicing responsible participation
- Having grit
Desirable
- You have programming experience in Rust
- Additional Linux and/or macOS experience is a bonus, particularly with low level systems programming or operating system internals
- You have previously successfully contributed to an open source project
- Expertise in compilers pipeline design and optimization
- Knowledgeable about improving overall compiler performance
- Experience in developing installers for operating systems
What the job involves
- The Desktop integrations team focuses on updates, installs, supervising and integrating Firefox with different operating systems
- The team uses desktop Operating System and alternative surface APIs to improve Firefox's integration and usage
- In this role, you will be developing and implementing strategies that use these APIs to boost Firefox's compatibility across various operating systems, driving the browser's usage and contributing to the growth and stability of its user base
- A Senior Staff Software Engineer is the next level from a Staff Software Engineer
- At Mozilla this role can vary, but typically a senior staff engineer leads projects requiring efforts across multiple teams, providing technical leadership, building cross-team relationships, and helping the teams deliver on their objectives
- The senior staff engineer is an expert in their domain
- They provide feedback on our strategy and goals affecting multiple teams and turn our strategy into coordinated action for those teams
- They mentor others by stewarding responsibilities to more junior engineers so they can take on new ones, while collaborating with management on building team consensus and providing direction
- Typically, a Senior Staff is a technical lead for multiple teams
- Design, develop, and ship the next experience of Firefox features through installs, updates, and OS integrations
- Lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to influence strategic technical decisions for Firefox desktop
- Analyze data and metrics to invent new patterns to increase the user engagement during Firefox installation, update, and integration with the host OS
- Investigate low-level operating systems programming issues and contribute to design and implement solutions with other teams
- Assess what work supports the team and product roadmap and make insightful recommendations in regards to priorities
- Support management, peers, and others on team consensus and direction
- Analyze data and metrics to innovate on behalf of our users
- Improve the quality of Firefox on Windows and/or macOS by hunting down and fixing software defects, improving the experience of hundreds of millions of users
- Mentor others by stewarding some of your responsibilities to more junior engineers
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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