Staff Software Engineer, Mozilla
Credential Management
CA$115-186k
+ Performance-based bonus plans. Salary based on location
Internet software for people, not profit
Job no longer available
Internet software for people, not profit
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$115-186k
+ Performance-based bonus plans. Salary based on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure the internet remains open and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of overall software engineering experience
- Proven ability to successfully lead and ship complex software projects
- Experience in working on complex full stack systems at scale
- Proven experience in JavaScript. C++ and/or Rust is a bonus
- Proven knowledge of core web technologies (HTML, DOM, Origins)
- Working experience with SQL
- Ability to take initiative in a loosely structured environment to lead your team to success
- An interest and ability to work in a distributed and cross-functional team (which requires good asynchronous written communication skills as well as good verbal communication skills)
- Creative problem-solving. You like to take initiative to push projects forward but know when to involve others
- Commitment to our values:
- Welcoming differences
- Being relationship-minded
- Practicing responsible participation
- Having grit
Desirable
- Experience in data privacy and security
- Experience leading scrums and sprint ceremonies
- Experience working in open source
What the job involves
- As a Staff Software Engineer and technical team lead on the Credential Management team, you will lead our engineering team that is responsible for providing an easy, intuitive, reliable, and seamless capture, management and auto-fill experience of passwords, payment methods and addresses within our Firefox browser
- You will collaborate with cross-functional partners across Product, UX, Design, Engineering, QA, Localization, Ops, and Support teams to build and maintain core Credential Management features within Firefox
- You will coordinate and collaborate with partners across Desktop, Android, iOS and Services teams to deliver a consistent cross-platform Credential Management experience across all devices
- Design and deliver long term projects that impact multiple cross-functional and cross-platform teams across Mozilla and that support the Credential Management space
- Technical ownership over major components of Firefox, taking responsibility for their maintenance and architectural improvement over time
- Ensure that the software your team delivers is high quality, measurable, and maintainable
- Participate in defining and shaping auto-fill web standards
- Responsible for the triaging and resolution of product issues that impact our users – large and small
- Mentor others by stewarding some of your responsibilities to more junior engineers
- Work with cross-functional teams across Mozilla to support, and extend, existing systems to apply innovative ways and technologies in reaching strategic Firefox objectives and goals
- Collaborate with management to provide feedback on our strategy and turn that strategy into concrete actions for the team
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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