Staff Software Engineer, Mozilla
OS Integrations
£81-117k
Plus performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees
Designs, builds, and distributes internet software
Open for applications
Designs, builds, and distributes internet software
1001+ employees
Open for applications
£81-117k
Plus performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make sure that the internet remains accessible, open, and transparent to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of overall software engineering experience
- 5+ years of experience working in C/C++ on a Linux desktop application and/or Android application
- Knowledge of Kotlin and Android JNI programming
- Proven ability to successfully lead and ship complex software projects
- A proven track record of working effectively with distributed teams and building consensus in the open-source community
- Commitment to our values: welcoming differences, being relationship-minded, practicing responsible participation, having grit
Desirable
- You have experience with Rust
- You have contributed to the Linux desktop environment by working on GTK, X11/Wayland, or if you've worked on a core Linux desktop package, a compositing window manager, or similar
What the job involves
- A Staff Software Engineer is the next level from a Senior Software Engineer
- At Mozilla this role can vary but typically a Staff Engineer is a domain expert who leads others within a single team to tackle multi-month projects
- Tasks that may be initially ambiguous or require significant planning and require them to influence or direct the work of several engineers
- They sequence deliverables and manage risks in their team's projects, provide feedback on our strategy and goals affecting the team, and turn our strategy into action for their team members
- Staff Software Engineers mentor others by stewarding some responsibilities to more junior and senior engineers so they can take on new ones
- They collaborate with management on building team consensus and providing direction
- Staff Software Engineers identify gaps and opportunities for improvement to enable a culture of inclusion and allyship, at all levels of the organization
- Work on Firefox for Android, implementing features and fixing bugs across Kotlin, C++, Rust, and JavaScript
- Investigate and resolve bugs in Firefox on Linux, including GTK Widget issues, X11/Wayland, and packaging systems like Snap and Flatpak. You’ll be the hero behind crash fixes!
- Collaborate with upstream projects and engage in community discussions to enhance Firefox’s Desktop Environment integration
- Optimize Firefox’s performance and harden its security
- Collaborate with a globally distributed team, providing code reviews and technical direction
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
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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 values
- We welcome differences
- We are relationship-minded
- We practice responsible participation
- We have grit
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Articles
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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