Staff Product Designer, Mozilla
Android Visual Design Focus
CA$94-139k
Salary dependent on candidates location. Plus a performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees
Internet software for people, not profit
Job no longer available
Internet software for people, not profit
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$94-139k
Salary dependent on candidates location. Plus a performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure the internet remains open and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in UX design, with a strong portfolio showcasing mobile-first design work
- Deep expertise in native design languages, with a strong focus on Android and complementary experience in iOS. Well-versed in platform-specific patterns, guidelines, and best practices to deliver intuitive, high-quality mobile experiences
- Strong ability to balance user needs, business objectives, and technical feasibility in design decisions
- Experience designing for privacy, security, and accessibility in mobile applications
- Proficiency with Figma
- Highly collaborative
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Comfortable presenting and articulating design decisions
- Interest in working with geographically distributed cross-functional team members
- Passionate about building products with people’s needs at the center
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to present design concepts and advocate for UX decisions with cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience working with design systems and contributing to their evolution
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, iterative, and remote-first environment
- Ability and interest in learning new technologies quickly
- Commitment to our values:
- Welcoming differences
- Being relationship-minded
- Practicing responsible participation
- Having grit
Desirable
- Experience with browser UX design or working on consumer-facing products with large user bases
- Deep understanding of developing products that prioritize accessibility
- Familiarity with Jira and/or other engineering and product management tools
- Passion for open-source, privacy-first, and ethical technology
- Experience with design thinking and lean software development
- Knowledge of user research methodologies and when to apply them
What the job involves
- As a Staff Product Designer, with a strong foundation in visual and interaction design, you will take a strategic lead in shaping the future of Firefox on Android and iOS, with a strong emphasis on delivering best-in-class native experiences.
- Prioritizing Android, you’ll apply deep knowledge of platform-specific design patterns to craft intuitive, high-quality mobile interfaces.
- You’ll raise the bar on visual and interaction design across platforms—ensuring every detail reflects polish, clarity, and usability.
- Collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and content strategists, you’ll advocate for user needs while aligning with Mozilla’s mission of privacy and user empowerment
- Lead UX efforts for major initiatives in Firefox Mobile, with a strong focus on visual craft and interaction design. You'll translate user needs and business goals into polished, intuitive experiences that feel native and high-quality on every touchpoint
- Design and prototype intuitive, accessible, and visually compelling mobile experiences that support Firefox’s core values of privacy, security, and performance
- Create design storyboards, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to communicate intent and for conducting qualitative and quantitative research
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to align design decisions with business objectives, technical feasibility, and user needs
- Advocate for mobile-first UX best practices, ensuring high usability across different devices and screen sizes
- Contribute to and evolve the Design System, ensuring consistency and usability across mobile platforms
- Support product strategy from concept to completion for critical user journeys and finding opportunities
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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