Senior Software Engineer, Mozilla

• Experience with systems programming on a major desktop platform (Windows, macOS or Linux)
• A solid understanding of C/C++ and some knowledge of Rust
• A solid understanding of JavaScript and typical interactions with the backend (services, REST, ... )
• You are an excellent communicator and have participated effectively on a distributed team
• You’re pragmatic about how to move things forward in specific timeframes including trade-offs and safeguards when implementing new functionality
• Experience working collaboratively with product managers, project managers, and/or other non-engineering teams

Desirable

• 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
• Develop, innovate, and ship the next experience of Firefox through improved integration with the operating system
• Improve the ease of use and security of Firefox in large deployments by developing better administration and monitoring tools
• Improve Firefox functionality by better integration with remote services
• Assess what work supports the team and product roadmap and make insightful recommendations in regards to priorities
• Optimize the quality of Firefox by hunting down and fixing software defects, improving the experience of hundreds of millions of users
• Work with a geographically-distributed development team