Engineering Manager, Mozilla

• 3+ years leading engineers in a software development environment and working across multiple distributed teams
• Software engineering background that empowers you to drive technical decisions within the team and engage with engineers at all levels of seniority to triage, prioritize and implement
• Proven track record successfully leading and shipping sophisticated software projects on time in a loosely structured environment
• Strong communication and ability to develop positive relationships with others, regardless of their rank or role
• Passion to resolve problems, manage risk, lead change, and facilitate collaborative decision-making
• Experience effectively communicating with senior leadership and advocating for engineering priorities
• Desire to grow and learn as a manager, grow and develop others, and get results through others rather than personal technical proficiency
• Able to hire, mentor, empower, develop, and delegate to geographically distributed team members with different skills from your own
• Commitment to our values:
• Welcoming differences
• Being relationship-minded
• Practicing responsible participation
• Having grit

Desirable

• The Firefox team is a community of engineers who care deeply about delivering the fastest, friendliest, most usable browser possible
• We are responsible for making the things you see in the browser work securely, quickly, and well
• Working in the open is the norm, and we contribute to the code driving the Firefox browser on a number of desktop platforms - Windows, Linux, and macOS
• Our focus is on implementing and fixing things in Firefox as well as helping other teams make it excellent for our users
• The Firefox Desktop Engineering Manager directs a team of geographically distributed engineers to constantly drive improvements to Firefox through innovations and enhancements to the browser user interface
• We need a leader who is dedicated to building exceptional teams, creating innovative solutions, delivering top-notch software, and influencing how the world uses the internet
• Feel good about your work again
• Pursue your future while working to protect the future of the internet for everyone, everywhere
• Drive initiatives to deliver value to our users while ensuring the software your team delivers is high quality, highly available, monitored, and maintainable
• Communicate your team’s goals, the scope and risks of your projects, and own the delivery of initiatives on clear timelines
• Identify, build and iterate on engineering processes that support a high performing team
• Engage regularly 1-1 with your team to discuss both technical work and professional development; provide direct and honest feedback about their individual performances
• Ensure developers are properly supported and empowered throughout the developer lifecycle
• Create an inclusive environment which engages and challenges your team members
• Work collaboratively with many teams including Product, UX, QA, Operations, and Data Analysis