Staff iOS Engineer, Mozilla
$138-239k
Salary dependent on location. Plus Bonus
Internet software for people, not profit
Job no longer available
Internet software for people, not profit
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$138-239k
Salary dependent on location. Plus Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure the internet remains open and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- If you are an iOS Engineer and you want to work for a company that builds products for everyone, join our team!
- 6+ years of experience in the software engineering space
- Extensive experience in developing sophisticated applications for a wide and varied user base using Swift, with a keen interest in using SwiftUI and the Coordinator pattern for modern iOS development architecture
- A strong passion for identifying and fixing bugs to enhance application stability and performance
- Proven track record in addressing issues, highlighting risks, leading change, and facilitating collaborative decision-making within and across teams
- A deep commitment to crafting exceptional products that meet and exceed user expectations
- Proficiency in modern programming practices, including code reviews, unit testing, and automation, along with experience in managing state in iOS apps using Redux or similar state management libraries, to ensure high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code
- Capability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a dynamic environment, consistently delivering well-architected, reusable, and high-quality code
- Eagerness to engage with, learn from, and contribute to a highly skilled team, fostering personal growth and collective success
- Commitment to our values:
- Welcoming differences
- Being relationship-minded
- Practicing responsible participation
- Having grit
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
- Design, debug, build, and ship medium to large scale iOS solutions that promote a healthy and inclusive internet
- Join a dedicated, diverse, and geographically distributed team delivering iOS components, application improvements, and features
- Work closely with team members to accurately understand, define, and clarify scope and solidify requirements for iOS applications
- Communicate effectively the engineering development perspective, facilitating discussions on sophisticated topics with both technical and non-technical team members
- Maintain high standards for quality through constructive code reviews, meticulous bug fixing, comprehensive testing, and consistency to best coding practices specifically tailored for iOS development
- A commitment to mentorship, actively supporting the professional development of peers through guidance and feedback on standard processes in iOS development
- Engage with and provide solutions and feedback to Mozilla's vibrant open-source community to enhance our iOS solutions and support Mozilla’s manifesto
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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