Senior Software Engineer, Mozilla
Mozilla VPN
$116-182k
Salary based on location
Designs, builds, and distributes internet software
Be an early applicant
Designs, builds, and distributes internet software
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$116-182k
Salary based on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make sure that the internet remains accessible, open, and transparent to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of software engineering experience
- High level of proficiency in C++, Javascript, and full-stack web development
- Experience developing cross-platform applications (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android)
- An understanding of privacy and security principles and best-practices
- Excellent communication skills and experience mentoring engineers
Desirable
- Experience developing cross platform applications with Qt
- Proficiency in any of the following: Rust, Go, Javascript, TypeScript, Lit
- Open-source contributions to networking or VPN-related projects
- Experience implementing or improving application observability
What the job involves
- Mozilla VPN is seeking an experienced software engineer to join our fully remote, global engineering team
- In this role, you will contribute to the suite of products that make up the Mozilla VPN project, including browser extensions, browser integrations, and the Mozilla VPN client—a cross-platform application available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android
- You will be responsible for implementing new features as well as improving the performance and the reliability of existing functionality
- Additionally, you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of innovative, challenging, and technically complex initiatives
- What is a Senior Software Engineer at Mozilla?
- A Senior Software Engineer is the next level from a Software Engineer
- At Mozilla, this role can vary, but is typically someone who is largely self directed after work is assigned and is advanced in their domain
- They help team members get information they need to be successful while also being the go-to person for peer reviews in their domain
- They have a solid understanding of the product strategy and can recommend solutions to critical issues when needed, assist junior engineers in risk management and escalation, and advocate for and implement changes that affect their team
- A Senior Software Engineer actively seeks opinions and ideas from their team members, including those with varied experiences and perspectives to improve more collective results
- Contribute to the development and optimization of the Mozilla VPN client across platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android)
- Contribute to the Mozilla VPN extension for Firefox
- Own features and collaborate cross functionally to bring them from ideation to end-users
- Write pragmatic, maintainable, efficient code and review the code of your peers
- Triage, debug and resolve software defects
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
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 HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
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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