Senior Mobile Engineer, Mozilla
$116-199k
Salary is partially dependant on applicant’s location. Plus performance-based bonus plans
Internet software for people, not profit
Job no longer available
Internet software for people, not profit
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$116-199k
Salary is partially dependant on applicant’s location. Plus performance-based bonus plans
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure the internet remains open and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- Several years of real-world Android or iOS experience with contributions to one or more high quality Android or iOS apps
- Knowledge of the Android or iOS SDK inside and out
- Substantial experience with Swift and/or Kotlin
- Either experience or strong interest in building development skills on both Android and iOS
- Experience resolving problems, signaling risk, fostering change, and facilitating collaborative decision-making in a cross-functional team
- Passion for building good products
- Interest in learning and experimenting with new technologies
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a passionate and skilled engineer to bring to life key aspects of our Android and iOS apps
- Today, we have one Android engineer, one iOS engineer, one Front End Web engineer, and one Backend engineer
- We’re looking to grow our mobile engineering force with someone who is interested in straddling the line between Android and iOS, and carrying learnings from one environment to the other
- We are excited to provide the opportunity for an existing Android or iOS engineer to learn how the other half lives, and do not expect candidates to be experts in both systems out of the gate
- If you are passionate about using technology to improve people's lives, we believe Pocket has challenges that will excite you
- We're a small team within a well-established organization (Pocket was acquired by Mozilla in 2017), and that means lots of opportunity to build, learn and grow in a variety of areas, collaborate closely with fellow team members from many different fields, and to own things from start to finish that have tremendous impact on large numbers of people
- Our Android and iOS apps have been recognized time and again as leaders on their respective platform
- Our users agree: Pocket for Android and iOS are one of the few mobile apps that can claim a decade of near-perfect user ratings
- Own key aspects of Pocket on the Android and iOS platforms
- Own key aspects of Pocket on the Android and iOS platforms
- Use and expand your skills in every part of developing an app, from UI down to the underlying architectures that bring apps to life
- Use and expand your skills in every part of developing an app, from UI down to the underlying architectures that bring apps to life
- Create a dynamic, flexible, native user experience that allows our users to discover, save, organize, consume, and share millions of articles
- Create a dynamic, flexible, native user experience that allows our users to discover, save, organize, consume, and share millions of articles
- Work closely with our existing mobile engineers to build an extraordinary engineering experience for yourself and your peers
- Work closely with our existing mobile engineers to build an extraordinary engineering experience for yourself and your peers
- Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, designers, product managers, and support teams to create a wonderful product experience for Pocket’s Android and iOS users
- Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, designers, product managers, and support teams to create a wonderful product experience for Pocket’s Android and iOS users
- Participate daily in decisions influencing the future of Pocket and its mobile platform
- Participate daily in decisions influencing the future of Pocket and its mobile platform
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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