3 hours ago
Base Salary
$139k - $218k/yr
Responsibilities
- Write code and tests, build prototypes, and investigate performance bottlenecks.
- Use profiling, measurement, and experiments to diagnose and resolve Firefox performance issues.
- Own the performance of a significant browser area end to end and contribute to the Performance team's technical roadmap.
- Lead performance efforts within the engineer's area and drive complex projects to completion.
- Educate engineers through code reviews, talks, tooling, and documentation.
- Contribute to performance benchmarks and prioritize impactful improvements.
- Collaborate with engineering teams across the organization on shared performance goals.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
- 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Deep proficiency in C++ and working proficiency in JavaScript.
- Proven experience developing performance-critical software.
- Proven ability to debug and analyze performance bottlenecks using profiling tools such as VTune, Xperf, or other sampling-based profilers.
- Experience with multithreading and concurrency, disk I/O, or GPU work.
- Track record of driving projects to completion across more than one engineer and collaborating across teams.
- Ability to work effectively in a geographically distributed team.
- Preferred: familiarity with Web Standards, Android or Windows application programming, statistics, or modern web browser development.
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus plans for eligible employees.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Retirement contributions with immediate vesting.
- Quarterly company wellness days, country-specific holidays, and a birthday day off.
- One-time home office stipend and annual professional development budget.
- Quarterly well-being stipend and paid parental leave.
- Employee referral bonus program and other country-specific benefits.
- The team is geographically distributed and the role is marked remote.
About Mozilla
Mozilla builds open-source internet software, best known for the Firefox web browser, plus privacy tools like a VPN, password manager, and identity services. Its products are largely free and monetized through search partnerships and paid subscriptions, serving consumers, developers, and enterprises building for the web. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.