Mozilla

Staff Software Engineer, Web Application Services

Mozilla
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2 days ago
Remote, WorldwideStaff+

Base Salary

$180k - $215k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical architecture of new Services products and own complex projects.
  • Write code, build prototypes and experiments, and contribute across planning, testing, implementation, monitoring, and maintenance.
  • Establish software patterns, investigate technology choices, and make technical decisions across Services products.
  • Build and evolve analytics and infrastructure that use user-generated data to inform decisions.
  • Solve ambiguous, high-impact technical and product problems, including those related to growing users and subscribers.
  • Provide technical and product direction across Thunderbird and collaborate with Mozilla and community contributors.
  • Mentor engineers through code reviews, documentation, technical discussions, process improvements, and ongoing guidance.
  • Improve systems and processes to make them more accessible, self-serviceable, scalable, sustainable, and easier to maintain.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of web software development experience, including designing scalable and efficient systems and launching complex web projects at scale.
  • Expert-level JavaScript skills and knowledge of at least one additional language such as Python, Rust, Go, or C++.
  • Experience with front-end frameworks, full-stack development, and/or API development.
  • Strong knowledge of software development practices including testing, code review, and documentation.
  • Experience serving as a technical lead and mentoring or guiding other engineers.
  • Experience collaborating remotely across engineering, product management, QA, and design.
  • Strong written and verbal English communication and documentation skills.
  • Comfort working in an open-source environment and commitment to Mozilla values.
  • Ability to evaluate and responsibly use emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools.
  • Willingness to travel periodically, including internationally.
  • Product management or product-focused experience is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work with schedule flexibility.
  • Company-provided laptop and monthly remote work stipend.
  • Annual bonus program and annual professional development stipend.
  • Access to Coursera, industry conferences, company all-hands, and team gatherings.
  • 24 days of prorated PTO, birthday leave, year-end company shutdown, wellbeing days, public holidays, and other paid leave.
  • Quarterly wellbeing stipend for personal or family activities.
  • 401(k) or RRSP contributions, health, dental, and vision insurance, disability and life insurance, employee assistance, paid parental leave, and paid sick days.
Mozilla

About Mozilla

1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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