Frontend Software Engineer, AI

Summary

Join Mozilla's Desktop Engineering team as a Staff Frontend Engineer and contribute to the development of AI-powered features in Firefox. You will build high-quality user interfaces, write code and tests, collaborate with designers and engineers, and help improve engineering practices. This role requires 7+ years of experience in software engineering and JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, along with experience with SQL and relational databases. Preferred qualifications include experience with large codebases, C++ or Rust, and a keen interest in AI. Mozilla offers a generous benefits package, including performance-based bonuses, comprehensive health coverage, retirement contributions, wellness days, and paid parental leave.

Requirements

• 7+ years experience as a software engineer
• 7+ years working experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Working experience with SQL and relational databases
• A background in shipping high quality software

Responsibilities

• Build high quality user interfaces and experience for Firefox with accessibility and usability in mind
• Write code and tests, build prototypes, solve problems with no clear solution, collaborate with other designers and engineers to make the web a better place
• Learn about a wide variety of problems and solutions across a large, mature codebase
• Work with multi-functional teams, building relationships and nurturing collaboration to reach shared goals
• Help to level-up the skills of your fellow engineers through code reviews, giving talks, and/or writing documentation
• Promote and maintain high standards of code-quality, focusing on performance, testing, security, usability, accessibility and maintainability
• Work with driven, committed team members to bring the open web to people around the world
• Contribute to improving engineering practices and procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing in large code bases
• Familiarity with C++ and/or Rust
• Interest in and ability to work with a distributed team (requires good asynchronous written communication skills as well as good verbal communication skills)
• Willingness to provide and receive constructive feedback
• Contributions through asking questions and proposing new ideas
• A love of working with others collaboratively
• A keen interest in AI and bringing value of this tool to users in a privacy preserving and secure way

Benefits

• Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees - we share in our success as one team
• Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute)
• Quarterly all-company wellness days where everyone takes a pause together
• Country specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday
• One-time home office stipend
• Annual professional development budget
• Quarterly well-being stipend
• Considerable paid parental leave
• Employee referral bonus program
• Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc. - varies by country)