Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Mozilla's fully remote, global engineering team as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to the development and optimization of the Mozilla VPN client across multiple platforms. You will work on browser extensions, browser integrations, and the cross-platform VPN client application. Responsibilities include implementing new features, improving performance and reliability, and tackling innovative, challenging, and complex initiatives. You will collaborate cross-functionally, write efficient code, and review your peers' code. This role requires significant experience in software engineering, proficiency in C++, Javascript, and full-stack web development, and a strong understanding of privacy and security principles. The ideal candidate will also have experience developing cross-platform applications and excellent communication and mentoring skills.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

• Generous performance-based bonus plans to all regular 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)