Mozilla is hiring a
Senior Staff Software Engineer in Germany

Summary

Mozilla is a non-profit technology company that creates open-source software for the internet, including the Firefox browser and Pocket service. The Firefox team is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead projects related to installs, updates, and OS integrations for Firefox on various desktop platforms. The role involves designing, developing, and shipping new features, leading design reviews, analyzing data, mentoring others, and improving the quality of Firefox on specific operating systems.

Requirements

• 10+ years experience as a Software Engineer
• Experience with low-level systems programming on at least one major platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, any mobile platform)
• Solid understanding of C/C++
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and have participated effectively on a distributed team
• Ability to influence roadmaps and execution in the teams you and your team partner with
• Pragmatic about how to move things forward in specific timeframes including trade-offs and safeguards when implementing new functionality
• Development experience on Windows and/or macOS, particularly with low-level Win32/Cocoa API coding
• Experience working collaboratively with product managers, project managers, and/or other non-engineering teams

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and ship the next experience of Firefox features through installs, updates, and OS integrations
• Lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to influence strategic technical decisions for Firefox desktop
• Analyze data and metrics to invent new patterns to increase user engagement during installation, update, and integration with the host OS
• Investigate low-level operating systems programming issues and contribute to design and implement solutions with other teams
• Assess what work supports the team and product roadmap and make insightful recommendations in regards to priorities
• Support management, peers, and others on team consensus and direction
• Analyze data and metrics to innovate on behalf of users
• Improve the quality of Firefox on Windows and/or macOS by hunting down and fixing software defects

Preferred Qualifications

• Programming experience in Rust
• Additional Linux and/or macOS experience is a bonus, particularly with low level systems programming or operating system internals
• Previous experience contributing to an open source project
• Expertise in compilers pipeline design and optimization
• Knowledgeable about improving overall compiler performance

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)