Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Mozilla's VPN team as a fully remote Software Engineer and contribute to the development and improvement of cross-platform VPN client applications for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. You will drive the architecture, development, and optimization of the client, collaborate with cross-functional colleagues, maintain high-quality code, enforce security best practices, and mentor other engineers. This role requires expertise in C/C++, networking protocols, and security best practices, as well as experience with cross-platform application development and debugging network-related problems. Bonus points are awarded for experience with Qt, Rust, Go, Python, Javascript, TypeScript, Git, open-source contributions, and improving application observability. Mozilla offers a comprehensive benefits package including generous performance-based bonuses, rich medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement contributions, wellness days, paid time off, a home office stipend, a professional development budget, a well-being stipend, considerable paid parental leave, and an employee referral bonus program.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience
• Expert level proficiency in C/C++
• Expertise in networking protocols and privacy and security best practices
• Extensive knowledge of core OS concepts of Windows or Mac
• Experience developing cross-platform applications (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android)
• Experience debugging network related problems with Wireshark, tcpdump, or similar tools
• Excellent communication skills and experience mentoring engineers

Responsibilities

• Drive the architecture, development, and optimization of the Mozilla VPN client across platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android)
• Work closely with cross functional colleagues, providing technical insight to drive feature development
• Maintain high-quality code, enforce security best practices, and mentor engineers by providing comprehensive and insightful code reviews
• Triage, debug and resolve software defects

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing cross platform applications with Qt
• Proficiency in any of the following: Rust, Go, Python, Javascript, TypeScript, Git
• 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)