Mozilla Corporation is looking to improve the user experience and security of the Firefox browser, particularly in relation to OS integration, installs, and updates, to maintain and grow its user base.
Requirements
- Experience with systems programming on a major desktop platform (Windows, macOS or Linux).
- Development experience on Windows and/or macOS, particularly with low-level Win32/Cocoa API coding.
- A solid understanding of C/C++ and some knowledge of Rust.
- Professional programming experience in Rust.
- Developed cross-platform desktop applications, particularly when this involves low level systems programming.
- Previously successfully contributed to an open source project.
Responsibilities
- Develop, innovate, and ship the next experience of Firefox features through installs, updates, and improved OS integrations.
- Improve the ease of use and security of Firefox in large deployments by developing better administration tools.
- Assess what work supports the team and product roadmap and make insightful recommendations in regards to priorities.
- Work with expert software engineers to further develop your understanding of the Windows, macOS and Linux platforms.
- Optimize the quality of Firefox by hunting down and fixing software defects, improving the experience of hundreds of millions of users.
- Work with a geographically-distributed development team.
Other
- You are an excellent communicator and have participated effectively on a distributed team.
- You’re pragmatic about how to move things forward in specific timeframes including trade-offs and safeguards when implementing new functionality.
- Experience working collaboratively with product managers, project managers, and/or other non-engineering teams.
- We value a variety of voices within our team and at Mozilla. You don't need to check every box on this list to apply.
- We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, as appropriate. Please contact us at hiringaccommodation@mozilla.com to request accommodation.
