Develop, innovate, and ship the next experience of Firefox through improved integration with the operating system
Improve the ease of use and security of Firefox in large deployments by developing better administration and monitoring 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
Responsible for OS integration such as updates, installs, and integrating Firefox with different operating systems and helping grow the user base
Requirements
Experience with systems programming on a major desktop platform (Windows, macOS or Linux)
A solid understanding of C/C++ and some knowledge of Rust
A solid understanding of JavaScript and typical interactions with the backend (services, REST, ... )
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
Professional programming experience in Rust (bonus)
Developed cross-platform desktop applications, particularly when this involves low level systems programming such as Cocoa APIs on macOS or GTK on Linux (bonus)
Previously successfully contributed to an open source project (bonus)
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)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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