
Website Mozilla Corporation
Senior Privacy Engineer Firefox
The Opportunity
Are you passionate about Privacy Protections and the Open Web? Do you want to ship software to a large user base? Do you want your contributions to have a positive impact on the world? Do you want to advance current browser architecture to make the web a safer place for users?
Mozilla exists to build the Internet as a public resource accessible to all because we believe that open and free is better than closed and restricted. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to support the Security and Privacy Team to advance the Firefox Web Platform.
What You’ll Get To Do
- Implement anti-tracking features into the Firefox web browser to prevent all forms of unhealthy user tracking.
- Implement web standards and architectural improvements into Gecko, the browser engine underlying Firefox.
- Build performant and maintainable code; take responsibility for their maintenance and improvement over time and back it up by writing automated tests
- Collaborate with users to troubleshoot and fix bugs
- Work with a geographically distributed team and mentor junior team members.
- Communicate openly within Mozilla, the Firefox user base and open source community.
What You Bring
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related program; or equivalent work experience.
- At least 3 years of experience with programming C++ and JavaScript
- Proven ability to deliver and maintain complex software projects
- Excellent communication skills. You can validate your decisions and communicate them clearly.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Bonus Points
- Experience with web architecture and the privacy and security model of the web.
- Experience collaborating remotely and asynchronously with an international team.
To apply for this job please visit www.mozilla.org.