Staff Software Engineer - Add-on Operations for Mozilla

About the Role

Join Mozilla as a Staff Software Engineer - Add-on Operations and play a crucial role in shaping the future of the internet. This remote Staff Software Engineer position focuses on enhancing the add-ons ecosystem for Firefox, impacting millions of users worldwide. You'll collaborate with a diverse team to build resilient systems that improve the developer experience.

What You'll Do

• Plan and deliver major features and architectural improvements across the Add-ons stack, including automated moderation pipelines and reviewer tools.
• Partner with engineering management to set operations engineering standards, including SLOs and incident management.
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge to foster team growth.
• Enhance platform reliability through effective deployments, monitoring, and incident response.
• Ensure platform safety and user trust by addressing security concerns.
• Resolve issues impacting users and developers, from minor bugs to significant incidents.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, QA, and community contributors to implement end-to-end improvements.
• Contribute to open-source projects through pull requests and code reviews.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading and building modern web applications.
• Strong proficiency in Python/Django or similar backend frameworks.
• Understanding of web security principles and practices.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills in a distributed team environment.
• Adept at navigating ambiguity and shaping direction in new problem spaces.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.
• Commitment to Mozilla's values of diversity and inclusion.

Nice to Have

• Experience in Site Reliability Engineering.
• Exposure to cloud infrastructure, particularly Google Cloud.
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Experience with ecosystem moderation tools.

What We Offer

• Generous performance-based bonus plans for all eligible employees.
• Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Generous retirement contributions with immediate vesting.
• Quarterly wellness days for all employees.
• Country-specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday.
• One-time home office stipend and annual professional development budget.
• Considerable paid parental leave and employee referral bonus program.

At Mozilla, we believe in building an open and accessible internet for everyone. Join us as a remote Staff Software Engineer and make a difference in the lives of web users globally.