Senior Software Engineer, Privacy
Job description
A Senior Software Engineer role on Mozilla's Privacy Team to advance the Firefox Web Platform by implementing privacy and anti-tracking protections and architectural improvements to Gecko.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote · France
- Pay
- EUR 53,000 – 71,000 / year
What you'll do
- Implement Privacy-improving, anti-tracking and threat intelligence protection into the Firefox web browser to mitigate user tracking and phishing
- Implement architectural improvements into Gecko, the browser engine underlying Firefox
- Build performant, low-latency, and maintainable C++, JavaScript and Rust code
- Work as part of a geographically distributed team in an asynchronous manner (mostly Europe and US-East)
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related program; or equivalent work experience
- At least 4 years of experience with programming in C++ and Rust, with a strong background in memory safety, multi-threaded system architecture, or raw data stream manipulation
- Proven ability to onboard quickly, deliver and improve complex software projects
- Proven track record of independently scoping and landing complex features within tight release windows
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; can validate progress and decisions and communicate them clearly
Nice to have
- Contributed to the Mozilla mission and the codebase
- Experience working within the browser space (Gecko, Chromium, WebKit) or web engine runtime abstractions
- Experience or high interest in designing or leveraging ML pipelines to automate internal developer workflows
- Deep understanding of web architecture, the privacy/security model of the web, and client-side data structures
- Knowledge of basic statistical modeling
- Proficiency with Python and SQL
Your team
Privacy Team
A geographically distributed team (mostly Europe and US-East) working asynchronously to advance the Firefox Web Platform.
Benefits
- Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees
- Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute)
- Quarterly all-company wellness days
- 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)
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About Mozilla
The non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years
Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company behind brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser. It is wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation and, along with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators worldwide, designs, builds and distributes open-source software.
Mission
To make the internet better for people and build the Internet as a public resource accessible to all
Key facts
- Technology
- More than 225 million people around the world use Mozilla products each month
- Wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation
- Not beholden to any shareholders — only to its mission
- Work focuses on areas including AI, social media, security and more
What they value
- Open and free is better than closed and restricted
- Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging