Remote Software Engineer, DOM Core

Job description

Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years. We make pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser, and Pocket, a service for keeping up with the best content online. Now, with more than 225 million people around the world using our products each month, we’re shaping the next 25 years of technology and helping to reclaim an internet built for people, not companies. Our work focuses on diverse areas including AI, social media, security and more. And we’re doing this while never losing our focus on our core mission – to make the internet better for people.

The Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation. This means we aren’t beholden to any shareholders – only to our mission. Along with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozillians design, build and distribute open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.

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)

Key responsibilities

• Improve the DOM, HTML, editing, user interaction capabilities of our Web engine, with a focus on performance, security, interoperability and accessibility
• Read and implement API specifications, as well as contributing to the standards process by participating in or driving discussions with the Web community
• Develop and debug in a large complex code base
• Investigate and propose solutions and architectural changes
• Drive features and projects from start to completion
• Collaborate with the widespread Firefox team on shared goals

Requirements

• Proficient with C++
• Skills to learn a large and complex codebase in a timely manner
• Strong ability to write maintainable software in a multi-language and multi-process codebase, ensuring robustness when changes are made
• Experience working on performance-critical system software
• Good understanding of web technologies (JavaScript, HTML, and CSS), and comfortable navigating their specifications, centering around enhancing user experience, privacy and performance
• Creative problem-solver and proficient debugger and profiler
• Great written communication skills and ability to lead discussions effectively, both in writing and verbally.