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The role
Mozilla is hiring a fixed-term contract Staff Software Engineer for Firefox's Layout area, covering CSS, page layout, APZ, text and images. The engineer works independently at tech-lead level on maintenance and bug fixing. This frees full-time engineers for performance and security work.
What you will do
- Own day-to-day Layout maintenance, fixing bugs and regressions and keeping tests passing
- Diagnose and fix Layout problems on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android
- Handle code review and routine upkeep so full-time engineers can focus on other projects
- Join planning and standards or web-compat meetings as needed
What they ask for
- Strong C++ skills
- Solid CSS and page-layout knowledge
- Strong debugging and optimization in a multithreaded codebase
- Ability to work independently and lead technically in a large, mature codebase
- JavaScript or Rust, browser architecture and web standards experience are preferred
What they offer
- Fixed-term contract position
This is our own short reading of the posting. The full description, and anything that has changed since, is on Mozilla's careers page behind the apply button.
