Specialty
Who is hiring is shown to signed-in users. Create a free account to see the employer and apply.
The role
The company 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 the employer's careers page behind the apply button.