Specialty
The role
Mozilla is hiring a staff engineer for the Firefox Performance team, which works to make every part of the browser faster. The team is geographically distributed and works in the open across Windows, Android, Linux and macOS.
What you will do
- Write code and tests, build prototypes, and profile performance bottlenecks
- Fix performance problems using C++, JavaScript, Kotlin, Rust and Python, mainly C++ and JavaScript
- Teach other teams to write faster code through reviews, talks, tooling and documentation
- Break complex performance problems into steps and drive them to completion
- Help set performance benchmarks and priorities
- Own the performance of a major browser area end to end and contribute to the team roadmap
What they ask for
- BS/MS in CS or CE and 5+ years of relevant experience
- Deep proficiency in C++ and working proficiency in JavaScript
- Proven experience building performance-critical software
- Skill with profilers such as VTune or Xperf to diagnose bottlenecks
- Experience with multithreading, disk I/O or GPU work
- Track record of driving multi-engineer projects to completion
- Good asynchronous written communication for a distributed team
What they offer
- Performance-based bonus plans
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement contributions with immediate vesting
- Quarterly wellness days, plus a birthday day off
- One-time home office stipend and annual professional development budget
- Paid parental leave
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.
