The Company

A lot of companies say theyre mission-driven. Our unique corporate structure guarantees that every decision we make upholds our mission: to make sure the internet stays available, safe, & welcoming to everyone. Beholden to neither shareholders nor investors, Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the not-for-profit Mozilla Foundation.

Along with 20,000+ volunteer contributors & collaborators all over the world, Mozilla Corporations staff designs, builds, & distributes software that allows people to enjoy the internet on their own terms. Our flagship product the Firefox browser has expanded into a family of products that protects users & alerts them of risks.

The Opportunity

Mozillas Privacy & Security product team is a vanguard protecting people on the internet. We embody the Mozilla manifesto principle: individuals security & privacy are fundamental & must not be treated as optional.

One year after the launch of our flagship product, the Mozilla VPN, the Privacy & Security product team is hard at work building new features & products to add to our portfolio. Since our products can be used by anyone with internet access, every engineer on our team has the ability to provide valuable tools to protect users data & contribute to a safer internet.

Our culture promotes participation, innovative thinking, & is inclusive of people from all walks of life. We build comprehensive full-stack software like Mozilla VPN, Monitor, and Relay. We code web services & APIs, web front-ends, browser extensions like Multi-Account Containers, & client-side apps.

What You'll Do

• Build products to help users protect themselves online

• Maintain significant pieces of our backend architecture

• Design client/server interactions & architecture

• Build, maintain, use, & combine a number of APIs for end products

What You Bring

• 5 years of experience of software development experience with an emphasis on backend services & APIs

• 3+ years of experience writing server-side code in Node.JS

• Experience writing client-side HTML, CSS, & JavaScript

• Exceptional collaboration skills to conduct software engineering work in the open

• Fundamental knowledge of online security concepts/products

Bonus points

• Passionate about open source technologies

• Experience working on cross-platform products

• Experience dev-ops tools, such as CircleCI & Sentry

• Experience with Handlebars or other templating engines

• Prior experience working within an Agile team 

• Experience leading projects, creating system architecture documentation, wikis, & diagrams

About Mozilla 

Mozilla exists to build the Internet as a public resource accessible to all because we believe that open & free is better than closed & controlled. When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself a chance to make a difference in the lives of Web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every single day. Join us to work on the Web as the platform & help create more opportunity & innovation for everyone online.

Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, & belonging

Mozilla understands that valuing diverse creative practices & forms of knowledge are crucial to & enrich the companys core mission.  We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but certainly not limited to) women, racialized & Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities, & expressions.

We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, & to receive other benefits & privileges of employment, as appropriate. Please contact us at hiringaccommodation@mozilla.com to request accommodation.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle & texture), religion (including religious grooming & dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws.  Mozilla will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.

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