Software Engineer, DOM Core

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Why Mozilla?

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. 

About this team and role:

Join the global DOM: Core team of engineers passionate about the Web. We are the team responsible for page navigation, document loading, event handling, user interaction, and text editing in Gecko, the engine behind Firefox. You will implement standardized APIs like DOM, HTML, Events, Editor, and Clipboard. You will push the boundaries of what the Web is capable of. Your responsibilities will include writing code, tests, as well as building prototypes, solving problems, while continuously learning and growing as an engineer.

What you’ll do:

• Improve the DOM, HTML, editing, user interaction capabilities of our Web engine, with a focus on performance, Web compatibility, and standards correctness
• Read and implement API specifications, as well as contributing to the standards process by raising issues or participating in discussions
• Develop and debug in a multi-language, multi-threaded and multi-process code base
• Work primarily in C++ and write tests largely with HTML and JavaScript. You will learn on the job!
• Collaborate with a geographically distributed development team. Working in the open is the norm

What you’ll bring:

• Proficiency in and experience developing software in C++
• Ability to learn a large and complex code base quickly
• Comfortable contacting people and driving discussions
• Motivated to learn new tools and techniques for improving existing software
• Familiarity with one or more of the following, or ability to pick them up in a timely manner:
• Multi-process architecture
• Debugging memory usage or performance profiling
• The modern Web technologies (JavaScript, HTML, and/or CSS)

• Commitment to our values:
• Welcoming differences
• Being relationship-minded
• Practicing responsible participation
• Having grit

• 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).