Software Engineer

Who you are

• If you are passionate about release automation, the Release Engineering team at Mozilla is the place for you. Join us and be a part of a team that is making a significant impact on the web and beyond
• You have a Bachelor's degree in computer science (or related programs) or equivalent work experience
• You have a minimum of 2 years of experience working in an object-oriented programming (OOP) language (preferably Python)
• You are passionate about CI/CD pipelines
• You have some previous experience on using cloud resources (e.g. on AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• You feel comfortable developing in Windows, macOS, and Linux environments, experience with shell scripting
• You have worked on a team distributed across time zones
• You enjoy getting familiar and improving existing code bases and tools
• Commitment to our values:
• Welcoming differences
• Being relationship-minded
• Practicing responsible participation
• Having grit

What the job involves

• At Mozilla, our Release Engineering team (RelEng) plays a crucial role in ensuring the seamless and reliable delivery of our world-class software products
• As a key part of our engineering infrastructure, RelEng is responsible for the continuous deployment of our products, ensuring they reach our users efficiently and without interruption
• For instance, we can reliably ship a security fix to > 200M users across different platforms and > 100 locales in under 24 hours
• RelEng has an expertise in configuring and optimizing our build and deployment pipeline
• In order to provide a faster and more reliable experience for Firefox developers, RelEng is looking for an engineer who can help optimize and maintain the pipeline
• Write software that scales - tens of thousands of tasks are run to build, test, and release Firefox every single day
• Collaborate with senior+ engineers to improve the developers’ experience, then implement the improvements
• Work with a geographically-distributed development team between North America and Europe
• Collaborate with others by requesting and providing code reviews
• Respond to critical service outages (during normal working hours - no on call rotation is required)

Benefits

• Health and wellness: Mozilla covers medical, dental and vision plan premiums at 100% for U.S. and Canadian employees. Our offerings give you the options you need to manage your health — and your family’s — the way you want.
• Mental health: Mental health is as important as our physical health. That’s why Mozilla’s health benefits include therapy and coaching sessions to make sure our people have access to the care they need.
• Time away: With all of life’s demands, time away from work to disconnect and recharge is essential. In addition to country-specific holidays (12 in the U.S. and Canada), vacation and sick time start accruing right away (specifics vary by country). Everyone also takes a pause together on quarterly all-company wellness days, plus you get to celebrate the most personal holiday of all: your birthday.
• Parental leave: While Mozilla’s parental leave policies vary globally, our U.S. and Canadian-based employees can look forward to 26 weeks of paid leave for childbearing parents and 12 weeks of paid leave for non-childbearing parents.
• Financial: Mozilla is a private company, so our compensation isn’t tied to stock options or equity plans. Instead, we offer generous, performance-based bonus plans to all regular employees to underscore that we share in our success as one team. As for retirement savings for US and Canadian employees, Mozilla contributes a percentage of your eligible base salary each year to the 401(k) Plan/RRSP (regardless of whether you contribute or not), with 100% vesting.
• Learning and development: We’re big believers in learning by doing, and we also want to invest in your education and development beyond your role. Every employee is eligible for an annual professional development budget. Mozillians can put it toward technical or management training, certifications, conferences and more.
• Help when you need it: Life is full of surprises; that’s why it’s important to be prepared. Mozilla provides Life/AD&D and Short and Long Term Disability insurance (offerings may vary by locale) to ensure that you and your family will have a safety net in place should you ever need it.
• Plus a bit more: A few other benefits include a quarterly wellbeing stipend (to use on those things just for you), an employee referral bonus, internet reimbursement if you’re remote, and a budget for office essentials to make working remotely ergonomically comfortable.