Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: Not provided

The Browser Company is building a better way to use the internet. They believe browsers can do more than just display web pages; they can empower and support users. This role focuses on building tools and systems that improve the developer experience, allowing engineers to build and ship updates faster and more efficiently.

Requirements

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Responsibilities

• Proactively identify inefficiencies across the build, test, and release loops and spearhead projects to make them better.
• Work at different layers of the stack and on developer environments across multiple operating systems (Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android).
• Dig into physical and virtualized environments to resolve ergonomic, performance, and configuration issues within the CI/CD pipeline.
• Create tools that abstract complexity for product teams and help us ship code faster, without sacrificing safety or quality.
• Give back to the open source community – upstreaming work to benefit the community.
• Onboard to the team and codebase with an onboarding buddy.
• Attend onboarding presentations on the company, product, codebase, and culture.
• Become familiar with build, test, and release systems for all applications across supported operating systems.
• Learn or get oriented to coding languages (Swift, Golang, and Python) and developer environments (Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android).
• Work side-by-side with other engineers on bug fixes and small improvements.
• Post feedback about using Dia in the #dogfooding channel.
• Understand the CI/CD pipeline deeply to propose new ways to streamline and visualize it.
• Familiarize yourself with the Swift toolchain, Swift for Windows bindings, and Chromium integration.
• Ship improvements to major build systems or tools (Swift toolchain, VSCode editor, LLDB debugger, CMake).
• Participate in infrastructure improvement discussions (observability, performance monitoring, updater stability).
• Be involved in company-wide engineering discussions about architecture, code review, and code style.
• Contribute to on-call rotations and incidents.

Application Instructions

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Company Information

• Company: The Browser Company
• Mission: Building a better way to use the internet by empowering users and developers.
• Focus: Developing a browser that can help people grow, create, and stay curious.
• Values: Diverse team, open source contributions, and a focus on developer experience.
• Github: https://github.com/thebrowsercompany