Staff Software Engineer - Mobile Android

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Mozilla Corporation, backed by a non-profit, has been shaping the internet for 25 years, creating brands like the privacy-minded web browser, Firefox. With over 225 million monthly users, Mozilla is focused on the next 25 years of technology, including AI, social media, and security, all while upholding its mission to make the internet better for people. Mozilla Corporation is owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation, allowing it to prioritize its mission over shareholder interests. Mozillians, along with global volunteers, develop and distribute open-source software that empowers users to control their internet experience.

This role involves contributing to the evolution of Firefox for Android, an open-source browser with over 100 million downloads. The Staff Android Engineer will influence architecture, mentor engineers, and guide technical direction, contributing to a product that embodies Mozilla's values of openness, innovation, and privacy.

Requirements

• Many years of experience building complex applications for a broad and diverse user base using Java, Kotlin, and/or C++.
• Experience resolving problems, signaling risk, fostering change, and facilitating collaborative decision-making.
• Passion for building excellent products, with a sense of ownership from design to bug fixing.
• Proficiency in modern programming practices (code review, unit testing, automation).
• Rust programming experience and knowledge is a plus.
• Ability to lead other developers and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment to deliver well-designed, reusable, and high-quality code on time.
• Proactive in asking questions and proposing new insights for positive impact.
• Desire to work with, learn from, and grow with an outstanding group of people.
• Commitment to Mozilla's values: Welcoming differences, Being real.

Responsibilities

• Design, debug, build, and ship medium to large-scale Android solutions that promote a healthy and inclusive internet.
• Drive engineering decisions and feature development with a clear focus on delivering user value.
• Become a member of a hardworking, diverse, and geographically distributed team responsible for the Firefox mobile applications and our ecosystem of open-source Android components.
• Closely collaborate with partners to understand, define, clarify scope, solidify requirements, and drive initiatives.
• Effectively communicate the engineering development perspective and discuss sophisticated topics with technical and non-technical team members.
• Define and uphold standards for quality through constructive code reviews, bug fixing, testing, and coding practices.
• Work closely with specialist Gecko teams to bring browser functionality to Android.
• Address problems that span all levels from the Java API layer, to JavaScript and into the C++ browser engine.
• Provide solutions and feedback to Mozilla's lively and dynamic open-source community to improve our Android solutions and support Mozilla’s manifesto.

Company Information

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. 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 own terms.