Senior Software Engineer, Accessibility

🕒 July 15

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Mozilla

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1998

👥 B2C

🔒 Cybersecurity

B2C • Cybersecurity • Software

Mozilla is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting an open and accessible internet. They are the makers of the popular Firefox browser, which emphasizes user privacy, speed, and control. Mozilla also offers a range of products that focus on internet security and privacy, including Mozilla VPN, Firefox Relay, and Mozilla Monitor. Additionally, the organization is involved in open-source projects, AI innovation, and advocating for digital rights. Mozilla aims to empower users with trustworthy technology and policies that protect privacy, support open-source AI development, and foster accountability for tech companies.

📋 Description

• Improve the architecture, stability, correctness and performance of the core Gecko accessibility engine. • Debug and fix problems in our multi-process, multi-threaded codebase. • Debug OS specific issues. • Build excellent working relationships with engineers and organizational leaders on other teams. • Collaborate with design and front-end teams to identify, assess, and remediate accessibility issues. • Influence web standards that provide or improve access to new web technology. • Work in the open as part of the Mozilla open source project and engage with Mozilla’s global community. • Work on infrastructure to expose the web platform to accessibility technology. • Meet standards for gecko's memory usage and performance. • Implement new web features to enable new kinds of applications and content types.

🎯 Requirements

• A degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field. • Demonstrated proficiency with C++. • Knowledge of web accessibility and ARIA. • Knowledge of Javascript, the web, and web applications. • Experience working on cross-platform native applications. • Creative problem-solving and debugging skills. • Experience writing and debugging multi-process, multi-threaded code. • Ability to learn a large and complex multi-language code base. • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills. • Ability to effectively participate as part of a geographically-distributed open development team. • A passion to empower and improve the web for people with a diverse range of abilities.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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)