Senior Staff Software Engineer, Ads

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.

What is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Mozilla?

A Senior Staff Software Engineer is the next level from a Staff Software Engineer. At Mozilla this role can vary, but typically a senior staff engineer leads projects requiring implementation with multiple teams, providing technical leadership, building cross-team relationships, and helping the teams deliver on their objectives. They are a guide in their domain and provide observation and evaluation on our strategy and goals affecting numerous teams and turn our strategy into coordinated action for those teams. They mentor others by stewarding responsibilities to more junior engineers, so they can address new ones, while collaborating with leadership on establishing team consensus and providing direction. Typically, a Senior Staff is a technical lead for multiple teams.

About this team and role

We’re growing the Mozilla Ads product team, passionate about display advertising in Mozilla products that is privacy-respecting and values-aligned. You will be one of the lead engineers that will craft, build, and be responsible for the core systems, both front-end and back-end, that support advertising in clients (Firefox, MDN, Pocket, Fakespot, etc). You and your team will be the domain guides when it comes to advertising, providing direction and shepherding to various product teams across Mozilla.

What you’ll do…

• Drive the completion of major initiatives on clear timelines that span across multiple teams and organizations in Mozilla.
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