Logo for Mozilla

Staff Software Engineer-Bug Burndown

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Solid web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and comfort debugging real-world site breakage
  • Fluent with browser devtools and cross-browser diagnosis
  • Comfortable using AI tooling to speed up diagnosis and fixes

Responsibilities

  • Finish diagnosing, or verify the diagnosis of, long-tail WebCompat bugs
  • Write WebCompat interventions where appropriate
  • Write simple fixes (AI-assisted) and land them
  • Reproduce and triage incoming site-breakage reports

Key facts

Hard skills

About the company

Mozilla logo

Mozilla

  • Consumer Internet & Social Platforms
  • SME
  • 501–1,000
A lot of companies say they’re “mission-driven.” Our unique corporate structure guarantees that every decision we make upholds our mission: to ensure the internet remains open and accessible. Beholden to neither shareholders nor investors, Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the not-for-profit Mozilla Foundation. Along with our communities of 20,000+ contributors and collaborators, Mozilla Corporation’s staff designs, builds, and distributes software that allows people to enjoy the internet on their own terms. Our flagship product — the Firefox browser — has expanded into a family of products that protects users and alerts them of risks, safeguards passwords and provides a secure VPN (with more to come). By maintaining a safe, open internet we're helping humanity, while also helping the individual humans employed here to reach their personal and professional goals. With a relatively small team serving hundreds of millions of people, a culture of exploration, and a commitment to mentorship, opportunities abound to learn and grow at Mozilla.

Your match analysis

See how your profile stacks up against this role.

We compared the job requirements to your profile to show where you're strong and where you fall short.

Job description

You will help reduce Firefox’s WebCompat bug backlog by finishing or verifying the diagnosis of the long tail of site-breakage bugs, and by writing interventions or simple fixes (often with AI assistance). You turn a large queue of reported breakages into diagnosed, actionable, or fixed bugs.

Responsibilities

  • Finish diagnosing, or verify the diagnosis of, long-tail WebCompat bugs.
  • Write WebCompat interventions where appropriate.
  • Write simple fixes (AI-assisted) and land them.
  • Reproduce and triage incoming site-breakage reports.

Required qualifications

  • Solid web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and comfort debugging real-world site breakage.
  • Fluent with browser devtools and cross-browser diagnosis.
  • Comfortable using AI tooling to speed up diagnosis and fixes.

Preferred

  • Gecko knowledge is a strong plus (but can be taught).
  • Prior WebCompat or web-standards experience.

Related jobs

See all Software Engineer jobs

Other jobs at Mozilla