Engineering Manager leading distributed teams improving Mozilla Firefox Desktop user experiences. Driving frontend innovation, quality software delivery, and cross-functional collaboration for an open-source browser.
Responsibilities
Direct a geographically distributed team of engineers improving the Firefox Desktop user experience
Drive initiatives delivering high-quality, highly available, monitored, and maintainable software
Navigate trade-offs and align teams across a portfolio of browser user experiences
Communicate team goals, project scope, risks, and delivery timelines
Build and iterate engineering processes supporting a high-performing team
Conduct regular one-on-ones covering technical work and professional development
Provide direct performance feedback and support developers throughout the developer lifecycle
Create an inclusive environment that engages and challenges team members
Collaborate with Product, UX, QA, Operations, and Data Science teams
Requirements
4+ years leading engineers in a software development environment and working across multiple distributed teams
Software engineering background enabling technical decision-making and engagement with engineers at all seniority levels
Experience leading multiple concurrent projects
Previous experience with frontend platform initiatives, such as design systems and frontend architectural improvements
Track record delivering front-end experiences to user-facing products
Hands-on experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
Proven record leading and shipping sophisticated user-facing experiences on time using data to inform timelines
Strong communication and relationship-building skills
Ability to resolve problems, manage risk, lead change, and facilitate collaborative decision-making
Experience communicating with senior leadership and advocating for engineering priorities
Desire to grow as a manager and develop others
Ability to hire, mentor, empower, develop, and delegate to geographically distributed team members
Commitment to Mozilla's values: welcoming differences, being relationship-minded, practicing responsible participation, and having grit
Bonus: fostering AI use in frontend engineering teams
Bonus: experience working in open source environments
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)
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