Senior Staff Software Engineer, Ads

Mozilla; Toronto; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mozilla is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead projects and mentor teams in developing sophisticated full-stack systems for its advertising products. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience, expertise in technologies like Golang and Rust, and a strong background in digital advertising. This role is pivotal in shaping the direction of Mozilla's privacy-respecting advertising strategies.

Benefits

Generous performance-based bonus plans

Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous retirement contributions

Quarterly wellness days

Country specific holidays plus birthday off

One-time home office stipend

Quarterly well-being stipend

Considerable paid parental leave

Employee referral bonus program

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience in digital advertising or advertising platforms.
• Expertise in back-end technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead major initiatives across teams.
• Ensure software quality and maintainability.
• Collaborate on privacy-preserving ad technology.

Skills

Leadership

Full-stack systems

Influencing roadmaps

Tools

Golang

Rust

Java

Job description

at Mozilla Corporation Team : Strategy & Operations Locations : Remote UK, Remote France, Remote Canada, Remote Germany, Remote US

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Why Mozilla?

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.
• Ensure that the software your team delivers is high quality, measurable, and maintainable.
• Work with front-end teams across Mozilla to support, and extend, existing systems to apply innovative ways and technologies in reaching Mozilla’s advertising goals.
• Collaborate with the office of the CTO on development of industry leading privacy preserving ad technology.
• Write engineering proposals for the team’s biggest projects and provide feedback for major architectural decisions across the organization.
• Collaborate with management on building consensus across the org and providing guidance

What you’ll bring…

• 10+ years of overall software engineering experience
• Confirmed ability to effectively lead and ship sophisticated software projects
• Ability to influence roadmaps and execution in the teams you and your team partner with
• Expertise in working on sophisticated full-stack systems at scale
• Expertise in one of the following back-end technologies : Golang, Rust or Java
• Ability to take initiative in a loosely structured environment to navigate your team to success
• Dedication to our values :
• Being relationship-minded
• Having grit
• Experience in digital advertising or advertising platforms

What you’ll get :

• 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
• Quarterly well-being stipend
• Considerable paid parental leave
• Employee referral bonus program
• Other benefits (life / AD&D, disability, EAP, etc. - varies by country)