Frontend software engineer (React)

Mozilla; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech organization in the UK is seeking an Android Developer to build and ship features that enhance internet accessibility. Applicants should have extensive experience in Java, Kotlin, or C++, and a passion for quality and teamwork. The position offers a generous benefits package focused on well-being and professional growth.

Benefits

Generous performance-based bonus plans

Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage

Quarterly wellness days

Annual professional development budget

Considerable paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Several years of experience building complex applications for a broad user base using Java, Kotlin, and/or C++.
• Experience in problem-solving and collaborative decision-making.
• Passion for product quality from design to bug-squashing.

Responsibilities

• Build, debug, and ship Android features promoting a healthy internet.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

C++

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Job description

Overview

Become a member of a hardworking, diverse, and geographically distributed team responsible for the Firefox mobile applications and our ecosystem of open-source Android components. Collaborate with partners to understand, define, clarify scope, solidify requirements, and drive initiatives. Effectively communicate the engineering development perspective and discuss sophisticated topics with technical and non-technical team members. Define and uphold standards for quality through constructive code reviews, bug fixing, testing, and coding practices. Work closely with specialist Gecko teams to bring browser functionality to Android. Address problems that span all levels from the Java API layer, to JavaScript and into the C++ browser engine. Provide solutions and feedback to Mozilla\'s lively and dynamic open-source community to improve our Android solutions and support Mozilla\'s manifesto.

What you’ll do

• Build, debug, and ship Android features and solutions that promote a healthy and inclusive internet

Qualifications

• Several years of experience building complex applications for a broad and diverse user base using Java, Kotlin, and / or C++
• Experience resolving problems, signaling risk, fostering change, and facilitating collaborative decision-making
• Passion for building excellent products, and a sense of ownership that spans from design to investigating and squashing bugs
• Modern programming practices (code review, unit testing, automation)
• Work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment to deliver well-designed, reusable, and high-quality code on time
• Unafraid of asking questions, and proposing new insights if you think they will make a positive impact
• Desire to work with, learn, and grow with an outstanding group of people
• Commitment to our values: Welcoming differences; Being relationship-minded; Practicing responsible participation; Having grit

Values and EEO

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle and texture), religion (including religious grooming and dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws. Mozilla will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.

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

About Mozilla

Mozilla exists to build the Internet as a public resource accessible to all because we believe that open and free is better than closed and controlled. When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself a chance to make a difference in the lives of Web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every single day. Join us to work on the Web as the platform and help create more opportunity and innovation for everyone online. Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Mozilla understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge are crucial to and enrich the company\'s core mission. We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but certainly not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions.