Contract Staff Software Engineer-FireFox Layout

Wellfound; New York, San Francisco (NY, CA); Híbrido; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Wellfound is seeking a Contract Staff Software Engineer to own ongoing maintenance of Firefox Layout, including CSS, page layout, APZ, text, and images, acting as a tech lead and ensuring code health.

You will diagnose issues across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, participate in planning and standards meetings, and keep tests green while guiding FTE engineers.

Qualificações

• Solid CSS and page-layout knowledge.
• Strong debugging and optimization in a multithreaded codebase.
• Able to work independently and lead technically in a large, mature codebase.

Responsabilidades

• Own day-to-day Layout maintenance: fix bugs and regressions, keep tests green, handle incoming issues.
• Diagnose and fix Layout problems across platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android).
• Carry code review and routine upkeep so the FTE engineers can focus on other mission critical projects.
• Join planning and standards / web-compat meetings as needed.

Conhecimentos

CSS

Page layout

Debugging

Ferramentas

AI tooling (Claude, ChatGPT)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

4.3

Highly rated

4.5

Work / Life Balance

Contract Staff Software Engineer-FireFox Layout

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You will take on the ongoing maintenance and routine engineering work in Firefox’s Layout area (CSS, page layout, APZ, text, images). Working independently at a tech-lead level, you keep the Layout code healthy.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day Layout maintenance: fix bugs and regressions, keep tests green, handle incoming issues.
• Diagnose and fix Layout problems across platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android).
• Carry code review and routine upkeep so the FTE engineers can focus on other mission critical projects. .
• Join planning and standards / web-compat meetings as needed.

Definition of done

A healthy Layout area, backlog and regressions kept down, with the team’s senior engineers freed to focus on critical Performance and Security issues.

Required qualifications

• Solid CSS and page-layout knowledge.
• Strong debugging and optimization in a multithreaded codebase.
• Able to work independently and lead technically in a large, mature codebase.

Preferred

• Mobile web development, profiling and debugging skills a plus.
• Proven experience in utilization of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) in the investigation, development, debugging, and/or testing of code is a plus.