Contract Staff Software Engineer – WebCompat & Bug Triage

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open work culture

Job summary

OpenKrill is hiring to help reduce Firefox’s WebCompat bug backlog by finishing or verifying diagnoses of long-tail site-breakage bugs. You will turn reports into actionable bugs and implement simple fixes, often with AI assistance.

You will reproduce and triage incoming site-breakage reports, write WebCompat interventions, and land fixes in collaboration with developers. Strong web tech and browser debugging experience are essential, with comfort using AI tooling to speed up diagnosis and fixes.

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.

Skills

Web development

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Debugging

Browser devtools

AI tooling

Tools

Gecko knowledge

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.