Senior Software Engineer - Platform & Moderation (Python/Django)

Mozilla Foundation

United States

Remote

USD 100,000 - 140,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonuses

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement contributions

Wellness days

Home office stipend

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Mozilla is seeking a skilled developer to deliver improvements to the Add-ons stack and enhance platform reliability. This role includes creating observability systems and resolving issues impacting users.

Ideal candidates will possess strong experience with Python/Django and demonstrate excellent collaboration skills in a distributed team. Benefits include performance bonuses, comprehensive health coverage, and support for home office setup.

Qualifications

Experience building modern web applications.
Strong experience with Python/Django or similar backend frameworks.
Understanding of web security principles and practices.
Strong collaboration and communication skills in a distributed team environment.

Responsibilities

Deliver major features and architectural improvements across the Add-ons stack.
Create robust observability systems and data-backed insights.
Improve platform reliability through deployments, monitoring, and incident response.
Resolve issues impacting users and developers.
Collaborate with designers, product managers, QA, and community contributors.
Contribute to open source through pull requests and code reviews.