Mozilla

Front End Engineering Manager, Firefox Desktop

Mozilla$165K — $220K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Canada
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years leading engineers in software development, especially distributed teams.
  • Strong background in software engineering to influence technical decisions.
  • Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Expertise in frontend platform initiatives like design systems.
  • Proven delivery of front-end experiences for user-facing products.
  • Hands-on experience with web technologies (JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS).
  • Proficient in communication, especially with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Drive initiatives to enhance Firefox's user experience with high-quality software.
  • Balance quick delivery with long-term strategies for user interface improvements.
  • Communicate team goals and projects clearly, managing timelines and risks.
  • Build and refine engineering processes that foster high performance.
  • Engage in one-on-one meetings to enhance team members' technical and career growth.
  • Support and empower developers throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Foster an inclusive team environment encouraging engagement and challenge.

Benefits

  • Performance-based bonus plans that promote collective success.
  • Extensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Generous retirement contributions with immediate vesting.
  • Quarterly wellness days for a team-wide pause from work.
  • Country-specific holidays along with an extra day off for birthdays.
  • Home office setup stipend to facilitate remote work.
  • Annual budget for professional development opportunities.
  • Quarterly well-being stipends for employee wellness initiatives.
  • Substantial paid parental leave for new parents.
  • Employee referral program benefiting staff who bring new talent.
Full Job Description
About this team and role:

The Firefox team is a community of engineers who care deeply about delivering the fastest, friendliest, most usable browser possible. We are responsible for making the things you see in the browser work securely, quickly, and well! Working in the open is the norm, and we contribute to the code driving the Firefox browser on a number of desktop platforms - Windows, Linux, and macOS. Our focus is on implementing and fixing things in Firefox as well as helping other teams make it excellent for our users.

A Frontend Engineering Manager directs a team of geographically distributed engineers to constantly drive improvements to Firefox Desktop experience through innovations and enhancements to the browser user interface in Firefox. We need a leader who is dedicated to building exceptional teams, creating innovative solutions, delivering quality software, and influencing how the world uses the internet.

Feel good about your work again! Pursue your future while working to protect the future of the internet for everyone, everywhere.

What you'll do:
  • Drive initiatives to deliver value to our users ensuring the software your team delivers is high quality, highly available, monitored, and maintainable.
  • Help the team navigate trade-offs and drive alignment in a fast-paced field; balancing quick delivery with thoughtful, long-term approaches across a portfolio of user experiences in the browser.
  • Communicate your team's goals, the scope and risks of your projects, and own the delivery of initiatives on clear timelines.
  • Identify, build and iterate on engineering processes that support a high performing team.
  • Engage regularly 1-1 with your team to discuss both technical work and professional development; provide direct and honest feedback about their individual performances
  • Ensure developers are properly supported and empowered throughout the developer lifecycle.
  • Create an inclusive environment which engages and challenges your team members.
  • Work collaboratively with many teams including Product, UX, QA, Operations, and Data Science.

What you'll bring:
  • 4+ years leading engineers in a software development environment and working across multiple distributed teams.
  • Software engineering background that empowers you to drive technical decisions within the team and engage with engineers at all levels of seniority to triage, prioritize and implement.
  • Experience leading multiple concurrent projects.
  • Previous experience working on frontend platform initiatives e.g. design systems and frontend architectural improvements.
  • Track record of delivering front-end experiences to user-facing products
  • Hands-on experience with web technologies (JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS).
  • Proven track record successfully leading and shipping sophisticated user facing experiences on time, using data to inform timelines. .
  • Strong communication and ability to develop positive relationships with others, regardless of their rank or role.
  • Passion to resolve problems, manage risk, lead change, and facilitate collaborative decision-making.
  • Experience effectively communicating with senior leadership and advocating for engineering priorities.
  • Desire to grow and learn as a manager, grow and develop others, and get results through others rather than personal technical proficiency.
  • Able to hire, mentor, empower, develop, and delegate to geographically distributed team members with different skills from your own.
  • Commitment to our values:
    • Welcoming differences
    • Being relationship-minded
    • Practicing responsible participation
    • Having grit

Bonus points for:
  • Fostering the use of AI in Frontend engineering teams.
  • Experience working in open source environments.

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
  • 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)

Hiring Ranges:

Canada Tier 1 Locations

$165,000-$220,000 CAD

Canada Tier 2 Locations

$149,000-$199,000 CAD

About Mozilla

Mozilla is a global community of technologists, thinkers, and builders working together to keep the internet open and accessible to all. The company is best known for its flagship product, the Firefox web browser, which is used by millions of people around the world. In addition to its browser, Mozilla also develops a range of other products and services, including a mobile operating system, a password manager, and a virtual private network (VPN) service.
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1,000 employees
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Founded
1998

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