Mozilla

Software Engineer, Release Engineering

Mozilla$82K — $110K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Canada
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 2 years experience in an object-oriented programming language (preferably Python)
  • Passionate about CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience using cloud resources (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Comfortable developing in Windows, macOS, and Linux environments
  • Experience in working with geographically-distributed teams
  • Familiar with improving existing code bases and tools

Responsibilities

  • Write scalable software for building, testing, and releasing Firefox
  • Collaborate with senior engineers to enhance developers' experiences and implement improvements
  • Work within a geographically-distributed development team across North America and Europe
  • Request and provide code reviews for collaborative development
  • Address critical service outages during normal working hours

Benefits

  • Generous performance-based bonus plans
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Generous retirement contributions with immediate vesting
  • Quarterly wellness days for the entire company
  • Country-specific holidays plus an extra 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
  • Life and disability benefits that vary by country
Full Job Description
About this team and role:

At Mozilla, our Release Engineering team (RelEng) plays a crucial role in ensuring the seamless and reliable delivery of our world-class software products. As a key part of our engineering infrastructure, RelEng is responsible for the continuous deployment of our products, ensuring they reach our users efficiently and without interruption. For instance, we can reliably ship a security fix to > 200M users across different platforms and > 100 locales in under 24 hours.

RelEng has an expertise in configuring and optimizing our build and deployment pipeline. In order to provide a faster and more reliable experience for Firefox developers, RelEng is looking for an engineer who can help optimize and maintain the pipeline.

If you are passionate about release automation, the Release Engineering team at Mozilla is the place for you. Join us and be a part of a team that is making a significant impact on the web and beyond.

What you'll do:
  • Write software that scales - tens of thousands of tasks are run to build, test, and release Firefox every single day
  • Collaborate with senior+ engineers to improve the developers' experience, then implement the improvements.
  • Work with a geographically-distributed development team between North America and Europe
  • Collaborate with others by requesting and providing code reviews
  • Respond to critical service outages (during normal working hours - no on call rotation is required)

What you'll bring:
  • You have a Bachelor's degree in computer science (or related programs) or equivalent work experience
  • You have a minimum of 2 years of experience working in an object-oriented programming (OOP) language (preferably Python)
  • You are passionate about CI/CD pipelines
  • You have some previous experience on using cloud resources (e.g. on AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • You feel comfortable developing in Windows, macOS, and Linux environments, experience with shell scripting
  • You have worked on a team distributed across time zones
  • You enjoy getting familiar and improving existing code bases and tools
  • Commitment to our values:
    • Welcoming differences
    • Being relationship-minded
    • Practicing responsible participation
    • Having grit

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

$82,000-$110,000 CAD

Canada Tier 2 Locations

$74,000-$99,000 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.
Learn more about Mozilla
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1998

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