Mozilla

Staff Recruiter

Mozilla$137K — $183K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Staffing
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in full-cycle recruitment for technical roles in high-growth environments.
  • Proven exceptional sourcing and closing abilities for high-level candidates.
  • Experience leading calibration sessions for fair hiring decisions.
  • Ability to consult with senior leadership on performance and talent development.
  • Commitment to Mozilla's values, including embracing differences and grit.

Responsibilities

  • Own the candidate experience for Staff-level and leadership roles, ensuring high close rates.
  • Architect and execute sourcing strategies to find elite talent in niche technical fields.
  • Advise VPs and Directors with data-driven insights for hiring plans and organizational design.
  • Improve the recruiting workflow and maintain candidate evaluation consistency.
  • Identify and engage future talent to maintain a diverse pipeline for critical roles.

Benefits

  • Performance-based bonus plans for all eligible employees.
  • Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage options.
  • Generous retirement contributions with immediate vesting.
  • Quarterly all-company wellness days for well-being.
  • Paid time off for country-specific holidays and birthday.
  • One-time stipend for home office setup.
  • Annual budget for professional development opportunities.
  • Quarterly stipend for well-being expenses.
  • Paid parental leave available for employees.
  • Referral bonuses for employee recommendations.
Full Job Description
About this team and role:
The People team architects the talent engine that powers Mozilla's mission-driven work. As a Staff Recruiter (P4), you are a high-level individual contributor responsible for driving end-to-end recruitment for our most complex and critical technical roles. You will operate as a talent architect, leading advanced sourcing initiatives and high-stakes closing strategies while ensuring operational excellence across the entire hiring lifecycle.

What you'll do:
  • High-Stakes Closing: Own the end-to-end candidate experience for Staff-level and leadership roles, expertly navigating complex negotiations, equity education, and competitive counter-offers to ensure a high close rate.
  • Advanced Passive Sourcing: Architect and execute sophisticated sourcing strategies to identify elite, "hard-to-find" talent within niche technical communities (e.g., Rust, browser engine architecture, privacy-preserving AI).
  • Strategic Stakeholder Management: Serve as a primary talent advisor to VPs and Directors, providing data-driven insights to influence organizational design and multi-quarter hiring plans.
  • Operational Excellence: Lead continuous improvement of the recruiting workflow, utilizing Career Level Guides (CLGs) to ensure consistency in candidate evaluation, leveling, and calibration across all technical business units.
  • Talent Pipeline Planning: Drive long-term succession planning by identifying and engaging talent today for the critical roles of tomorrow, ensuring a healthy and diverse pipeline.
What you'll bring:
  • Full-Cycle Mastery: Extensive experience managing the entire recruitment lifecycle for technical roles in a high-growth or open-source environment.
  • Expert Sourcing & Closing Skills: Demonstrated ability to build proprietary talent maps and close high-level candidates through mission-alignment and sophisticated negotiation tactics.
  • Leadership in Calibration: Proven track record of using job-level expectations to lead calibration sessions that result in consistent and fair hiring decisions.
  • Consultative Approach: Strong ability to work with senior leadership to define performance goals and identify development opportunities for talent pipelines.
  • 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:

US Tier 1 Locations

$137,000-$183,000 USD

US Tier 2 Locations

$126,000-$168,000 USD

US Tier 3 Locations

$116,000-$155,000 USD

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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