Senior Software Engineer, Privacy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Belgium.

📋 Description

• Integrate privacy-enhancing features, anti-tracking measures, and threat intelligence safeguards into the Firefox web browser to reduce user tracking and combat phishing threats.

• Implement architectural enhancements to Gecko, the underlying engine of the Firefox browser.

• Develop efficient, low-latency, and maintainable code in C++, JavaScript, and Rust.

• Collaborate with a geographically diverse team in an asynchronous environment, primarily across Europe and the US-East.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; or equivalent professional experience.

• A minimum of 4 years of programming experience in C++ and Rust, with a solid foundation in memory safety, multi-threaded system architecture, or raw data stream manipulation.

• Demonstrated ability to quickly onboard, deliver, and enhance complex software projects.

• Proven history of independently defining and delivering complex features within strict release timelines.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, enabling you to validate your progress and decisions while articulating them clearly.

• Bonus: Experience in the browser domain (Gecko, Chromium, WebKit) or with web engine runtime abstractions.

• Bonus: Background or strong interest in designing or utilizing ML pipelines to automate internal developer processes.

• Bonus: Profound understanding of web architecture, the privacy/security model of the web, and client-side data structures.

• Bonus: Familiarity with basic statistical modeling.

• Bonus: Proficiency in Python and SQL.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous performance-based bonus plans available to all eligible employees, promoting shared success as one team.

• Significant retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting, irrespective of personal contributions.

• Quarterly wellness days for the entire company to collectively take a break.

• Country-specific holidays plus an additional day off for your birthday.

• One-time stipend for home office setup.

• Annual budget for professional development.

• Quarterly stipend dedicated to well-being.

• Substantial paid parental leave.

• Employee referral bonus program.

• Additional benefits including life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc., which may vary by country.