Senior Software Engineer, Privacy

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

📋 Description

• Integrate privacy-enhancing features, anti-tracking mechanisms, and threat intelligence protections into the Firefox web browser to reduce user tracking and combat phishing attacks.

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

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

• Collaborate as part of a globally distributed team, primarily across Europe and US-East, in an asynchronous work environment.

⛳️ 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 robust foundation in memory safety, multi-threaded system architecture, or raw data stream manipulation.

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

• A proven history of independently defining and executing complex features within strict release timelines.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate progress and decisions clearly.

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

• Bonus Points: Experience or significant interest in designing or utilizing ML pipelines to streamline internal developer workflows.

• Bonus Points: Comprehensive understanding of web architecture, web privacy/security models, and client-side data structures.

• Bonus Points: Familiarity with basic statistical modeling.

• Bonus Points: Proficiency in Python and SQL.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive performance-based bonus plans available to all eligible employees, fostering a shared sense of success as a unified team.

• Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting, irrespective of employee contributions.

• Quarterly wellness days for the entire company, encouraging a collective pause for well-being.

• Country-specific holidays in addition to a day off for your birthday.

• One-time stipend for home office setup.

• Annual budget allocated for professional development.

• Quarterly stipend for well-being initiatives.

• Substantial paid parental leave.

• Employee referral bonus program.

• Additional benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc., vary by country).