Senior Software Engineer, Firefox Security

What you'll be doing

  • Design, build, and implement security and hardening features for enterprise users to strengthen Firefox’s security posture.
  • Advance Firefox’s security architecture across multiple operating systems by building privilege isolation and moving trust boundaries or improving core security mechanisms like cryptographic protocols, WebPKI, and security-sensitive web APIs.
  • Contribute to security initiatives by investigating issues, identifying root causes, and delivering robust, maintainable fixes.
  • Improve browser reliability and performance by diagnosing and resolving issues affecting stability, correctness, performance, and memory usage in a complex, multithreaded environment.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in low-level software engineering with strong proficiency in C and/or C++ and solid understanding of security fundamentals.
  • Experience diagnosing and resolving issues in multithreaded, cross-platform native applications, including memory and performance challenges.
  • Familiarity with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and interest or experience in Rust; ability to work effectively within large, complex, multi-language codebases.
  • Experience working with distributed teams and effective communication skills for conveying technical ideas clearly in writing and conversation.

Perks and benefits

  • Generous performance-based bonus plans applicable to all eligible employees.
  • Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting regardless of personal contributions.
  • Quarterly all-company wellness days for collective pauses.
  • Country specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday.
  • One-time home office stipend and annual professional development budget.
  • Quarterly well-being stipend and considerable paid parental leave.
  • Employee referral bonus program and additional benefits such as life/AD&D insurance, disability coverage, and Employee Assistance Programs, varying by country.
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