Front End Engineering Manager, Firefox Desktop

Mozilla
Canada
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Relationship-building","Risk management","Collaborative decision-making"]

Lead a team of geographically distributed engineers working on Firefox Desktop. Drive initiatives that improve the user-facing browser experience while ensuring quality, availability, monitoring, and maintainability. Guide technical and delivery trade-offs across multiple concurrent projects, establish engineering processes, and coach engineers through feedback and professional development. Partner with Product, UX, QA, Operations, and Data Science to deliver secure, fast, and well-crafted frontend improvements.

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Mozilla
Mozilla
7 hours ago

Front End Engineering Manager, Firefox Desktop

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Job Summary

Lead a team of geographically distributed engineers working on Firefox Desktop. Drive initiatives that improve the user-facing browser experience while ensuring quality, availability, monitoring, and maintainability. Guide technical and delivery trade-offs across multiple concurrent projects, establish engineering processes, and coach engineers through feedback and professional development. Partner with Product, UX, QA, Operations, and Data Science to deliver secure, fast, and well-crafted frontend improvements.
Location: Canada
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive initiatives that deliver user value while maintaining high quality, availability, monitoring, and maintainability.
  • •Navigate trade-offs and alignment across a portfolio of browser user experiences, balancing fast delivery with long-term approaches.
  • •Communicate team goals, project scope and risks, and own initiative delivery on clear timelines.
  • •Build and iterate on engineering processes that support a high-performing team.
  • •Lead through 1-1s and feedback, hiring/mentoring/empowering engineers, and foster an inclusive environment while collaborating with Product, UX, QA, Operations, and Data Science.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionHome OfficeLearning BudgetPaid ParentalAnnual BonusWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years leading engineers in a software development environment across multiple distributed teams.
  • •Strong software engineering background to drive technical decisions and triage, prioritize, and implement work.
  • •Experience leading multiple concurrent projects and delivering user-facing front-end experiences on time.
  • •Hands-on web technology experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
  • •Track record shipping sophisticated front-end experiences using data to inform timelines and effectively communicating with senior leadership.
Experience:Distributed teamsFrontend platform initiativesDesign systemsFrontend architectureOpen-sourceUser-facing products
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationRelationship-buildingRisk managementCollaborative decision-making
Languages:English
Tech Stack:JavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLCSSFirefoxWindowsLinuxMacOS

Company Brief

Mozilla
Mozilla is a mission-driven organization that builds open-source internet products (notably the Firefox browser) and advocates for an open, private, and secure web through software, research, and community programs.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Nonprofit & NGO
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 1998
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