Engineering Manager, DOM (Web Standards) or SpiderMonkey (Javascript) New Remote UK

Remote UK

Why Mozilla?

The Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation. This means we aren't beholden to any shareholders - only to our mission. Along with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozillians design, build and distribute open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.

About this team and role:

Are you excited about web technologies and the applications built on them that enrich users' lives? Do you have a passion for helping engineers do their best work and grow in their careers?

We are hiring for two Engineering Manager positions:

Both of these teams are geographically-distributed, but also have some team members in the Mozilla Berlin office. Working virtually and in the open is the norm.

What you'll do:

• Mentor and guide a diverse team of engineers, inspiring collaboration, growing their careers, and empathizing with their needs
• Owner of the team roadmap, and working closely with platform peer managers, product management and technical leads, to manage risks, balance resources and clear blockers
• Assign work to team members according to individuals abilities, while in parallel collaborating with the team to deliver major initiatives on clear timelines
• Ensure that your team delivers well-planned, high quality, and maintainable software
• Collaborate openly with the open source community

What you'll bring:

• 2+ years of hands-on people management experience
• Experienced functional manager with proven skills leading a team of diverse engineers, with the ability to mentor team members that have different skill sets from your own
• Proven project management skills, enabling leadership of the team to deliver and maintain complex software projects
• Software engineering background, providing the experience needed to drive technical decisions and engage with engineers at all levels of seniority, while empowering tech leads as the primary designers and decision makers
• Proficiency with software development lifecycle practices for triage, prioritization, and execution
• Passion for resolving problems, managing risks, leading change and facilitating collaborative decision making
• Commitment to our values:
• Being relationship-minded
• 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
• Quarterly well-being stipend
• Considerable paid parental leave
• Employee referral bonus program
• Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc. - varies by country)

About Mozilla

Mozilla exists to build the Internet as a public resource accessible to all because we believe that open and free is better than closed and controlled. When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself a chance to make a difference in the lives of Web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every single day. Join us to work on the Web as the platform and help create more opportunity and innovation for everyone online.

Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

Mozilla understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge are crucial to and enrich the company's core mission. We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but certainly not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientation s, gender identities, and expressions.

We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, as appropriate. Please contact us at to request accommodation.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle and texture), religion (including religious grooming and dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws. Mozilla will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.

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Remote UK

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