Staff Software Engineer, Add-on Operations

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Add-on Operations): Crafting resilient systems to accelerate the review and operations team, ensuring a first-class experience for Add-on developers. Focus on modernizing the platform architecture, improving platform reliability, and contributing to open collaboration within the Mozilla ecosystem.

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global is a non-profit-backed technology company focused on shaping the internet for the better through pioneering brands like Firefox.

What you will do

• Plan and deliver major features and architectural improvements across the Add-ons stack, including automated moderation pipelines, Reviewer tools, and DevHub.
• Partner with Engineering management to set Operations Engineering standards (SLOs, incident management, observability baselines).
• Mentor engineers, sharing knowledge and delegating responsibilities to help others grow.
• Improve platform reliability through deployments, monitoring, and incident response.
• Help keep the platform safe and trustworthy, with attention to security and user trust.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, QA, and community contributors to deliver end-to-end improvements.

Requirements

• Experience leading and building modern web applications.
• Strong experience with Python/Django or similar backend frameworks.
• Understanding of web security principles and practices.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in a distributed team environment.
• Adept at navigating ambiguity, exploring solutions, and shaping direction in new problem spaces.
• Ability to work across teams and align stakeholders on engineering vision.

Nice to have

• Experience in Site Reliability Engineering.
• Exposure to cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud or similar).
• Contributions to open source projects.
• Experience with policy-compliant ecosystem moderation tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous performance-based bonus plans and rich medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting.
• Quarterly all-company wellness days and a day off for your birthday.
• One-time home office stipend and annual professional development budget.
• Considerable paid parental leave and employee referral bonus program.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.