Role overview

Senior Software Engineer, Accessibility

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  • Improve the architecture, stability, correctness and performance of the core Gecko accessibility engine.
  • Debug and fix problems in our multi-process, multi-threaded codebase.
  • Debug OS specific issues.
  • Build excellent working relationships with engineers and organizational leaders on other teams.
  • Collaborate with design and front-end teams to identify, assess, and remediate accessibility issues.
  • Influence web standards that provide or improve access to new web technology.
  • Work in the open as part of the Mozilla open source project and engage with Mozilla’s global community.
  • Work on infrastructure to expose the web platform to accessibility technology.
  • Meet standards for gecko's memory usage and performance.
  • Implement new web features to enable new kinds of applications and content types.
  • A degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with C++.
  • Knowledge of web accessibility and ARIA.
  • Knowledge of Javascript, the web, and web applications.
  • Experience working on cross-platform native applications.
  • Creative problem-solving and debugging skills.
  • Experience writing and debugging multi-process, multi-threaded code.
  • Ability to learn a large and complex multi-language code base.
  • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
  • Ability to effectively participate as part of a geographically-distributed open development team.
  • A passion to empower and improve the web for people with a diverse range of abilities.
  • 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
  • Annual professional development budget
  • Quarterly well-being stipend
  • Considerable paid parental leave
  • Employee referral bonus program
  • Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc. - varies by country)
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