Staff Backend Engineer, Ads

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Remote US, Remote Canada 
Why Mozilla?   Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company behind pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser, and Pocket, a service for keeping up with the best articles online. More than 225 million people around the world use its products each month.Along with 60,000+ volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozilla Corporation’s staff are driven by our mission to ensure the Internet is a global public resource, open and accessible to all. We design, build and distribute open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.   What is a Staff Software Engineer at Mozilla?   A Staff Software Engineer is the next level from a Senior Software Engineer. At Mozilla this role can vary but typically a Staff Engineer is a domain expert who leads others within a single team to tackle multi-month projects. They sequence deliverables and manage risks in their team's projects, provide feedback on our strategy and goals affecting the team, and turn our strategy into action for their team members. Staff Software Engineers mentor others by stewarding some responsibilities to more junior and senior engineers so they can take on new ones. They collaborate with management on building team consensus and providing direction. Staff Software Engineers identify gaps and opportunities for improvement to enable a culture of inclusion and allyship, at all levels of the organization.   About this team and role   We’re growing the Mozilla Ads product team, focused on display advertising in Mozilla products that is privacy-respecting and values-aligned. You will be responsible for designing, building, and owning the core backend systems that support advertising in clients (Firefox, MDN, Pocket, Fakespot, etc). You and your team will be the subject matter experts when it comes to advertising, providing guidance and shepherding to various product teams across Mozilla.   What you’ll do…

• Design and deliver long term projects that impact multiple teams across Mozilla and that support the Mozila Ads system
• Ensure that the software your team delivers is high quality, measurable, and maintainable.
• Participate in development of industry leading privacy preserving ad technology.
• Mentor others by stewarding some of your responsibilities to more junior engineers
• Collaborate with management to provide feedback on our strategy and turn that strategy into concrete actions for the team

What you’ll bring…

• 7+ years of overall software engineering  experience.
• Proven ability to successfully lead and ship complex software projects.
• Experience in working on complex backend systems at scale
• Experience in one of the following technologies: Golang, Rust, or Java.
• Ability to take initiative in a loosely structured environment to lead your team to success.
• An interest and ability to work in a distributed team (which requires good asynchronous written communication skills as well as good verbal communication skills).
• Experience in digital advertising or advertising platforms
• Commitment to our values:
• Welcoming differences
• Being relationship-minded
• Practicing responsible participation
• Having grit

Bonus Points for…

• Experience in data privacy

About Mozilla    Mozilla exists to ensure that the internet is 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 and inclusion   Mozilla believes in the value of diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge, and knows diversity, equity and inclusion 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 not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
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