Contract Staff Software Engineer - (Firefox) C++,Storage Encryption
Mozilla
Industry
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Location
Canada
Work mode
remote
Job type
Contract
Annual salary
Not specified
Minimum experience
7+ years
Posted
20th October, 2026
Required skills
C++Data StorageIntegration
About the role
The role
You will help the Firefox DOM LWS team to implement tasks for Storage Encryption everywhere, helping to drive the in-progress project through to completion .
Responsibilities- Contributing to delivering Storage Encryption Everywhere in Gecko, which may include tasks such as migrating data between schemas, implementing data storage in PBM and integration testing.
- Write and pass Web Platform Tests, and add Gecko tests as needed.
- Work through code review with the relevant Gecko module owners and iterate to landing.
- Surface and help resolve any specification questions the implementation raises.
- Shepherd the feature through Nightly, Beta, and Release. Fix correctness, performance issues and regressions.
Ship Storage Encryption Everywhere to release channel. Fix triaged and prioritized issues.
Required qualifications- Strong C++.
- Substantial experience in a browser-engine codebase, ideally Firefox/Gecko.
- Substantial experience in databases.
- Familiarity with web standards and Web Platform Tests.
- Strong debugging and optimization in a multithreaded codebase.
- Comfort working in the open: public bugs, code review, and upstream landing.
- Prior contributions to Gecko or another major browser engine.
- Familiarity with the relevant standards body and specification process.
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