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Senior Software Engineer, Firefox Security

Mozilla· Firefox
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Hybrid (Sweden)SEK 513k - SEK 684kfull-timePosted 6d ago

About the role

Senior software engineer focused on designing, implementing, and hardening security features for Firefox across multiple operating systems, with emphasis on enterprise security, cryptographic protocols, WebPKI, and performance/stability in a large, multi-language codebase.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build and implement security and hardening features for enterprise users: design, implement, test, and ship cutting-edge security features that strengthen Firefox’s security posture.
  • Advance Firefox’s security architecture across multiple operating systems: contribute to and drive improvements to Firefox’s core security posture, including privilege isolation and moving trust boundaries, or strengthen Firefox’s security architecture by improving core security mechanisms including cryptographic protocols, WebPKI, and security-sensitive web APIs.
  • Contribute to our security initiatives: work across teams to investigate security issues, identify root causes, and deliver robust, maintainable fixes.
  • Improve browser reliability and performance: diagnose and resolve issues affecting stability, correctness, performance, and memory usage in a complex, multithreaded environment.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in low-level software engineering, strong proficiency in C and/or C++, and a solid understanding of security fundamentals.
  • Experience diagnosing and resolving issues in multithreaded, cross-platform native applications, including memory and performance challenges.
  • Familiarity with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and interest or experience in Rust; ability to work effectively within large, complex, multi-language codebases.
  • Experience working with distributed teams and communicating technical ideas clearly in writing and conversation.

Skills

Required:C/C++Security fundamentalsDebugging and performance in multithreaded applicationsCollaboration and communication
Nice to have:Web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)Rust

Benefits

  • Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees - we share in our success as one team
  • 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)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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