Job description
Hiring Ranges:
Germany Locations: €28,00 EUR per Hour.
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The Opportunity
Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years. We make pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser, and Pocket, a service for keeping up with the best content online.
Now, with more than 225 million people around the world using our products each month, we’re shaping the next 25 years of technology. Our work focuses on diverse areas including AI, social media, security and more. And we’re doing this while never losing our focus on our core mission – to make the internet better for everyone.
The Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit 501© Mozilla Foundation. This means we aren’t beholden to any shareholders — only to our mission. Along with 60,000 + volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozillians design, build and distribute open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.
Mozilla isn’t just a great place to work. It’s an experience you’ll carry with you throughout your career. As part of our internship program, you’ll have the opportunity to be mentored one-on-one by somebody brilliant, to impact the projects you’ll collaborate on, and to never be bored. Ever. From the passionate people you’ll learn from, to the chances you’ll have to make the Web a better place, your time with Mozilla will be unlike any other.
We are hiring for a student worker to join the Credential Management engineering team that is responsible for providing an easy, intuitive, reliable, and seamless capture, management and auto-fill experience of passwords, payment methods and addresses within our Firefox browser.
Below is a small snapshot of the work we do to give you an idea about some of the big things you could do at Mozilla.
What You’ll Get To Do
- Work on one of the world’s largest and most important open source codebases - the Firefox Desktop Browser.
- Work with a world class engineering organization solving problems at internet skill. Your work will positively affect hundreds of millions of folks worldwide.
- Write code and tests, build prototypes, tackle problems with no clear solution, collaborate with other designers and engineers to make the web a better place.
- Learn about a wide variety of problems and solutions across a large, mature codebase.
- Work with driven, committed team members to bring the open web to people around the world.
- The opportunity to work on a mixture of Front-End projects and Back-End projects.
What You Bring
- You have experience with programming in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Knowledge of Rust is a plus.
- Familiarity with SQL and relational databases is an asset.
- Experience with API / Interface design
- You speak English fluently and enjoy conducting software engineering work in the open.
- You are enrolled in a university and are available to come to our Berlin Office during regular working hours depending on your schedule.
- You know how to identify a problem, come up with a logical solution, and use the knowledge to tackle similar problems in future.
- You have an interest in and ability to work with a distributed team (which requires good asynchronous written communication skills as well as good verbal communication skills).
- You are happy to provide and receive constructive feedback; when you see something that can be improved, you act on it.
- You can build consensus on complex issues, through your empathy, internal credibility and visibility.
- Unafraid of asking questions, and proposing new ideas if you think they will make a positive impact.
- A love of helping your colleagues grow and get better at what they do.
We value a variety of voices within our team and at Mozilla. You don’t need to check every box on this list to apply.
About Mozilla
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. We’re not a normal tech company. The things we create prioritize people and their privacy over profits. We exist to make the internet a healthier, happier place for everyone
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.
We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, as appropriate. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle and texture), religion (including religious grooming and dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws. Mozilla will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.
Hiring Ranges:
Remote Germany
€28—€28 EUR
