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Posted 8 days ago

Contract Staff Software Engineer – WebCompat & Bug Triage

Mozilla

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  • Salary: not listed by employer

  • 3.1 out of 5 on Glassdoor

  • Typical pay for tech professionals in Canada: around CA$105,000 a year Official statistics

  • Also hiring in Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden and 1 more country (open roles on Tech Abroad)

  • Permanent residency after about 1 yr

  • Citizenship after about 4 yrs

  • Work language: likely English (posting is in English)

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About the role

You will help reduce Firefox’s WebCompat bug backlog by finishing or verifying the diagnosis of the long tail of site-breakage bugs, and by writing interventions or simple fixes (often with AI assistance). You turn a large queue of reported breakages into diagnosed, actionable, or fixed bugs.

Responsibilities

• Finish diagnosing, or verify the diagnosis of, long-tail WebCompat bugs.

• Write WebCompat interventions where appropriate.

• Write simple fixes (AI-assisted) and land them.

• Reproduce and triage incoming site-breakage reports.

Required qualifications

• Solid web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and comfort debugging real-world site breakage.

• Fluent with browser devtools and cross-browser diagnosis.

• Comfortable using AI tooling to speed up diagnosis and fixes.

Preferred

• Gecko knowledge is a strong plus (but can be taught).

• Prior WebCompat or web-standards experience.

Social security agreement

Location Insights: Remote

  • Take-home pay (Country tax)

    About CA$6,030 a month after tax, from typical pay for tech professionals in Canada (CA$105,000 a year, official statistics), not this employer's offer, using the average rate of 31.1% for a single employee on a higher salary

  • Weather (City)

    Toronto (nearest reference city): summer highs about 79°F / 26°C, winter highs about 32°F / 0°C

  • Safety (Country)

    Very high peacefulness (Global Peace Index rank 14)

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