Front End Engineering Manager, Firefox Desktop

Responsibilities

• Drive initiatives that deliver value to users while ensuring software is high quality, highly available, monitored, and maintainable.
• Help the team navigate trade-offs and align on short- and long-term approaches across browser user experiences.
• Communicate team goals, project scope and risks, and own delivery against clear timelines.
• Build and iterate on engineering processes that support a high-performing team.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones covering technical work and professional development; provide direct performance feedback.
• Support and empower developers throughout the developer lifecycle.
• Create an inclusive environment that engages and challenges team members.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, QA, Operations, and Data Science teams.
• Hire, mentor, empower, develop, and delegate to geographically distributed team members.

Requirements

• 4+ years leading engineers in a software development environment and working across multiple distributed teams.
• Software engineering background enabling technical decision-making and collaboration with engineers at all levels.
• Experience leading multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience with frontend platform initiatives such as design systems and frontend architectural improvements.
• Track record of delivering frontend experiences for user-facing products.
• Hands-on experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Proven ability to lead and ship sophisticated user-facing experiences on time, using data to inform timelines.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to resolve problems, manage risk, lead change, and facilitate collaborative decision-making.
• Experience communicating with senior leadership and advocating for engineering priorities.
• Desire to grow as a manager and develop others, achieving results through the team.
• Commitment to welcoming differences, building relationships, practicing responsible participation, and demonstrating grit.

Nice to have

• Experience fostering the use of AI in frontend engineering teams.
• Experience working in open-source environments.

Compensation and benefits

• Annual salary range of $149,000–$220,000.
• Performance-based bonus plans.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement contributions with immediate vesting.
• Country-specific holidays and a birthday day off.
• Home office stipend.
• Annual professional development budget.
• Well-being stipend.
• Paid parental leave.
• Employee referral bonus program.
• Life, AD&D, disability, and employee assistance benefits, varying by country.