Senior Software Engineer, Accessibility
Core
Improving the architecture, stability, correctness, and performance of the core Gecko accessibility engine to ensure the web is accessible to all users.
Role type
Senior C++ systems engineer (accessibility)
Builds
The Firefox browser's core rendering engine and accessibility features
Domain
Web browsers / Accessibility engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
C++, multi-process/multi-threaded programming, web accessibility (ARIA), cross-platform native development, debugging complex codebases, web standards influence
Preferred skills
Javascript, open-source collaboration, geographically distributed team experience
Technologies
C++, Gecko, ARIA, Web standards
Responsibilities
Improve the architecture and performance of the core Gecko accessibility engine; Debug and fix problems in multi-process, multi-threaded codebases; Debug OS specific issues; Collaborate with design and front-end teams to remediate accessibility issues; Influence web standards to improve access to new web technology; Work on infrastructure to expose the web platform to accessibility technology
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC