YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
Contract Staff Software Engineer – Bug Burndown
About the role
• 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.
• Help reduce Firefox’s WebCompat bug backlog by turning reported breakages into diagnosed, actionable, or fixed bugs.
• 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.
• Gecko knowledge is a strong plus (but can be taught).
• Prior WebCompat or web-standards experience.