Contract Staff Software Engineer-Bug Burndown
- Status
- Open
- Remote policy
- Not stated
- Employment type
- Contract
- Salary
- Not stated
- Categories
- Software Engineering
- Tech
- javascriptstaff
- Source
- jobicy-dev
- First observed
- 2026-10-21 18:05 UTC
- Last seen
- 2026-10-21 18:05 UTC
- Source claims posted
- 2026-10-21 10:42 UTC
- Consecutive misses
- 0 of 10
What the posting says
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.
Quality
- x Salary range stated weight 35%
- x Remote policy stated weight 20%
- + Location stated weight 15%
- + Organisation stated weight 15%
- + Publication date stated weight 15%
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