Contract Staff Software Engineer – WebCompat & Bug Triage
- Status
- Open
- Remote policy
- Not stated
- Employment type
- Not stated
- Salary
- Not stated
- Source
- mozilla-careers
- First observed
- 2026-10-06 22:37 UTC
- Last seen
- 2026-10-20 17:54 UTC
- Source claims posted
- 2026-10-20 14:46 UTC
- Consecutive misses
- 0 of 3
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%
- x Location stated weight 15%
- + Organisation stated weight 15%
- + Publication date stated weight 15%
Based on 8 observation(s).
- + Days open - fineOpen for 13 days so far
- ! Reopen count - concerningReopened once
- + Salary range removed after publication - fineSalary range has not been removed since publication
- + Salary range narrowed - fineSalary range has not narrowed since publication
- + Missing/reappear cycles - fineWent missing and reappeared once
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#1220088 2026-10-06 22:37 UTCPublished
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#1237926 2026-10-07 18:44 UTCModified
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#1263569 2026-10-08 22:58 UTCNot seenMiss 1 in a row
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#1266798 2026-10-09 02:58 UTCNot seenMiss 2 in a row
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#1270498 2026-10-09 06:58 UTCNot seenMiss 3 in a row
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#1270499 2026-10-09 06:58 UTCClosed
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#1442070 2026-10-20 17:54 UTCReopened
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#1442071 2026-10-20 17:54 UTCModified
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Contract Staff Software Engineer-Bug Burndown->Contract Staff Software Engineer – WebCompat & Bug Triage -
Posted at
2026-10-07 15:17 UTC->2026-10-20 14:46 UTC
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