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Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Engineering

Mozilla

Fully Remote
Remote
Worldwide
US hours

Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Mozilla is open worldwide, so South Africans can apply. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

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<p><strong>Why Mozilla?</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years. We make pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser. Now, with more than 225 million people around the world using our products each month, we’re shaping the next 25 years of technology and helping to reclaim an internet built for people, not companies. Our work focuses on diverse areas including AI, social media, security and more. And we’re doing this while never losing our focus on our core mission – to make the internet better for people.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation. This means we aren’t beholden to any shareholders — only to our mission. Along with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozillians design, build and distribute </span><strong>open-source</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong>About this role:</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mozilla’s Cloud Engineering team seeks a Senior Software Engineer to mature, maintain, and build features for our Internal Developer Infrastructure Platform. You will work on creating standardized, scalable systems for CI/CD, Observability, Kubernetes optimization, environment bootstrapping, cost optimization, and more. Supporting the Infrastructure needs of the organization and identifying new opportunities to mature the path to production in a safe, cost effective way will also be an integral part of this role.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Support infrastructure that development teams use to own and operate their services at Mozilla.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guide technical decision-making and adoption of user-centric solutions.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Create Claude skills and design agentic workflows that improve developer productivity</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guide team members and promote engineering standard methodologies, with a focus on usability and maintainability.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facilitate cross-functional collaboration for efficient and cohesive platform delivery.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Write proposals and decision briefs for new policies, processes, and platform functionality.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Create new features for the platform with a meaningful value proposition</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be trusted to resolve unclear but urgent tasks.</span></li>
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<strong>What you’ll bring:</strong>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">5+ years experience in software engineering with expertise in at least one of (Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, SRE, DevOps)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proven technical leadership experience.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Expertise in several of the following (ArgoCD, Grafana, K8s, GitHub, Terraform, Helm, Backstage, Cloud Cost Optimization)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proficient in Python, JavaScript, or Go.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong expertise in cloud-native technologies (GCP preferred; AWS also acceptable).</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent communication skills aligning technology with user needs and organizational goals.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Self-starter who thrives in ambiguity.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Curiosity and interest in learning new things</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Commitment to our values:</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcoming

Tips for South African Applicants

Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Mozilla

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