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Staff Recruiter

Mozilla

Fully Remote
Remote
Worldwide
SA / EMEA 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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<strong>Why Mozilla?</strong>
<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.</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 open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.</span></p>
<strong>About this team and role:</strong>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The People team architects the talent engine that powers Mozilla's mission-driven work. As a Staff Recruiter (P4), you are a high-level individual contributor responsible for driving end-to-end recruitment for our most complex and critical technical roles. You will operate as a talent architect, leading advanced sourcing initiatives and high-stakes closing strategies while ensuring operational excellence across the entire hiring lifecycle.</span></p>
<p><strong>What you'll do:</strong></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>High-Stakes Closing:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Own the end-to-end candidate experience for Staff-level and leadership roles, expertly navigating complex negotiations, equity education, and competitive counter-offers to ensure a high close rate.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Advanced Passive Sourcing:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Architect and execute sophisticated sourcing strategies to identify elite, "hard-to-find" talent within niche technical communities (e.g., Rust, browser engine architecture, privacy-preserving AI).</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Strategic Stakeholder Management:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Serve as a primary talent advisor to VPs and Directors, providing data-driven insights to influence organizational design and multi-quarter hiring plans.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Operational Excellence:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Lead continuous improvement of the recruiting workflow, utilizing Career Level Guides (CLGs) to ensure consistency in candidate evaluation, leveling, and calibration across all technical business units.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Talent Pipeline Planning:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Drive long-term succession planning by identifying and engaging talent today for the critical roles of tomorrow, ensuring a healthy and diverse pipeline.</span></li>
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<strong>What you'll bring:</strong>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Full-Cycle Mastery:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Extensive experience managing the entire recruitment lifecycle for technical roles in a high-growth or open-source environment.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Expert Sourcing &amp; Closing Skills:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Demonstrated ability to build proprietary talent maps and close high-level candidates through mission-alignment and sophisticated negotiation tactics.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Leadership in Calibration:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Proven track record of using job-level expectations to lead calibration sessions that result in consistent and fair hiring decisions.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Consultative Approach:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Strong ability to work with senior leadership to define performance goals and identify development opportunities for talent pipelines.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Commitment to our values:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> * Welcoming differences</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being relationship-minded</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Practicing responsible participation</span></li>
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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

Mozilla is a company in the Firefox industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 26 open positions on Hirezar. View all Mozilla jobs →