Senior Manager, Firefox Mobile Test Engineering

<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"> <div> <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.</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> <p><strong>About this team and role:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In support of our mission to make the internet a healthier place, we aim to make Firefox the best mobile browser for security, privacy, speed, and empowering user choice. Firefox Mobile is used by tens of millions of people across Android and iOS every month. The Test Engineering team is responsible for making sure that experience is excellent – through test automation infrastructure, observability tooling, and hands-on exploratory testing. We're growing this team's scope and ambition, and we're looking for a senior leader to own it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is a role for someone who thinks about quality the way a great product manager thinks about users: with curiosity, with ownership, and with a bias toward finding the things that matter most. You'll set our overall test strategy, lead our exploratory testing program, and manage a team of engineers building the automation infrastructure and observability tooling that keeps Firefox Mobile healthy at scale.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You'll manage a team of full-time engineers plus a group of contractors, and you'll work in close partnership with our Android and iOS engineering, product, and UX teams to help us all collectively drive greater development speed, developer ease, and product quality.</span></p> <p><strong> What you’ll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In concert with senior mobile leadership, you will set and own Firefox Mobile’s overall quality strategy – not as a set of metrics to report, but as a product outcome to drive. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Manage our Test Automation Engineering, ensuring we understand and prioritize the highest impact work and detect bugs earlier in the process, in deep partnership with our iOS and Android dev teams</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oversee our observability work, including dashboards and automated reporting that give engineers early visibility into quality regressions, crash trends, and product health signals.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lead our exploratory testing work, including teaching exploratory testing skills and structuring our exploratory testing program.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Partner closely with Product, UX, and Engineering leadership to identify quality gaps and advocate for fixes – representing the user's perspective in technical conversations.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Manage and support a geographically distributed team.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br><br></span></li> </ul> <p><strong>What you’ll bring:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">10+ years of experience in test engineering, including 5+ years in technical management roles.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A genuine philosophy about software quality – you have opinions about exploratory testing, test automation strategy, and how to build teams that actually improve products and processes.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience building or significantly transforming a testing practice, including hands-on knowledge of exploratory testing methods and test automation approaches.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Track record of building collaborative relationships with development teams and influencing how engineers think about quality – without owning all the testing yourself</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative signals (crash rates, store ratings, user feedback, test results) into a coherent picture of product health and a clear set of priorities.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong communication skills and track record of effective partnership with Product, UX, and senior engineering leadership.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Able to grow and scale a distributed team members with a range of skills and backgrounds.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Commitment to our values:</span></li> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Welcoming differences</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Foster an inclusive and equitable team environment.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Being relationship-minded</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Build trusting partnerships across Mozilla and the broader community.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Practicing responsible participation</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Promote ethical and privacy-aware use of AI.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Having grit</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Lead through ambiguity and pursue impactful goals with persistence and creativity.</span></li> </ul> </ul> <p><strong>Bonus points for:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hands-on experience with mobile testing on Android and/or iOS.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Familiarity with test automation frameworks for mobile (e.g. XCUITest, Espresso, or similar)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience working in open source environments</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Background in or strong appreciation for user research and UX as inputs to quality</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br><br></span></li> </ul> <p><strong>What you’ll get:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees - we share in our success as one team</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Quarterly all-company wellness days where everyone takes a pause together</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Country specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">One-time home office stipend</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Annual professional development budget</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Quarterly well-being stipend</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Considerable paid parental leave</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Employee referral bonus program</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc. - varies by country)</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>About Mozilla </strong></p> <p>Mozilla exists to build the Internet as a public resource accessible to all because we believe that open and free is better than closed and controlled. When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself a chance to make a difference in the lives of Web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every single day. Join us to work on the Web as the platform and help create more opportunity and innovation for everyone online.</p> <p><strong>Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging</strong></p> <p>Mozilla understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge are crucial to and enrich the company’s core mission.  We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but certainly not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientation<span style="color: #003366;">s, </span>gender identities, and expressions.</p> <p>We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, as appropriate. Please contact us at <a class="external-link" href="mailto:hiringaccommodation@mozilla.com">hiringaccommodation@mozilla.com</a> to request accommodation.</p> <p>We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle and texture), religion (including religious grooming and dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws.  Mozilla will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.</p> <p>Group: C</p> <p>#LI-REMOTE</p> <p>Req ID: R3095</p> </div> </div><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><strong>Hiring Ranges:</strong></p></div><div class="title">Remote Germany</div><div class="pay-range"><span>€130.000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>€173.000 EUR</span></div></div></div>

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