Contract Staff Software Engineer – WebCompat & Bug Triage

<p>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.</p> <h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Finish diagnosing, or verify the diagnosis of, long-tail WebCompat bugs.</li> <li>Write WebCompat interventions where appropriate.</li> <li>Write simple fixes (AI-assisted) and land them.</li> <li>Reproduce and triage incoming site-breakage reports.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Required qualifications</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Solid web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and comfort debugging real-world site breakage.</li> <li>Fluent with browser devtools and cross-browser diagnosis.</li> <li>Comfortable using AI tooling to speed up diagnosis and fixes.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Preferred</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Gecko knowledge is a strong plus (but can be taught).</li> <li>Prior WebCompat or web-standards experience.</li> </ul>

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