Engineering Manager, Ads

A track record of leading teams that successfully deliver production software

Strong judgment around prioritization, execution, and balancing short-term delivery with long-term sustainability

Familiarity with modern software development practices, including planning, issue triage, and delivery workflows

Ability to collaborate effectively with product managers and partner teams to deliver outcomes

Comfort working in a distributed, asynchronous environment

Experience in search, ads, recommendations, marketplaces, browser/client-platform integrations, or other privacy-sensitive product domains — or demonstrated ability to quickly learn complex domains where user trust, data practices, and business outcomes must be balanced

US Tier 1 Locations

$195,000

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$260,000 USD

US Tier 2 Locations

$179,000

Lead your team through the delivery of Firefox Suggest Ads initiatives, including backend services, partner integrations, experimentation, measurement, reliability improvements, and product-facing integrations where requirements may evolve as privacy, policy, user experience, and business constraints become clearer

Partner with product managers and cross-functional stakeholders to navigate ambiguity, particularly where user data, privacy expectations, or policy considerations shape technical and product decisions

Ensure the software your team builds is reliable, maintainable, and aligned with Mozilla’s quality, security, and privacy standards

The Ads Engineering organization at Mozilla builds privacy-respecting advertising systems that support Mozilla’s products and business while aligning with our mission and values. Our teams focus on reliable, scalable systems that enable advertising experiences across Mozilla products.

As an Engineering Manager on Ads Engineering, you will lead a team of software engineers working on Firefox Suggest Ads

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the sponsored suggestion experiences within Firefox Suggest. This team builds and operates backend services, partner integrations, experimentation capabilities, and product-facing systems that help deliver relevant sponsored suggestions in Firefox while respecting user privacy and product quality expectations.

You’ll be responsible for building a healthy, effective team; partnering closely with Product, Data, Privacy, Policy, Revenue, and Firefox engineering stakeholders; and ensuring your team delivers high-quality software in support of Ads Engineering goals.

This role balances people leadership, execution, and collaboration, with a strong emphasis on mentoring engineers, navigating ambiguity, delivering results, and fostering a positive, inclusive team culture.