Your hands-on troubleshooting skills are perfect for diagnosing real-world breakages.
You excel at using tools like browser devtools for efficient bug reproduction.
You may find the repetitive burndown lacking the mechanical challenge you enjoy.
Your preference for independent work aligns, but you might avoid documentation.
You could get bored with long-tail bugs that lack immediate, tangible puzzles.

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.

Responsibilities

Finish diagnosing, or verify the diagnosis of, long-tail WebCompat bugs.
Write WebCompat interventions where appropriate.
Write simple fixes (AI-assisted) and land them.
Reproduce and triage incoming site-breakage reports.

Required qualifications

Solid web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and comfort debugging real-world site breakage.
Fluent with browser devtools and cross-browser diagnosis.
Comfortable using AI tooling to speed up diagnosis and fixes.