Mozilla Engineering Talks + Networking

March 24, 2026

On March 24th, Mozilla’s Toronto office hosted 30+ students from UofT Blueprint and UofT AI for an afternoon of engineering talks and networking. I organized the event in collaboration with the two student organizations, bringing together students interested in open source and AI with Mozilla engineers working on Firefox.

Speakers

Four speakers presented across mobile, desktop, and privacy engineering:

• Jeremy Evans — Mobile Engineer Manager
• Mike Conley — Principal Engineer, Firefox Desktop
• Markus Stange — Senior Staff Software Engineer
• James Han — Engineering Intern, Firefox Privacy

The talks covered Firefox’s architecture, the open-source development workflow, and the breadth of Mozilla’s privacy work, from blocking 1 trillion+ trackers to shipping HTTPS-by-default and privacy-preserving search.

Format

The event ran from 11 AM to 1 PM at 366 Adelaide St W:

• Lunch and Intro to Mozilla (11
  - 11
  ) — overview of Mozilla’s mission, the Foundation/Corporation structure, and core values around privacy and the open web
• Speaker Presentations (11
  - 12
  ) — each speaker covered their area of Firefox, plus I shared the student worker experience: full-stack roles by default, open-source and transparent development, and real ownership from day one
• Q&A (12
  - 12
  ) — open questions from the audience
• Open Networking (12
  - 1
  ) — several students stayed well past the formal program

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Mozilla Engineering Talks + Networking — Toronto Office

On March 24th, Mozilla’s Toronto office hosted 30+ students from UofT Blueprint and UofT AI for an afternoon of engineering talks and networking. The event was
organized by James Han (Engineering Intern, Firefox Privacy) in collaboration with the two student organizations, bringing together students interested in open
source and AI with Mozilla engineers working on Firefox.

Four speakers presented across mobile, desktop, and privacy engineering: Jeremy Evans (Mobile Engineer Manager), Mike Conley (Principal Engineer, Firefox
Desktop), Markus Stange (Senior Staff Software Engineer), and James Han, who shared his experience as a student worker on the Firefox Privacy team. The talks
covered Firefox’s architecture, the open-source development workflow, and the breadth of Mozilla’s privacy work, from blocking 1 trillion+ trackers to shipping
HTTPS-by-default and privacy-preserving search.

The event gave students direct exposure to what engineering at Mozilla looks like: full-stack roles by default, open-source and transparent development, and real ownership from day one. Several students stayed after the formal program for extended networking with the engineering team.