About the company
Thunderbird is one of the world’s most trusted open-source email applications, empowering more than 20 million people globally. At Thunderbird, we build privacy-respecting communication and productivity tools that help people manage their digital lives while staying in control of their data. Thunderbird Technologies Corporation is the nonprofit-owned company behind Thunderbird email and a growing portfolio of products.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical architecture of new Services products, taking ownership of complex projects and identifying improvements that strengthen our systems as they evolve.
- Write code, build prototypes and experiments, and contribute throughout the development lifecycle, from planning and testing through implementation, monitoring, and maintenance.
- Help establish software patterns and make technical decisions across our Services products, including investigating and proposing technology choices.
- Build and evolve analytics and infrastructure that help the team use user-generated data to inform decisions.
- Take on ambiguous, high-level problems with broad scope and direct impact on Services goals, including growing users and subscribers.
- Provide technical and product direction across Thunderbird and lead technical collaboration with other parts of Mozilla and community contributors when needed.
- Work closely with the team and community to surface issues, refine ideas, and develop practical solutions.
- Identify and plan improvements that make our systems and processes more accessible, self-serviceable, lower friction, sustainable, scalable, and easier to delegate.
- Mentor other engineers through code review, documentation, technical discussions, process improvements, and ongoing guidance.
- Stay current with evolving technologies, coding standards, libraries, and frameworks and apply that knowledge to your work.
Requirements
- 10+ years of web software development experience, including experience designing scalable and efficient systems and launching complex web projects at scale.
- Expert-level JavaScript skills and knowledge of at least one additional programming language, such as Python, Rust, Go, or C++.
- An understanding of the business landscape, including challenges and opportunities, and experience collaborating with teams to expand Thunderbird’s user and donor base.
- Experience with front-end frameworks, full-stack development, and/or API development.
- Strong knowledge of software development practices, including testing, code review, and documentation, and the ability to help others develop these skills.
- Experience acting as a technical lead, solving complex technical problems, and providing mentorship and guidance to other engineers.
- Experience collaborating remotely across disciplines such as engineering, product management, QA, and design.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication and documentation skills.
- Comfort working in an open-source environment and a commitment to Mozilla values.
- Ability to learn, evaluate, and responsibly use emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools.
- A commitment to continuous learning and staying current with industry trends and technologies.
- Ability and willingness to travel periodically, including internationally.
Conditions
- Remote Canada.
- Staff-level individual contributor role.
- Full-time position.