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Staff Software Engineer, Web Application Services
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · Canada
Experience
Lead / principal · 10+ years
Job description
A senior technical lead role on Mozilla's Thunderbird Web Services team, owning the architecture of new Services products and writing code across the development lifecycle. The role combines hands-on engineering, technical direction, and mentoring within a fully remote, open-source team.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote · Canada
- Languages
- English – fluent
- Pay
- CAD 155,000 – 190,000 / year
What you'll do
- 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
What we're looking for
- 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, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with an international, geographically distributed team
- 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, to improve work processes
- A commitment to continuous learning and staying current with industry trends and technologies
- Ability and willingness to travel periodically, including internationally
Nice to have
- Experience with product management or product-focused work
Your team
Web Services team
A distributed team of Thunderbird staff, open-source community members, and contributors from around the world.
Benefits
- Fully remote work & schedule flexibility
- Company-provided laptop
- Annual bonus program
- Monthly remote work stipend
- Annual professional development stipend
- Access to Coursera learning platform
- Industry conferences
- Company all-hands and team gatherings
- 24 days PTO per year (prorated)
- Your birthday
- Year-end company shutdown
- 9 wellbeing days
- Public holidays
- Other paid leave
- Quarterly wellbeing stipend for personal / family activities
- RRSP contributions
- Health, dental, & vision insurance
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Paid parental leave
- Paid sick days
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About Mozilla
What they value
- Mozilla values