Full-Stack Software Engineer

Why Thunderbird?

MZLA Technologies Corporation (MZLA) is a wholly-owned, for-profit subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation and the home of Thunderbird. Thunderbird is a global, free, and open-source email and productivity app, which has experienced significant growth in revenue, staff, and aspirations since its launch 20 years ago. Our revenue comes from our dedicated users around the world who generously fund our work. As we continue to expand our team and enhance our products and services, we remain dedicated to providing best-in-class productivity solutions independent of big tech. Operating as a small but dynamic team of 40 + staff across seven countries and time zones, we are part of the larger Mozilla family but maintain our distinct and independent identity from both the Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation.

Our organizational culture is driven by our mission. We are committed to fostering openness and transparency as a member of the open-source community. We lean into collaboration, creativity, and diversity. We bring a hearty dose of scrappy grit and resilience to our lively and spirited team. Our operating principles leverage data informed decisions, ownership, speed and efficiencies to elevate our work and deliver innovative and impactful solutions to our users.

The Opportunity:

Our team is responsible for the development of a whole new suite of communication tools: Thunderbird Pro. We're offering e2ee file sharing, an email service, an appointment booking service, and more! As a Full-Stack Software Engineer on the Web Services Team, you will collaborate closely with a cross-functional team of designers, engineers, and community members. This role will be focused on both infrastructure and software development. You will develop backend and frontend features for the web services suite of products, help shape the infrastructure patterns we will use and contribute to the software development of our Thunderbird Pro services.

We are building out our foundational infrastructure as code (IaC) stack using Python and Pulumi, and your expertise is necessary to set the standard across our services. In addition to developing infrastructural skills, you will also contribute directly to our suite of Thunderbird Pro services by developing new features and supporting existing ones.

The Full Stack Engineer is an individual contributor and will report directly to the Manager of Web Services.

We’re committed to creating an amazing experience for our users, and you’ll play a key part in this effort. You will be working with our existing staff and community members from all over the globe to support the mission and objectives of MZLA Technologies Corp and the Thunderbird Project.

This is a remote, full time position. We require strong written communication skills to facilitate effective work coordination across various virtual communication platforms such as email and video conferencing.

What you’ll do: 

• Develop, test, deploy and maintain code across the Thunderbird Pro suite using Node, TypeScript, Vue and related technologies.
• Develop, test, deploy and maintain our Infrastructure as Code stack using Python and Pulumi.
• Collaborate with designers and other engineers as part of a global, distributed open source development team.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and adhere to team standards for quality and performance.
• Debug, profile, and optimize both frontend and backend code as needed.
• Make a significant impact on the design and development of code and products, contributing to the development and maintenance of features, code, and architecture.
• Maintain and refactor existing features to ensure continued functionality and relevance.
• Actively identify, document, and address blockers or issues during the development process.
• Engage with the open-source community to gather feedback, address concerns, and foster collaboration.

What you’ll bring: 

• 2+ years of Python and JavaScript/Typescript proficiency. 
• 1+ year web development experience.
• 3+ years of experience in a professional environment, with a solid understanding of workplace communication and colla