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At Thunderbird, we build privacy-respecting communication and productivity tools that help people manage their digital lives while staying in control of their data.\nWe are open source by design. Our products are developed transparently and in collaboration with a global community of contributors, and that same spirit shapes how we work: collaboratively, inclusively, and with a shared commitment to putting users first.\nOur small but growing distributed team includes more than 65 people across seven countries. As Thunderbird evolves beyond a single desktop application, we are expanding across desktop, mobile, paid services, AI offerings, and enterprise-facing work to build independent, privacy-respecting alternatives to big tech ecosystems.\nOur revenue model combines user donations, which help keep Thunderbird’s applications freely available, with paid services that cover the costs of hosted offerings while supporting long-term sustainability and continued innovation.\nA note about Thunderbird and Mozilla: Thunderbird Technologies Corporation is the nonprofit-owned company behind Thunderbird email and a growing portfolio of products. While part of the Mozilla family, Thunderbird is a separate entity from Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation with its own compensation programs, benefits, and employment policies.\nTo learn more, visit www.thunderbird.net\nThe opportunity\nAs a Staff Software Engineer, Services, you’ll help shape the architecture and technical direction of web-based products that extend Thunderbird beyond email. The Services team is currently focused on building offerings such as an appointment calendar and secure file storage and transfer solutions, creating valuable experiences for our users while supporting additional revenue streams for Thunderbird.\nThis is a Staff-level individual contributor role with significant technical ownership and influence. You’ll work with designers, engineers, and community members to write code, build prototypes, solve complex problems, and make technical decisions that shape our products. You’ll take a holistic view of our code and systems, helping establish the architecture and software patterns that allow our Services products to evolve and scale.\nYou’ll also take on broad, ambiguous problems that have a direct impact on our goals, from improving our technical architecture to helping grow Services users and subscribers. Along the way, you’ll provide technical and product direction across teams, mentor other engineers, and identify ways to make our systems and processes more sustainable, scalable, and easier to work with.\nWhat you’ll do \nLead the technical architecture of new Services products, taking ownership of complex projects and identifying improvements that strengthen our systems as they evolve.\nWrite code, build prototypes and experiments, and contribute throughout the development lifecycle, from planning and testing through implementation, monitoring, and maintenance.\nHelp establish software patterns and make technical decisions across our Services products, including investigating and proposing technology choices.\nBuild and evolve analytics and infrastructure that help the team use user-generated data to inform decisions.\nTake on ambiguous, high-level problems with broad scope and direct impact on Services goals, including growing users and subscribers.\nProvide technical and product direction across Thunderbird and lead technical collaboration with other parts of Mozilla and community contributors when needed.\nWork closely with the team and community to surface issues, refine ideas, and develop practical solutions.\nIdentify and plan improvements that make our systems and processes more accessible, self-serviceable, lower friction, sustainable, scalable, and easier to delegate.\nMentor other engineers through code review, documentation, technical discussions, process improvements, and ongoing guidance.\nStay current with evolving technologies, coding standards, libraries, and frameworks and apply that knowledge to your work.\nWhat you bring \n10+ years of web software development experience, including experience designing scalable and efficient systems and launching complex web projects at scale.\nExpert-level JavaScript skills and knowledge of at least one additional programming language, such as Python, Rust, Go, or C++.\nAn understanding of the business landscape, including challenges and opportunities, and experience collaborating with teams to expand Thunderbird’s user and donor base.\nExperience with front-end frameworks, full-stack development, and/or API development.\nStrong knowledge of software development practices, including testing, code review, and documentation, and the ability to help others develop these skills.\nExperience acting as a technical lead, solving complex technical problems, and providing mentorship and guidance to other engineers.\nExperience collaborating remotely across disciplines such as engineering, product management, QA, and design.\nExcellent written and verbal English communication and documentation skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with an international, geographically distributed team.\nComfort working in an open-source environment and a commitment to Mozilla values.\nAbility to learn, evaluate, and responsibly use emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, to improve work processes. \nA commitment to continuous learning and staying current with industry trends and technologies.\nAbility and willingness to travel periodically, including internationally.\nBonus points for\nExperience with product management or product-focused work.\nWhat success looks like\nSuccess in this role will look like a strong technical leader who not only helps the Web Services team grow, but also has a direct hand in helping Thunderbird grow and evolve our product offerings. \nOver time, your work will help:\nGrow & mature scalable, modern software patterns and architecture across Web Services products.\nTurn new product ideas and complex technical problems into working solutions, prototypes, and experiments.\nPartner with leadership and cross-functional partners (Product, Design, etc) to help generate data-driven product decisions.\nProvide clear technical and product direction across complex, cross-functional work.\nHelp other engineers grow their technical, collaboration, and leadership skills.\nSupport the growth of users and subscribers as Thunderbird expands its offerings beyond email.\nWork environment\nThis is a full-time, fully remote position. You’ll join a distributed team of Thunderbird staff, open-source community members, and contributors from around the world.\nWe rely on clear communication, thoughtful documentation, and collaborative decision-making to work effectively across time zones and disciplines.\nIn this role, you’ll collaborate closely with designers, engineers, cross-functional teams across Thunderbird, other parts of Mozilla, and community contributors.\nCompensation & benefits\nWe benchmark our base salaries to local markets and target the 60th percentile of the peer market. The salary ranges for this role are:\nUS: $180,000 - $215,000 USD\nCanada: $155,000 - $190,000 CAD\nWe may consider candidates with strong skills but less than the required experience. Title, level and compensation will be determined based on qualifications and experience.\nIn addition to competitive salaries, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your whole self.\nWork & career\nFully remote work & schedule flexibility\nCompany-provided laptop\nAnnual bonus program\nMonthly remote work stipend\nAnnual professional development stipend\nAccess to Coursera learning platform\nIndustry conferences\nCompany all-hands and team gatherings\nRest & play\n24 days PTO per year (prorated) \nYour birthday\nYear-end company shutdown\n9 wellbeing days \nPublic holidays\nOther paid leave\nQuarterly wellbeing stipend for personal / family activities\nHealth & family\n401(k) / RRSPcontributions\nHealth, dental, & vision insurance\nDisability insurance\nLife insurance\nEmployee assistance program \nPaid parental leave\nPaid sick days \nWork eligibility\nApplicants must reside in and have permanent work authorization for the country location(s) specified in the posting. We are unable to consider applicants outside of these markets at this time. And, we do not provide visa sponsorship.\nHow to apply\nPlease apply directly through our career page. We carefully review every cover letter and screening question, so take the time to answer each fully. We value authentic, thoughtful responses that reflect your own experience and perspective. It is fine to use AI tools to polish your writing, but your answers should be your own. Candidates who submit generic or unoriginal AI-generated responses may be disqualified from further consideration.\nOur commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion\nThunderbird believes in the value of diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge, and knows diversity, equity and inclusion are crucial to and enrich the company’s core mission. We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle and texture), religion (including religious grooming and dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws. Thunderbird will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose. \nWe will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, as appropriate. 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