About the role
As an early-career Front-End Engineer on the Desktop team, this is your opportunity to build on your experience in modern CSS, HTML, and JavaScript in a real-world, large-scale product. You'll contribute to impactful features from day one, deepen your skills through mentorship and collaboration, and grow in a supportive environment—all while improving performance and usability for millions of users around the world.
You'll join a team of 14 talented front- and back-end engineers who bring deep expertise to the development and maintenance of our flagship desktop application, cherished by millions of users worldwide for over 20 years.
As we modernize and enhance the product, you'll collaborate with experienced engineers to deliver new features, resolve bugs, participate in peer code reviews, and contribute to technical discussions. You'll work closely with our front-end, design, and back-end teams to ensure smooth coordination on cross-functional projects. You'll also interact with the Thunderbird open-source community—reviewing community-submitted patches and providing thoughtful feedback.
The Front-End Engineer is an individual contributor and will report directly to the Senior Manager, Desktop Engineering.
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.
About the company
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.
