Staff Mobile Engineer, iOS
The Staff Mobile Engineer, iOS at Mozilla's MZLA Technologies Corporation is a senior role focused on designing, developing, and evolving Thunderbird's iOS application. This position involves tackling complex technical challenges, leading significant mobile initiatives, and contributing to architectural decisions in collaboration with senior engineers and engineering leadership. The role is fully remote, allowing collaboration with colleagues across multiple regions and time zones.
Key responsibilities include serving as a technical lead on major iOS initiatives, such as feature development and architectural improvements. The engineer will drive improvements to code quality by reducing technical debt and enhancing performance, stability, and build health. Additionally, the role involves partnering closely with product and UX teams to ensure usability and accessibility are integral to iOS implementations, as well as mentoring and supporting other engineers through code reviews and technical guidance.
Candidates should have over 10 years of professional software development experience, with significant experience working on complex mobile applications at a senior level. Deep expertise with Swift and iOS frameworks is required, along with a solid understanding of mobile architectures and application lifecycle management on iOS. Proven experience leading complex technical work and contributing to architectural decisions is essential. Familiarity with communication and email protocols such as RSS, IMAP, POP, or Matrix, and proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows are also important.
The position offers a competitive salary, with ranges of $150,000 - $170,000 USD for the US and $125,000 - $140,000 CAD for Canada. Additional benefits include fully remote work with schedule flexibility, a discretionary annual bonus program, monthly remote work stipend, annual professional development stipend, access to the Udemy Learning Platform, and comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Employees also receive 24 days of PTO per year, plus additional paid leave for birthdays, year-end company shutdown, and wellbeing days.
MZLA Technologies Corporation operates as a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, focusing on open-source email and productivity platforms like Thunderbird. The company values privacy and productivity, developing technology that puts users first. With a small but growing team distributed across seven countries, MZLA emphasizes collaboration, inclusivity, and transparency in its work environment, offering opportunities for growth and innovation while remaining independent and true to its values.