Backend Engineer, Websites & Marketing Technology
Job Description
Why Mozilla?Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years. We make pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser.
Now, with more than 225 million people around the world using our products each month, we’re shaping the next 25 years of technology and helping to reclaim an internet built for people, not companies. Our work focuses on diverse areas including AI, social media, security and more. And we’re doing this while never losing our focus on our core mission – to make the internet better for people. The Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation.
This means we aren’t beholden to any shareholders — only to our mission. Along with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozillians design, build and distribute open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.
About the team and role: The Websites & MarTech team builds and operates the infrastructure that powers mozilla. org and www. firefox.
com, marketing campaign sites, and the systems that connect our marketing technology ecosystem. Our work touches millions of users every day, combining strong engineering practices with Mozilla’s values of openness, privacy, and accessibility. We collaborate across engineering, creative, and product teams to deliver performant, reliable, and privacy-respecting web experiences that help advance Mozilla’s mission.
As a Backend Engineer (P2) on the Websites & MarTech team, you’ll contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of high-traffic websites and supporting services. You’ll work closely with frontend developers, site reliability engineers, designers, and data and marketing partners to create scalable, maintainable systems that help us connect with users worldwide.
This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving real-world web challenges – balancing performance, automation and reliability – while also benefitting from opportunities to learn, grow, and collaborate across disciplines. What You’ll Do:Build and maintain backend services and integrations supporting high-traffic marketing websites and applications. Develop solutions for challenges related to performance, automation, internationalization and developer productivity.
Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code using Python/Django. Deploy and manage services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using modern DevOps and CI/CD practices. Participate in code reviews and contribute to a culture of collaboration and knowledge-sharing.
Communicate effectively in a distributed, asynchronous environment. Investigate and apply new technologies to improve our systems and workflows. Contribute to documentation and operational excellence.
What You’ll Bring:Experience in backend web development for high-traffic or large-scale websites. Proficiency in Python/Django for building and maintaining production web services. Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (GCP or AWS) and modern deployment pipelines.
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