Staff Product Engineer
Mid LevelEngineeringWorldwide
$140k-$180k
USD
Job Description
We're looking for talented engineers with JavaScript experience to join the Ghost product team and work remotely on Open Source software.
Hey there! We're looking for a new member to join the Ghost team, maybe that's you?
We're a non-profit organization on a mission to create modern independent publishing technology powering future online journalism. This is not a rocket ship; just a real company with sustainable business profitable since year 1 growing healthily ever since ($8M+ annual revenue). We're transparent about mission & metrics; read all about us online. Ghost is full stack web app running independent publications used by tens of thousands worldwide including renowned publications & tech companies.
Requirements
- Senior JavaScript engineer experienced shipping large-scale production projects effectively within teams.
- Confident taking broad briefs defining technical solutions navigating architectural tradeoffs driving projects autonomously from inception to completion.
- Provide technical leadership setting best practices enabling team success. Node/React experience key; bonus for Knex Express Handlebars familiarity; good grasp MySQL modern CI/CD practices valuable startup SaaS open source distributed apps remote work experience also valuable.
Benefits
4b5 Competitive salary based on role skill experience location ($140k-$180k USD). 30d Work from anywhere home office or nomad setup online wifi required 4bb Hardware brand new Macbook Pro + office workspace budget 3e2 Co-working space support 4da Personal development budget conferences courses books 6ec Worldwide team trips UK Spain Thailand 4c5 4-day work weeks Fridays off 3dd Generous paid vacation minimum 2 week enforced December 476 Paid parental leave fully paid 436 Dog friendly office joke no physical office work with pets welcome.
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About Ghost
Ghost makes independent technology for creators to publish online and build a sustainable subscription business to fund their work. It is a very small team creating a large platform redefining how people publish online. Ghost is a non-profit organisation that gives away all intellectual property and software as free and open source. The team is distributed internationally, self-funded with no shareholders or VCs. The company commits to staying small, never growing beyond around 50 people. It focuses on creating a product they are proud of and providing a great life to the team. Remote work since 2013 with biannual in-person retreats. Builds decentralised, open technology allowing people to own and control their own destiny.
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