Staff Product Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Become a part of Ghost's product team focused on developing and sustaining its comprehensive open-source publishing platform.

• Interpret broad briefs, outline technical solutions, assess architectural trade-offs, and lead projects from start to finish.

• Offer technical guidance and contribute to the establishment of engineering best practices.

• Deliver large-scale, production-ready projects.

• Share expertise and conduct thoughtful code reviews.

• Collaborate with teammates to tackle challenging issues.

• Enhance documentation and provide mentorship to fellow engineers.

• Engage in on-call rotations.

• Operate asynchronously using Slack and Linear, with meetings hosted on Google Meet.

• Work alongside a globally distributed team to influence the product's direction.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive senior-level JavaScript engineering experience.

• Proven history of delivering large-scale, production-ready projects.

• Effective collaboration within teams.

• Capability to define technical solutions, assess architectural trade-offs, and autonomously steer projects from inception to completion.

• Proficiency in Node.js and/or React.

• Solid understanding of MySQL.

• Good knowledge of contemporary CI/CD practices.

• Familiarity with Knex, Express, and Handlebars is advantageous.

• Experience with startups, SaaS, open-source projects, distributed applications, or remote work is a plus.

• Strong written communication skills and self-motivation.

• Openness to share knowledge, conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, communicate transparently, and both give and receive feedback.

• Participation in on-call rotations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary reflective of the role, skills, experience, and location.

• Flexibility to work from anywhere.

• A brand new MacBook Pro.

• Budget allocated for office setup and the latest AI tools.

• Support for co-working spaces.

• Personal development budget for conferences, courses, and books.

• Opportunities for worldwide team trips.

• Four-day work weeks; the office is closed on Fridays.

• Generous paid vacation time.

• Two-week company shutdown during the Christmas period.

• Comprehensive and fully paid parental leave.

• Annual salary reviews compared to market rates.