Staff Product Engineer at Ghost
- Company
- Ghost
- Employment type
- Full-Time
- Location
- Worldwide
- Posted
- 2026-10-06
About this role
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 to power the future of online journalism. This is not a rocket-ship. You won't find any unicorn glitter or exponential curves around here, just a real company with a sustainable business which has been profitable from year 1 and has been growing healthily ever since. Currently our annual revenue is $10,000,000+ . We're very transparent about our mission and our metrics, you can read all about us . Ghost is a full stack web application for running independent publications. It’s one of the most popular modern open source projects in the world, and is used in production by tens of thousands of websites and companies. Chances are you've already visited and read sites which run on Ghost! Our users range from renowned publications like 404 Media, Platformer, Tangle News , to prominent tech companies like YCombinator , First Round Review , Cloudflare and Kickstarter , and many, many more . What we're looking for 🔎 This role is open to candidates in time zones between UTC−1 and UTC+3. For this position, we’re specifically looking for senior JavaScript engineers with a strong track record of shipping large-scale, production-ready projects and working effectively within teams. You should be confident in taking a broad brief, defining technical solutions, navigating architectural tradeoffs and driving projects from inception to completion with a high level of autonomy. Beyond just writing great code, we expect senior engineers to provide technical leadership and help set best practices that enable the whole team to succeed. Node and/or React experience are key to working on Ghost. Experience working with other parts of our stack is a bonus, particularly Knex, Express and Handlebars. You'll need a decent grasp on MySQL and a good understanding of modern CI/CD practices. Any other experience with startups, SaaS, open source, distributed applications or remote work is also very valuable. We place a strong emphasis on collaboration, mentorship, and enabling others to do their best work. As part of our team, you’ll be expected to actively share knowledge, provide thoughtful code reviews, and help create an environment where everyone can grow. Whether it’s pairing with a teammate on a tough problem, improving documentation, or mentoring other engineers. A willingness to give and receive feedback, communicate openly, and contribute to a culture of continuous learning is essential to success in this role. One of the major perks of engineering at Ghost is that almost every single thing you work on will be released as open source under the MIT license. So you’re not just writing code for us, you’re writing it for yourself and for everyone else - both now, and in the future. Instead of spending years doing work will eventually be locked away in a box labelled “intellectual property” — you'll get to write code which is open for anyone to use, including you in your own future projects! People who are great at written communication and highly self-motivated tend to do best at Ghost. The majority of our team is made up of former founders, freelancers and self-starters who are confident and comfortable working independently and getting things done. This role would be well suited to someone who is experienced at building/shipping products, looking for a big/interesting thing to work on with a great international team and a healthy work/life balance. All Product Engineers at Ghost are part of on-call rotations as part of taking responsibility for our work. We value diversity of all types at Ghost and our team is made up of a kind, thoughtful group of people with a wide range of backgrounds. We have as many people who speak German as we do English, some of us are single, others are married, while others are parents. We actively try to find people with different perspectives an…
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