Senior NodeJS Engineer - Remote Europe

Reedsy; Remote; GBP 52,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading publishing platform is looking for a skilled developer to enhance their book editing tool. You will work on designing and building features, developing scalable applications, and ensuring high performance. Candidates should have professional experience with NodeJS and NoSQL databases, and be fluent in English. The role offers flexibility to work from home and includes various benefits such as paid parental leave. Salary ranges from €60k to €100k.

Benefits

Work from home

Paid parental leave

Annual team retreat

Qualifications

• Professional experience with NodeJS and NoSQL databases.
• Strong test-driven approach to development.
• Perfectly fluent in English.
• Enjoy working remotely.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with designers and engineers to design and ship new features.
• Extend the feature set of the book editing tool.
• Deliver value by crafting beautiful book templates.
• Architect and develop scalable web applications.
• Evaluate and improve performance and security.
• Take ownership of tasks from start to finish.
• Help and learn from teammates.

Skills

NodeJS

NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB)

Fluent English

Test-driven development

Job description

Europe-based applicants only.

About Reedsy

We’re here to give authors the tools and resources they need to create beautiful books. Our marketplace gathers the industry's best publishing professionals — the likes of Neil Gaiman's editor, Nora Roberts' book marketer, and GRRM’s cover designer.

We’ve grown to a community of 5,000,000 authors, and transformed the way people write and publish their book. Want to hop on board and help us get to our next destination? Cool, keep reading!

Responsibilities

You will join and work on our book editing tool. Here's what you'll do:

• Work closely with our designers and engineers to design, build, and ship new features from scratch

• Extend the growing feature set of our cutting‑edge, collaborative word processor

• Deliver real value to our users by crafting beautiful book templates for their e‑readers and for print

• Architect and develop highly scalable web applications

• Evaluate and improve the performance, durability, and security of applications in production

• Take ownership for your tasks and see features through from start to finish

• Help teammates improve when reviewing their work and appreciate feedback when they reciprocate

Requirements

• Professional experience with NodeJS and NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB) databases

• Strong test‑driven approach to development

• Perfectly fluent in English

• Enjoy working remotely

Bonus points

• Experience building production‑grade applications integrating LLMs

• A good dose of ambition, a willingness to learn, and a great sense of humor

Benefits

• Work from home;

• Paid paternal and maternal leave;

• Annual team retreat

Salary range

€60k – €100k