Senior Backend Engineer (Remote)

We are looking for a Senior Node.js Engineer with 5+ years of experience to join our team. If you have a proven track record of delivering high-quality software, enjoy mentoring others, and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you.

What you will do

You are a hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and driving projects to completion. In this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping our backend architecture, driving best practices, maintaining our infrastructure and mentoring other engineers. You’ll work with reliable tools like Node.js, TypeScript, MySQL, ElasticSearch, and Redis to build scalable and performant solutions. You’ll also contribute to growing our team’s capabilities and ensuring our product evolves to meet the needs of our customers.

Working at ChurchDesk

Our mission is to help churches modernize and stay connected with their communities in a rapidly changing world. As a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, we provide digital tools that enable churches to streamline their operations, communicate more effectively, and engage with their congregations. Over the past 12 years, we’ve grown from a startup into an international business, but there’s still a lot of work ahead. Join us to work on transformative projects, have fun, and develop both yourself and your career.

What we offer

• An opportunity to make a big impact on a product that serves some of the largest and oldest institutions in the world.

• A supportive, low-ceremony, and lean-process work environment.

• 6 weeks of paid vacation + your local public holidays to support your work-life balance.

• A great social environment with annual company kick-offs, team trips, and friendly challenges like board games.

• 5+ years of experience in software development, software design, architecture, and Node.js and demonstrated successful end-to-end deliveries of new implementations.
• Deep understanding of relational database systems, particularly MySQL.
• Familiarity with NoSQL Datastores such as ElasticSearch, Redis, and MongoDB is a plus.
• Experience building scalable, performant, and modular solutions.