Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Strong Senior Engineer for Node.js in Typescript & GCP

Key Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Typescript is essential.
• Solid experience with Firebase (Firestore, Cloud Functions).
• Strong team collaboration skills, meticulous attention to detail, and an agile mindset.
• A minimum of 5 years of commercial experience.
• Experience with text extraction, web scraping, or parsing RSS/Atom feeds.

Your Role:

• Collaborate directly with the core development team.
• Develop new features and maintain existing solutions for our web platform.
• Review current codebase, suggesting and implementing improvements and refactoring where necessary.
• This position will start as a part-time contract, with the potential to transition into a full-time role based on performance and mutual fit.

Desirable Skills:

• A firm grasp of OOP concepts.
• Knowledge of coding algorithms, including recursion, data transformation, and manipulation.
• Proficiency in English communication.
• Prior experience working on or with content aggregation platforms.
• Experience building or maintaining RSS readers or browser-based content parsing tools.
• Prior experience with Server Side Rendering (SSR).
• Familiarity with Next.js (Server-side rendering and frontend integration).

What We Offer:

• A structured plan for rapid advancement in seniority levels.
• The opportunity to work remotely with flexible working hours.

We're excited to collaborate with professionals who share our passion for excellence. Reach out to us, and let's drive innovation together! So don't waste your time, write to us, and let's create some cool things together! :)

About Glasp:

• An AI-powered knowledge-sharing platform where you can effortlessly store and share what you resonate with while reading or watching content on the web.
• We envision a future where anyone can effortlessly share their knowledge and expand it with people they trust. Our long-term vision is to provide access to the highlighted world’s information in one click.
• If you have experience building content extraction engines or working with RSS feeds in products like SmartNews or Feedly, you'll feel right at home. Our platform thrives on helping users highlight, collect, and share knowledge from across the web, so understanding how to extract and process web content is a big plus!

Company website:

• https://glasp.co/

How to Apply:

Please apply either way below.

• Google Form
• Email
  • Email us at hi [at] glasp.co with the information below.
  • Required information
    • Name
    • Email address
    • The position you're applying to
    • LinkedIn URL
    • Residential country
  • Optional information
• The link to your portfolio
• Glasp profile URL
• Any other information you want us to know about you