We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer with strong expertise in Strapi CMS and modern Next.js web applications to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in building, extending and scaling Strapi-based backends and Next.js frontends for high-performance, SEO-optimized websites.

You will be responsible for architecting and maintaining our headless CMS platform, ensuring seamless integrations, superior performance and secure deployments on DigitalOcean and Cloudflare CDN.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, develop and maintain the backend using Strapi CMS, focusing on scalability, modularity and maintainability.

• Design and extend Strapi schemas, custom plugins and APIs, ensuring seamless integration with Next.js frontend.

• Implement and optimize GraphQL and REST APIs for high performance and reliability.

• Integrate third-party tools and services (marketing automation, analytics, CRM, payment gateways, etc.) into Strapi.

• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to build fast, SEO-optimized and accessible pages using Next.js (SSG/SSR/ISR).

• Implement caching and performance optimization strategies via Cloudflare CDN, including API caching and static asset delivery.

• Deploy and manage environments on DigitalOcean droplets, ensuring high uptime, security and cost efficiency.

• Optimize build and release workflows using CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment.

• Ensure top-tier SEO performance and Core Web Vitals, collaborating with design and marketing teams.

• Monitor and debug production issues, using tools like Datadog, Sentry, or similar platforms.

• Contribute to code reviews, architecture discussions and mentoring junior developers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in full stack web development.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Strapi CMS, including custom plugin development and advanced configuration.

• Proven experience in Next.js for static site generation (SSG), server-side rendering (SSR) and incremental static regeneration (ISR).

• Strong understanding of PostgreSQL, Node.js and TypeScript/JavaScript

• Experience with Cloudflare caching strategies and CDN performance optimization.

• Deep knowledge of API design, authentication (JWT, OAuth) and data modeling.

• Familiarity with DigitalOcean droplets, deployment pipelines and Linux server management.

• Strong understanding of Core Web Vitals, SEO best practices and performance tuning.

• Experience integrating third-party services (e.g., CRMs, analytics, email platforms, marketing tools).

• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git and collaborative development workflows.

• Excellent problem-solving, debugging and communication skills.

• Passion for building maintainable, performant and developer-friendly systems.

• Experience with headless CMS migrations or multi-environment Strapi setups.

• Familiarity with serverless deployments (Cloudflare Workers, Supabase Edge Functions).

• Experience integrating GraphQL federation or microservices architecture.

• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible).

Why Join Us?

• Be part of an innovative team building a next-generation content-driven website with modern technologies and performance-first architecture.

• Work on a platform that emphasizes speed, scalability, SEO and user experience.

• Collaborate with a creative, data-driven and fast-paced cross-functional team.

• Opportunity to lead architecture decisions and shape the technical roadmap.

• Fast-paced, innovative team that values creativity, collaboration and continuous learning.

• Collaborative and dynamic work culture focused on growth and learning.