We are looking for a Lead Full Stack Engineer with 7+ years of experience to lead the development and optimization of our high-performance website application. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Next.js, Strapi CMS, Cloudflare caching strategies and DigitalOcean infrastructure, with a proven ability to deliver fast, SEO-optimized and scalable web experiences.

As the Engineering Lead, you’ll own the end-to-end architecture, development and performance of our platform, driving technical excellence, mentoring engineers and ensuring our site delivers exceptional speed, reliability and Core Web Vitals performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain a scalable, high-performance website application using Next.js (SSG, SSR, ISR) and Strapi as the headless CMS.

• Optimize performance and Core Web Vitals, ensuring exceptional Lighthouse and PageSpeed scores on both desktop and mobile.

• Implement and manage Cloudflare caching strategies to cache the majority of the site efficiently, including page-level and asset-level caching.

• Design and manage APIs and integrations within Strapi, including custom plugins and third-party service integrations (marketing tools, CRMs, analytics, etc.).

• Oversee infrastructure and deployment on DigitalOcean, including CI/CD pipelines, CDN configurations and environment management.

• Implement build-time and runtime optimizations for static site generation (SSG), server-side rendering (SSR) and incremental static regeneration (ISR).

• Collaborate with design and SEO teams to ensure that the site structure, schema and markup follow SEO best practices and accessibility guidelines.

• Monitor, analyze and enhance site performance using tools like Google PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse and Cloudflare Analytics.

• Ensure scalability and reliability through clean architecture principles, modular code design and continuous performance tuning.

• Lead and mentor a small, agile development team, promoting best coding practices, peer reviews and technical growth.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional full stack web development experience.

• Proven experience building and optimizing Next.js websites with static site generation (SSG), server-side rendering (SSR) and incremental static regeneration (ISR).

• Expert-level understanding of Strapi CMS, including custom plugin development and integration of third-party APIs.

• Hands-on experience with Cloudflare caching, CDN optimization and performance tuning for static and dynamic content.

• Strong understanding of Core Web Vitals, SEO technical optimization and page load performance improvements.

• Experience managing DigitalOcean droplets, object storage and deployment pipelines (CI/CD).

• Strong proficiency in React.js, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, HTML/CSS, Tailwind, Radix and JavaScript.

• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL and secure API integrations.

• Familiarity with serverless and edge function deployments (Cloudflare Workers, Supabase)

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog, Sentry or similar.

• Excellent problem-solving, debugging and communication skills.

• Proven leadership experience managing and mentoring a small team in an agile environment.

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.