Front End Developer (Js, CMS)

Role Overview

Senior Full Stack Engineer focused on leading the development and maintenance of a core React-based UI component library for the Lucid website.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain a React UI component library for marketing pages, authenticated portals, and checkout flows
• Design scalable component APIs compatible with Gatsby, Astro, and Next.js applications
• Establish and enforce design patterns, coding standards, and best practices
• Create documentation and developer usage guidelines to drive adoption
• Maintain Storybook docs, including interactive component playgrounds
• Implement automated testing (unit, integration, and visual regression)
• Manage semantic versioning and release processes for component updates
• Build developer tools/CLI utilities to streamline component adoption
• Develop content-driven components integrating with Contentful CMS
• Collaborate with content teams on component schemas and content modeling
• Support migration from legacy systems to modern frameworks with minimal disruption and strong performance

Requirements

• 6+ years of full-stack development with strong focus on the React ecosystem
• Proven experience building and maintaining component libraries/design systems
• Strong understanding of React patterns, hooks, context, and performance optimization
• Experience with Next.js and modern rendering approaches (SSR/SSG)
• Hands-on with build tools such as Webpack or Vite
• AWS experience including CloudFront, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, and CloudWatch
• CI/CD experience (preferably GitLab CI) for automated deployment/testing
• Experience with npm publishing and monorepo architectures
• Testing frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, or Playwright
• Familiarity with Contentful CMS
• Understanding of REST and GraphQL APIs

Nice-to-Haves

• Familiarity with modern GenAI tooling (e.g., Copilot, chat agents, IDE assistants)

Benefits / Work Setup

• Competitive hourly pay: $85–$95 USD
• Remote work flexibility from Newark, California (US)