Senior NextJS Developer

The Motley Fool is looking for a Senior Contract Fullstack Developer with expert-level chops in React NextJs TypeScript and Tailwind to join our team on a contract basis for at least 6-12 months.

Who are we?

The Motley Fool is a purpose-driven financial services company on a mission to make the world smarter happier and richer. For 30 years we’ve been helping people make better investment decisions through transparency education and Foolish fun. We’re a fast-moving collaborative team that values high-quality work curiosity and initiative. We care deeply about what we do and we’re driven by the impact our work has on real people’s financial futures.

What does this team do?

Market Tech Developers are helping to evolve and upgrade our internal infrastructure that helps serve our 600k paying subscribers and the millions of people that visit our public facing site each year. This person will collaborate with team members product owners and professionals across the Motley Fool.

What will this person do in this role?

The Motley Fool US membership serves over 600k paying subscribers to help make them smarter happier and richer. Over the past 15 months we have drastically upgraded our technological capabilities to enhance our offerings. This position is for the person that enjoys working with the latest tech and building amazing products.

We believe in providing the tools and support needed for our technology practitioners to be as successful and impactful as possible. From a tooling standpoint we use Claude Github CoPilot Chat GPT and Cursor.sh. If there is a tool we don’t already have available we have teams that can investigate additional tools. The Senior Market Tech Developer will be evolving our marketing-related systems and tools using React and NextJS. The Motley Fool is a place where you can do your best work surrounded by people who enthusiastically support your success.

Okay but what will you actually do in this role?

• Design develop and maintain systems using React NextJS TypeScript and Tailwind CSS.

• Integrate with content management systems e-commerce platforms in-house systems and third-party vendors.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality scalable solutions.

• Optimize web applications for performance including rendering strategies caching parallel processing and asset management.

• Ensure compliance with web accessibility standards to deliver inclusive user experiences.

• Be part of an on-call rotation to handle critical system issues.

Required Skills and Experience (In order of importance)

• Strong experience with React NextJs TypeScript and Tailwind

• Proficiency in determining the right rendering strategies for Next.JS

• Solid grasp of web performance optimization (caching asset bundling etc.)

• Experienced with workflows that span brand new existing and returning customers

• Must be able to work in a collaborative team-based environment

• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs

• Experience with Docker containerization and CICD pipelines for NextJS applications

• Understanding of accessibility standards

• Understanding of user behavior tracking and metrics

• Experience with A/B testing frameworks

Nice to Have Skills

• Familiarity with Sanity CMS

• Familiarity with Stripe

• Knowledge of Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics implementation

• Experience with system monitoring and error reporting tools such as DataDog and Sentry

Compensation:

Below is our target compensation range. While we are budget conscious we’re also eager to find the right person for this role so if your target is outside of this range please don’t hesitate to apply and we’d be happy to have a conversation.

Hourly Pay Range

$80—$95 USD