Senior Software Engineer
Hourly, flexible contract role building AI-first web and SaaS products across client engagements: front-end-led full-stack work with TypeScript, Next.js, React, and Node.js — translating Figma designs, wiring headless CMS and REST/GraphQL APIs, and using AI coding tools like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor while working independently and remotely.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 8+ years professional software engineering experience with deep front-end expertise and meaningful full-stack range
- Expert-level TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES2020+), including async patterns and type-safe API design
- Deep production experience with Next.js and React — App Router, server components, data-fetching/rendering strategy, performance tuning
- Full-stack skills: Node.js server-side code, API design, relational or document databases, cloud deployment
- Hands-on experience with at least one headless or traditional CMS
- Fluency with AI-first development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor
- Automated testing with Playwright (or similar such as Cypress) and owning CI quality end-to-end
- Translating Figma designs into production-grade UI with HTML, CSS (Tailwind or CSS-in-JS), WCAG/ARIA accessibility, and responsive design
- Designing and integrating REST and GraphQL APIs, including debugging with browser DevTools
- Familiarity with Git, pull-request workflows, and CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Vercel, or Netlify
- Demonstrated history of working alone and remotely with little guidance across async, distributed teams
- Proactively send clear, concise written updates to PMs and engineering leads on a regular cadence
- Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and client contacts without jargon
- Accurately track and report billable hours against tasks and tickets in Jira
Nice to have
- Sanity or Gatsby CMS experience
Full description
DEPLOY has been retained to find a senior-level Software Engineer to join us on an hourly, flexible contract basis and help build the next generation of AI-first web and SaaS products.
You'll own significant workstreams across a portfolio of active client engagements — front-end first, with real full-stack range — and you'll operate with a high degree of independence: scoping your own work, making sound technical decisions without waiting for direction, and shipping polished, performant, accessible product remotely and largely on your own.
This role is ideal for an exceptionally self-motivated engineer with deep production experience in TypeScript and Next.js, the ability to extend into APIs, data layers, and infrastructure when the work calls for it, and AI-first tools like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor already woven into their daily workflow.
What You Will Do
- Own the design, build, and delivery of user-facing features and full-stack slices of AI-first web and SaaS products using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Node.js
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- Take engagements from ambiguous requirements to shipped product with minimal guidance — scoping, sequencing, and driving the work yourself
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- Translate Figma designs into pixel-accurate, responsive, accessible interfaces that hold up across browsers and devices
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- Integrate headless CMS platforms — Sanity or other headless CMS — wiring up schemas, structured content, and preview environments
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- Design, build, and consume REST and GraphQL APIs, including authentication, caching, data modeling, and error-handling patterns, extending into server-side code and databases where needed
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- Leverage AI-first development tooling (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) to accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality and review discipline
- Own quality end-to-end — write component and end-to-end tests with Playwright, maintain CI quality gates, and prevent regressions without relying on downstream QA
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- Set technical direction on your engagements — make and document architectural decisions, weigh trade-offs, and raise the bar in code reviews
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- Drive front-end performance, accessibility, and SEO improvements using Lighthouse, axe, and Core Web Vitals tooling
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- Maintain documentation for components, integrations, and handoffs in Jira, Confluence, and project repositories that is clear enough for others to pick up without you in the room