Senior Software Engineer

DEPLOY has been retained to finda 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.

Youll own significant workstreams across a portfolio of active client engagements front-end first with real full-stack range and youll 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 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 React TypeScript and

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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

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• Surface technical risks trade-offs and status proactively on your workstreams you are the primary signal

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  What We Definitely Need

  Technical Requirements

  • 8 years of 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 and React App Router server components data-fetching and rendering strategy and performance tuning at scale

  • Full-stack chops: comfort building server-side code with designing APIs working with relational or document databases and deploying to cloud platforms

  • Hands-on experience with at least one headless or traditional CMS Sanity Gatsby preferred

  • Fluency with AI-first development tools such as Claude Code Codex or Cursor and a pragmatic sense of when to use them

  • Experience writing automated tests with Playwright (or similar tools such as Cypress) and owning CI quality end-to-end

  • Comfortable translating Figma designs into production-grade UI with mastery of HTML CSS (including Tailwind or CSS-in-JS) accessibility fundamentals (WCAG ARIA) and responsive design

  • Experience designing and integrating REST and GraphQL APIs including debugging with browser DevTools and network inspection

  • Familiarity with Git pull-request-based workflows and CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions Vercel or Netlify

  • A demonstrated history of working alone and remotely with little guidance exceptionally self-motivated self-managing time deliverables and communication across async distributed teams

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  Communication

  • Proactively send clear concise written updates to project managers and engineering leads on a regular cadence without being chased; over-communicate by default

  • Join the ceremonies that matter for your engagements (planning reviews retrospectives) while protecting deep independent work time stand-up participation may be async

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  • Collaborate with designers and product during requirements and design reviews to flag feasibility and UX concerns early

  • Write thorough pull request descriptions commit messages and inline documentation your written record substitutes for hallway context

  • Accurately track and report billable hours against tasks and tickets in Jira

  • Raise scope changes blockers or conflicting requirements immediately so timelines priorities and contract hours can be adjusted

  • Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and client contacts without jargon or hand-waving

  
  

  
  

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Tools & Technologies

Languages

TypeScript JavaScript (ES2020) HTML CSS SQL

Frameworks

React

AI Tooling

Claude Code Codex Cursor GitHub Copilot

CMS

Sanity Gatsby

Styling

Tailwind CSS CSS Modules styled-components

APIs

REST GraphQL API design Postman browser DevTools

Testing

Playwright Cypress Jest React Testing Library

CI / CD

GitHub Actions CircleCI Vercel Netlify

Project Mgmt

Jira Linear Confluence

Design

Figma (design review and handoff)

Cloud

AWS Azure Vercel serverless functions managed databases

Other

Git accessibility tools (axe Lighthouse) Core Web Vitals