Senior Frontend Engineer owning the public web platform of an international TV/streaming media house: extending the main website, integrating a headless newsroom CMS (previews, webhooks), optimizing performance/accessibility across network conditions, and implementing analytics. Stack is JavaScript/TypeScript with React/Next.js; fully remote in Nigeria with onsite launch week.
Company: Confidential (International Television & Streaming Media House) Location: Remote (Nigeria) | Onsite for Launch Week Job Type: Full-Time Salary: Competitive (International standard)
About the Role
An international television and streaming media house is building a cutting-edge, digital-first platform spanning a public website, mobile and smart-TV apps, live streaming, and internal newsroom tools. We are seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to take full ownership of our public web platform, optimize performance across varying network conditions, and maintain seamless integrations with our headless newsroom publishing system.
Key Responsibilities
Website Ownership: Inherit, operate, and extend the main public website handed over by the delivery partner.
CMS & Pipeline Integration: Integrate and maintain the headless CMS powering newsroom publishing, including preview capabilities and publish webhooks.
Performance & Accessibility: Ensure exceptional site speed, responsiveness, and web accessibility across devices and network speeds (low-bandwidth to high-speed).
Analytics & Measurement: Implement audience-measurement tags, telemetry, and web analytics tracking.
Requirements
Modern Stack: Advanced mastery of JavaScript and TypeScript, paired with extensive React or Next.js experience.
Production Web Delivery: Proven track record of shipping and maintaining production web applications under heavy traffic (be prepared to discuss your largest traffic events).
Data-Driven Performance: Demonstrated success optimizing Core Web Vitals and load times, backed by concrete before-and-after metrics and techniques.
Ability to work effectively in a remote global setup and attend launch-week operations onsite in Nigeria.
Benefits
High-impact engineering role shaping the web portal of an international media conglomerate.
Fully remote flexibility in Nigeria with coverage for launch-week travel.
Exposure to modern headless architectures, newsroom tools, and live-streaming platforms.
📧 How to Apply
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