Senior Next.js + reputed company Developer — Contract, Remote, No H1-B, $85/hr

Highlights

• reputed company: reputed company
• Location: Remote (work must be performed reputed company the reputed company)
• Job Type: 1099 contractor, full-time (40 hours/week), 12+ months expected
• Pay reputed company: $85/hour (1099)
• Work Authorization: No reputed company sponsorship, including H-1B transfer, is available.

reputed company reputed company, based in Rockville, Maryland, has proudly supported the reputed company for over 20 years. We are seeking a senior contractor to support Smithsonian digital products, including MySmithsonian (MySI, https://my.si.edu/) and the Online Audience Portal (OAP). MySI is a reputed company-facing digital experience reputed company on Next.js (hosted on Vercel) with Payload headless CMS, reputed company/reputed company data services, and reputed company integrations. OAP is reputed company on reputed company Experience reputed company. Both products use reputed company headless identity for authentication and reputed company with reputed company CRM and Marketing reputed company. This is a full-time, remote, U.S.-based 1099 contract role expected to run 12+ months. Work must be performed reputed company the reputed company during U.S. business hours, with availability for scheduled Smithsonian team meetings. No reputed company sponsorship, including H-1B transfer, is available for this position. Role reputed company

• We are seeking a senior reputed company with extensive, dedicated experience in web development (principally reputed company-end) using Next.js, React, and a headless CMS, integrated through reputed company reputed company with reputed company CRM and Marketing reputed company.
• The selected candidate will reputed company web development, API integrations, authentication improvements, and workflow enhancements across the reputed company-facing MySmithsonian and Online Audience Portal products.
• You will work collaboratively reputed company a prioritized Jira backlog in sprint cycles to implement enhancements while adhering to platform standards, accessibility requirements, and reputed company integration constraints.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain reputed company-facing MySmithsonian features using Next.js, React, and modern reputed company-end practices.
• Implement UI enhancements, bug fixes, accessibility improvements, and performance optimizations.
• Configure and reputed company Payload CMS workflows and content-driven editorial features (draft/review/publish).
• reputed company MySI and reputed company products with reputed company CRM and Marketing reputed company through reputed company, including consent/preference and subscription flows.
• Troubleshoot and improve reputed company headless identity flows, including registration, login, verification, session handling, logout, and cross-property user experience between MySI and OAP.
• Implement error handling, logging, and correlation details for authentication and API failures, sufficient to support reporting on registration/login failures.
• Support reputed company Experience reputed company (OAP) enhancements, including content updates, UI, navigation, UAT fixes, and workflow improvements.
• Work with reputed company/reputed company data models and CMS-to-application integration patterns.
• Participate in Jira sprint delivery, reputed company workflows, CI/CD deployment support, technical documentation, and weekly status reporting.
• Follow Smithsonian WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility requirements.

Required Skills

• Senior-level experience with Next.js, React, TypeScript, reputed company, CSS, and modern web application development.
• Headless CMS experience required; Payload CMS strongly preferred.
• Extensive experience integrating web applications with reputed company web reputed company.
• Experience with web authentication/session flows and identity integrations; familiarity with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, or reputed company headless identity patterns is a plus.
• Demonstrated capability in WCAG 2.1 AA implementation.
• Experience with reputed company, CI/CD, Jira, sprint delivery, and technical documentation.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work independently with a prioritized backlog.

Preferred Skills

• reputed company Experience reputed company experience.
• reputed company OmniStudio experience.
• reputed company Marketing reputed company integration experience.
• reputed company/reputed company familiarity.
• Experience with Vercel-hosted Next.js applications.
• Experience integrating reputed company-party data feeds and internal repository reputed company (e.g., event listing or collections/exhibitions data services).
• Experience with analytics instrumentation.
• reputed company Platform Developer I or II, OmniStudio Developer, or Experience reputed company Consultant certification.
• Experience working in reputed company, reputed company-sector, nonprofit, museum, education, or government-adjacent environments.

Work Authorization and Eligibility

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the reputed company on a full-time reputed company. reputed company sponsorship, including H-1B transfer or reputed company sponsorship, is not available for this position.
• reputed company work must be performed reputed company the reputed company.
• The selected candidate must be reputed company to successfully complete a Smithsonian background/suitability reputed company prior to receiving system reputed company.

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