Senior Web Fullstack Engineer — Streaming Platforms

The Economist Group (Asia/Pacific) Limited; Jawa Barat; Remote; IDR 360,000,000 - 720,000,000; Full time

Job summary

The Economist Group (Asia/Pacific) Limited is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Web Fullstack to design and build web experiences powering streaming video, live events and podcasts. You will work across frontend and backend systems to deliver scalable, high-quality media experiences for a global audience.

You’ll develop responsive frontends with React/Next.js and TypeScript, build backend services and RESTful APIs with Node.js, and shape cloud-native solutions on AWS with emphasis on

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Web frontend and backend engineering.
• Proven experience building production applications with React.js and Next.js.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs, ideally with Node.js or similar.
• Solid understanding of modern web architecture, including SSR, static generation and CDN strategies.
• Hands on experience with AWS and cloud native application design.
• Good grasp of web performance, accessibility and scalable system design.
• Experience with video streaming technologies, particularly HLS and adaptive bitrate streaming, is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve web applications that power streaming experiences.
• Develop responsive, accessible frontends using React.js, Next.js and TypeScript.
• Build and maintain backend services and APIs supporting media delivery and core features.
• Work with HLS and adaptive bitrate streaming for reliable playback across devices.
• Contribute to streaming workflows, including packaging, CDN integration and live delivery.
• Design and operate cloud native solutions on AWS using services like S3, Lambda, RDS and containers.
• Own performance across the stack from Core Web Vitals to backend latency and caching.
• Ensure strong observability, testing and CI/CD practices in production.
• Collaborate with Product, Design and Editorial teams and contribute to technical direction.

Skills

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Node.js

REST APIs

AWS

Web performance

HLS streaming

CDN

Docker

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

CI/CD

AWS

Job description

The Economist Group (Asia/Pacific) Limited is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Web Fullstack to design and build web experiences powering streaming video, live events and podcasts. You will work across frontend and backend systems to deliver scalable, high-quality media experiences for a global audience.

You’ll develop responsive frontends with React/Next.js and TypeScript, build backend services and RESTful APIs with Node.js, and shape cloud-native solutions on AWS with emphasis on