Staff Web Engineer: Streaming & Cloud Platforms

The Economist Group (Asia/Pacific) Limited; Jawa Barat; Remote; IDR 500,000,000 - 750,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first policy

Degreed learning platform with Udemy

Two days in office per month

10% learning time per week

Job summary

The Economist Group is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Web Fullstack to lead the design and development of web experiences powering video streaming, live events and podcasts for a global audience. You will drive frontend and backend architectures using React.js, Next.js, TypeScript and AWS, while mentoring engineers and shaping reliable, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes performance, observability and secure CI/CD across squads.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in web frontend and backend engineering.
• Proven experience designing and building production applications with React.js and Next.js at scale.
• Strong experience designing service architectures and RESTful APIs, ideally with Node.js.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of web applications that power video streaming, live events, podcasts and supporting product journeys.
• Set technical direction for responsive, accessible, high performance frontends built with React.js, Next.js and modern TypeScript.
• Define and guide the architecture of backend services and APIs supporting media delivery, playback configuration and core product features.
• Provide technical leadership for HLS and adaptive bitrate streaming, with a focus on reliable playback across devices and network conditions.
• Shape streaming workflows, including packaging, CDN integration, live event delivery and operational resilience.
• Design and guide the adoption of cloud native solutions on AWS, using services such as S3, Lambda, RDS and container based workloads.
• Drive performance improvements across the stack, from Core Web Vitals to backend latency, caching and capacity planning.
• Establish strong standards for observability, testing, security and CI/CD across services in production.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Editorial and engineering teams, while mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across squads.

Skills

React.js

Next.js

TypeScript

Node.js

RESTful APIs

AWS

CI/CD

Docker

Web performance

Tools

AWS Lambda

S3

CDN

Containerization

Job description

The Economist Group is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Web Fullstack to lead the design and development of web experiences powering video streaming, live events and podcasts for a global audience. You will drive frontend and backend architectures using React.js, Next.js, TypeScript and AWS, while mentoring engineers and shaping reliable, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes performance, observability and secure CI/CD across squads.