Lead Next JS Developer

Maplecroft; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 4,200,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Short Term Incentive

Job summary

Verisk is looking for a senior frontend architect to drive technical leadership across frontend teams. You will mentor developers, document architectural decisions, and establish best practices while building scalable UI with React, Next.js, and Sitecore JSS.

You will collaborate with backend teams to ensure seamless API integration, and focus on performance, security, and accessibility across SSR/SSG/ISG deployments. Hybrid work model in India is supported.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of practical experience with the above technologies.
• Experience in frontend architecture from scratch, project structure, and API/data-access patterns.
• 2+ years in a technical lead or architect role with ownership of frontend decisions.

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership: document architectural decisions, review designs, mentor developers, and establish engineering best practices across the team.
• Lead initial setup and configuration of Sitecore JSS and Next.js TypeScript project, and integrate SSR/SSG/ISG.
• Develop dynamic UIs with React/TypeScript/SCSS, and ensure integration with Sitecore Experience Editor.
• Write unit tests with Jest and implement end-to-end testing; collaborate with QA for coverage.
• Optimize frontend performance with Next.js best practices, CSP security, and SEO for SSR/SSG.

Skills

React

Next.js

TypeScript

SCSS

HTML5

SSR

SSG

ISG

Sitecore JSS

Testing with Jest

CI/CD

Git

Agile

Tools

Sitecore JSS

Next.js

Job description

• Job Category Technical Product Development
• Posting Date 09/30/2026, 12:19 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Short Term Incentive Yes
• Long Term Incentive No
• Commission No
• Work Arrangement Hybrid
• Budgeted Salary Currency INR
• Division Underwriting Solutions

Job Description

You will work closely with frontend, backend and Sitecore development teams as well as DevOps, UX, QA, and product teams, and you will be responsible for the quality, performance, security, accessibility, and operational health of the frontend.

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership: Ability to make and document architectural decisions, evaluate trade-offs, conduct design/code reviews, mentor developers, and establish engineering best practices across the team.
• Project Setup & Configuration:
  • Lead the initial setup and configuration of a Sitecore JSS and Next.js TypeScript project.
  • Integrate Next.js frameworks like SSR (Server-Side Rendering), SSG (Static Site Generation), and ISG (Incremental Static Regeneration) for optimal performance and scalability.
  • Set up and configure build tools, CI/CD pipelines, and development environments.
• Frontend Development:
  • Develop dynamic and responsive user interfaces using React, TypeScript, SCSS, and Sitecore JSS.
  • Ensure seamless integration with the Sitecore Experience Editor for editing content in real-time.
  • Implement reusable components, hooks, and React state management libraries.
• Testing & Quality Assurance:
  • Write and maintain unit tests using the Jest framework to ensure code quality.
  • Implement end-to-end testing to cover UI and API integration.
  • Collaborate with QA to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Performance Optimization & Security:
  • Optimize frontend performance by leveraging Next.js best practices, including code-splitting and lazy-loading.
  • Implement a robust Content Security Policy (CSP) and maintain high security standards for client-side rendering.
  • Optimize the project for SEO using best practices in SSR and SSG.
• Collaboration & Communication:
  • Work closely with backend developers to ensure seamless API integration and data flow.
  • Collaborate with UI/UX designers to translate design mockups into high-quality code.
  • Participate in code reviews and collaborate in an Agile development environment.

Qualifications

• Core Technologies:
  • Proficient in React, Next.js, TypeScript, SCSS and HTML5.
  • Strong understanding of Server-Side Rendering (SSR), Static Site Generation (SSG), and Incremental Static Regeneration (ISG).
  • Proven experience designing frontend architecture from scratch, defining project structure, component architecture, coding standards, state-management strategy, API/data-access patterns, error handling, logging, and observability.
  • Strong Next.js architecture knowledge: Beyond SSR/SSG/ISR, experience with routing, caching/revalidation, server/client component boundaries where applicable, middleware, authentication, error handling, image/font optimization, and production deployment considerations.
  • 6-8 years of practical experience using above technologies
  • 2+ years in a technical lead or architect role with ownership of frontend architecture decisions.
• Sitecore JSS:
  • Experience with Sitecore JSS for creating seamless, editable components.
  • Understanding of integrating Sitecore Experience Editor.
• Testing:
  • Proficient with Jest for unit testing and ensuring code quality.
  • Familiarity with test-driven development (TDD) practices.
• Performance Optimization:
  • Experience optimizing web performance, particularly in SSR/SSG environments.
• Other:
  • Experience working with Git and CI/CD tools.
  • Familiarity with setting up projects from scratch, including project structure, build configurations, and deployment pipelines.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with other testing frameworks like Cypress or Enzyme.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and SEO optimization techniques.
• Experience with GraphQL and REST API integrations.

About Us

Our People, Our Culture

For more than 50 years, Verisk has helped property and casualty insurers make smarter decisions about risk through AI-powered risk modeling, advanced analytics, and technology solutions spanning the entire policy lifecycle. We are a leading strategic data, analytics, and technology partner to the global insurance industry, guided by core values of learning, caring, and results while maintaining the highest ethical standards as stewards of the industry's most comprehensive datasets. Learn more about Verisk and what we are doing within the insurance industry.

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