Autonomous Next.js Dev — Remote, Unlimited PTO

Ruby Labs Ltd; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote Work Environment

Unlimited PTO

Paid National Holidays

MacBook Provided

Independent Contractor Agreement

Job summary

Ruby Labs Ltd is seeking a disciplined, highly autonomous Middle Next.js Developer to build features for our core D2C subscription product. You will own features end-to-end within a TypeScript monorepo—Next.js App Router client, Fastify + Payload CMS API on PostgreSQL, and Cloudflare Workers at the edge.

This role requires taking ownership of tasks, following our Feature-Sliced Design, and delivering production-ready code with careful risk management and collaboration with senior engineers.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of commercial React experience, with 1+ year of Next.js and solid TypeScript
• Node.js backend with a typed HTTP framework (Fastify, Nest, or Express) on PostgreSQL
• REST API design, migrations, and integrations over REST and webhooks
• Hands-on with TanStack Query, Zustand, React Hook Form + Zod, Tailwind CSS, and UI libraries
• Code-first headless CMS experience on PostgreSQL (Payload, Strapi, Directus)
• Testing discipline: e2e (Cypress or Playwright) and unit/integration tests (Vitest or Jest) with CI
• English – B1+

Responsibilities

• Build features across the Next.js client and Fastify + Payload CMS backend as per product requirements
• Follow Feature-Sliced Design layering, conventions, and import rules
• Ship changes behind feature flags and AB tests across all locales
• Integrate third-party providers via REST APIs and webhooks

Skills

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Node.js

REST APIs

Webhooks

Tools

TanStack Query

Zustand

React Hook Form

Zod

Tailwind CSS

HeroUI

MUI

shadcn/ui

Payload

Strapi

Directus

Playwright

Cypress

Job description

Ruby Labs Ltd is seeking a disciplined, highly autonomous Middle Next.js Developer to build features for our core D2C subscription product. You will own features end-to-end within a TypeScript monorepo—Next.js App Router client, Fastify + Payload CMS API on PostgreSQL, and Cloudflare Workers at the edge.

This role requires taking ownership of tasks, following our Feature-Sliced Design, and delivering production-ready code with careful risk management and collaboration with senior engineers.