Description
Summary:
This role involves taking full ownership of an existing production Next.js application, maintaining and evolving it, and making long-term technical decisions.
Highlights:
1. Full ownership of a production Next.js application
2. Ship reliable changes daily via full CI/CD
3. Make architectural decisions with long-term consequences
**The Role**
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You will take full ownership of an existing production Next.js application.
You will maintain it, evolve it, and make long\-term technical decisions that directly affect the business.
This is not a greenfield role.
This is not a junior role.
This is not a feature\-only role.
You own the system.
**What You Will Do**
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* Own the Next.js codebase in production
* Ship reliable changes daily via full CI/CD
* Maintain automated deploy pipelines
* Own unit and end\-to\-end test coverage on critical paths
* Handle production issues end\-to\-end
* Make architectural decisions with long\-term consequences
* Improve maintainability without slowing delivery
* Document systems and decisions clearly
**What Success Looks Like**
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* The CTO is no longer involved in day\-to\-day engineering
* Production is boring and predictable, supported by CI/CD, automated deploys, and test coverage
* The codebase becomes easier to work with over time
* Features ship without drama or rework
**Who This Is For**
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* Engineers who have owned production systems
* People comfortable being accountable for failures
* Builders who prefer shipping over perfection
* Developers who think in outcomes, not tools
**Who This Is Not For**
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* Early\-career engineers
* People who need constant direction
* Engineers who avoid production responsibility
* Resume\-driven or framework\-tourist developers
**Required Experience**
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* Ownership of a production web application
* Experience maintaining inherited codebases
* Deep familiarity with Next.js in production
* Comfort debugging real\-world issues
**Remuneration**
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Compensation aligned with skills, experience, and impact