Principal Engineer & CMS Platform Lead (Next.js)

TL;DR

Principal Engineer & CMS Platform Lead (Next.js): Lead the engineering squad building a unified headless CMS platform to retire legacy WordPress instances across brands with an accent on open-source CMS selection, multi-brand architecture, and high-performance content delivery. Focus on designing inheritance systems for global campaigns, integrating AI-powered localization, and implementing edge computing for sub-second performance globally.

Location: Remote from Europe / Israel / Cyprus

Company

Global leader in consumer privacy with 7 million subscribers, powering trusted brands like hirify.global through state-of-the-art cybersecurity technology.

What you will do

• Evaluate and integrate open-source headless CMS (Strapi, Payload CMS, Directus, KeystoneJS) as the content backbone with customization for multi-brand needs.
• Design multi-brand, component-based architecture with shared core engine and unique visual identities.
• Build parent-child inheritance system for global campaigns with localized overrides and SEO logic.
• Define infrastructure strategy with DevOps for edge computing, WAF, and multi-layered caching (Redis/CDN).
• Architect AI-powered translation pipeline with LLM integration and quality gates for SEO and UI checks.
• Implement visual editor extending CMS admin panel for marketing without frontend bloat.

Requirements

• Location: Must work remotely from Europe / Israel / Cyprus
• Expert Next.js & React with App Router, Server Components, and performance optimization for high traffic.
• Deep Node.js/TypeScript for APIs and microservices; experience with open-source headless CMS strong advantage.
• Professional multi-layered caching (browser, server, edge) and infrastructure fluency for DevOps tasks.
• Technical SEO knowledge for headless architectures, crawlability, schema, dynamic sitemaps.

Nice to have

• Hands-on with Strapi, Payload CMS, Directus, or KeystoneJS.

Culture & Benefits

• Own the web platform for major cybersecurity brands with budget to adopt best-of-breed JS/open-source tools.
• Global team of 1,000+ across 10 locations focused on digital autonomy and open internet.
• Scale toward 10 million users with world-class engineering matching core VPN products.