Site core front end developer

A Sitecore Next.js Front End Developer builds high performance, component driven digital experiences using Next.js, React, and Sitecore s headless CMS (XM Cloud or JSS). This role focuses on developing reusable UI components, integrating Sitecore content APIs, optimizing performance, and collaborating with designers and content teams to deliver scalable, enterprise grade web experiences.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop reusable Next.js/React components that consume Sitecore headless content (Layout Service, GraphQL , REST).

• Integrate Sitecore JSS with Next.js including environment configuration, API setup, and editing capabilities.

• Build and maintain page layouts using Sitecore components, placeholders, and rendering structures.

• Work in disconnected and connected development modes to streamline component development.

• Optimize UI/UX performance using SSR, SSG, ISR, caching, accessibility, and responsive design best practices.

• Collaborate with designers, marketers, and backend teams to translate requirements into scalable front end solutions.

• Support Sitecore content teams by ensuring components are author friendly , flexible, and aligned with content models.

• Troubleshoot and enhance Sitecore search/indexing when required .

• Maintain code quality through Git workflows , code reviews , and best practices .

Core Technical Skills

• Next.js SSR, SSG, ISR, routing, API routes, performance optimization

• React hooks, state management, component architecture

• Sitecore JSS headless integration, Layout Service, disconnected/connected mode

• Sitecore XM Cloud / XP content modeling, components, renderings, templates

• GraphQL querying Sitecore content via Sitecore GraphQL endpoint

• REST APIs consuming Sitecore and external APIs

• TypeScript strong typing, interfaces, generics

• CSS frameworks Tailwind, SCSS, CSS Modules, or Styled Components

• Node.js build tooling, server side logic, package management

• Git branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews

• Azure DevOps / CI-CD pipelines, deployments, environment management

• Vercel or Azure hosting Next.js deployment and optimization

• Sitecore Search / Indexing optional but valuable

• Accessibility SEO WCAG, semantic HTML, structured data

• Performance optimization

Nice to Have Skills

• Sitecore Personalization rules, variants, A/B testing

• Sitecore Content Serialization SXA, templates, items

• Docker local development environments

• Headless CMS experience Contentful , Optimizely, etc.

• Design systems Storybook, component libraries