Contract - Front End Technical Lead

Typical Responsibilities

• Act as the technical lead on client website implementations, running sprint ceremonies, managing backlog prioritization, and ensuring high-quality frontend delivery
• Translate Figma designs into responsive HTML/CSS using React, Next.js, and Tailwind 4
• Develop data models, reusable content components, and page templates within headless SaaS CMS platforms (like Optimizely)
• Implement standard third-party tools via JavaScript snippets or iframes, set up tag management (Google Tag Manager/Google Analytics), and configure out-of-the-box CMS search solutions
• Ensure foundational SEO/GEO metadata, structured data (JSON-LD), and core WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility compliance across all builds

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Senior Developer in a consulting or agency environment
• Deep hands-on expertise with React and Next.js frameworks
• Experience building within SaaS-based headless CMS platforms that utilize proper SDKs and GraphQL support (Optimizely experience is a massive plus!)
• Comfortable operating as a 1099 independent contractor
• US-based remote worker with the flexibility to support clients across multiple time zones

About Studio Science

We help businesses design for people. Simply put, we believe every person deserves experiences that work better. In an increasingly changing world, we intentionally design systems to help our clients evolve with their customers’ needs. We recognize that business evolution and change are complex. We believe that honesty is the only policy, that none of us are as smart as all of us, and that being great is a choice.

Studio Science provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.