Senior Frontend Engineer — Next.js (Remote AU)

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What does the Senior Frontend Engineer role at National Digital involve?

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A full-time, remote senior frontend role open Australia-wide, paying $110,000–$125,000 plus superannuation. You'll lead Next.js and React delivery across production platforms — React Server Components, Core Web Vitals budgets and WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility.

National Digital is hiring a full-time Senior Frontend Engineer (remote, anywhere in Australia) to lead Next.js and React delivery across a portfolio of production platforms — customer portals, booking systems, e-commerce and headless CMS builds for established Australian organisations. You'll own front-end architecture end to end: React Server Components and the App Router, TypeScript-strict codebases, Core Web Vitals budgets enforced in CI, and WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility treated as an engineering requirement rather than an afterthought. Salary range $110,000–$125,000 plus superannuation, depending on experience.

Salary

$110,000 - $125,000 per year

Key Responsibilities

Lead architecture and delivery of Next.js applications, from rendering strategy (SSR, static export, edge) to release
Own performance and accessibility quality gates in CI, including Lighthouse budgets
Build AI-driven product features — streaming LLM interfaces, intelligent search — with the back-end team
Work with AI-assisted engineering tools daily, and hold the quality bar on their output
Mentor other engineers through code review and pairing
Contribute honest engineering judgement to estimation and scoping

Requirements

5+ years of professional React experience, including 3+ years with Next.js (App Router and React Server Components in production)
Expert-level TypeScript in strict codebases
Demonstrated performance engineering — Core Web Vitals (including INP), bundle budgets, rendering strategy
Working knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA and accessible component patterns
Experience with headless CMS platforms (Contentful, Storyblok or similar) and GraphQL/REST integration
Design-system thinking and modern CSS architecture (CSS Modules, BEM/ITCSS or similar)
Tertiary qualification in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated industry experience
Based in Australia with full, unrestricted working rights (Australian citizen or permanent resident)
Willingness to complete a National Police Check and provide professional references prior to commencement

Bonus Skills / Nice to Have

Laravel or broader back-end familiarity (Node.js, serverless)
Vue/Nuxt experience across client codebases
Motion and animation craft that respects prefers-reduced-motion
Open-source contributions or public technical writing
Experience with static-export, CDN-first architectures

Contract Details

Full-time / Remote (Australia)38 hrs/week

Benefits

Full-time remote anywhere in Australia, with genuinely flexible hours$110,000–$125,000 plus superannuation, depending on experienceSmall senior peer group — no layers of account management between you and the outcomeHardware of your choice and a professional development budgetLong-lived platforms and long-term clients, not churn-and-burn agency work

How to Apply: Send a brief summary of your experience and links to shipped work — a portfolio, GitHub, or production sites you can talk to in depth. We're especially interested in Next.js and headless CMS work.

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