Type
Remote
Location
India
Experience
Lead (5+ yrs)
Posted
Today
Tech Stack
Quick Take
Emeritus is hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer - Web Platform Lead to own Next.js multi-tenant platform architecture. You will design token layers, implement AI-assisted streaming UIs with Claude API, and enforce accessibility and performance standards.
Role Overview
🏢 About Emeritus
Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It collaborates with over 80 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India, and China.
🎯 The Role
As the Web Platform Lead, you will take ownership of front-end architecture across multiple product surfaces in a single Next.js monorepo. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with broad architectural scope where you will partner closely with product designers, back-end engineers, and AI tooling.
🛠️ Tech Stack
- Framework: Next.js 14 (App Router), React 18+
- Language: TypeScript 5+
- Styling: Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Radix Primitives
- Data & State: TanStack Query / SWR / RTK Query
- Testing: Vitest, Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright / Cypress
- AI & Integrations: Anthropic Claude API, Claude Code
💼 What You'll Do
- Design and maintain Next.js 14 monorepo architecture, routing strategies, and server/client component boundaries.
- Build and govern the component library and design-token layer alongside product designers.
- Establish real-time data fetching, state management, and strict API contract type safety.
- Integrate streaming AI interfaces using the Anthropic Claude API.
- Set and enforce web accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) and performance budgets in CI pipelines.
- Mentor growing frontend team members and review code to maintain engineering standards.
✅ What You'll Need
- 5+ years in production frontend engineering, including 2+ years on complex B2B enterprise applications.
- Strong expertise in Next.js 14 App Router, React 18+, and TypeScript 5+.
- Experience creating or owning design systems, design tokens, and component primitives.
- In-depth understanding of modern CSS, responsive layouts, and accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA).
- Mastery of automated testing workflows across unit, integration, and end-to-end suites.
🌟 Nice to Have
- Background in EdTech, HR-Tech, or L&D applications.
- Experience with WebSockets, SSE, or optimistic UI updates.
- Direct experience building UIs for streaming LLM outputs.