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Senior Fullstack Engineer (Contract-to-hire)

Complex New York 19 days ago

engineering

Company And Culture

Complex is the definitive platform for global youth culture and music lifestyle, seamlessly integrating cutting-edge content, commerce and live experiences with unparalleled scale. Through innovative content, Complex tells stories of music, streetwear and style, sports, art and beyond. Its content engages in a dynamic conversation with the audience, reflecting and shaping the zeitgeist of convergence culture. A powerful media juggernaut paired with a curated marketplace, Complex is redefining the way fans interact with their favorite brands and artists and reshaping the future of digital culture and commerce.

Why We're Hiring

We're looking for a contract-to-hire Senior Fullstack Engineer to help us build media and commerce experiences that scale. You’ll work across the stack—from APIs and backend services to mobile-friendly frontend interfaces—helping define and deliver key capabilities in our domain-driven platform.

What You'll Do

Build scalable end-to-end features using modern fullstack tools (Node.js, Go, React, Remix)

Lead development of user-facing features with clean, responsive frontend code

Design and implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs that connect media and commerce services

Collaborate closely with product, design, and QA to ship well-scoped, high-impact releases

Identify performance bottlenecks across the stack and contribute to long-term stability initiatives

Write and maintain automated test coverage across frontend and backend services

Support the architecture and evolution of our headless commerce infrastructure

Participate in sprint planning, technical design reviews, and postmortems

Who You Are

7+ years of software engineering experience, including frontend and backend systems

Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and server-side frameworks

Proficient in backend languages such as Node.js or Go

Comfortable building and consuming APIs in production environments

Experience collaborating in agile teams with clear ownership over a domain

Preferred:

Experience with Shopify Hydrogen, Remix, or other headless commerce stacks

Familiarity with event-driven architecture (Kafka, etc.)

Prior work in a high-scale media or eCommerce environment

Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.

Complex participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for visa sponsorship.