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What does this team do?
The Market Tech team owns the order page platform, the core acquisition surface that drives new member subscriptions and existing member upgrades across The Motley Fool's product portfolio. It's high-stakes, high-visibility work: the experiences this team ships directly influence how people become Fools. The team moves fast, sweats the details, and takes conversion seriously without losing sight of the craft.
What would you do in this role?
As a Frontend Engineer contractor, you'll be a core contributor to the order page platform: building components, expanding CMS capabilities, and making sure critical purchase paths are reliable, performant, and conversion-optimized. You'll work closely with marketing, product, and engineering in a modern Next.js/React codebase backed by Sanity CMS.
More specifically, you would:
- Build and maintain components for our Sanity-based order page application
- Implement new content types and schemas in Sanity Studio to give marketers self-service control over order page content
- Write and maintain end-to-end tests (Playwright or similar) covering critical purchase paths
- Contribute to URL structure, routing, and general application architecture improvements
- Collaborate with a small, focused engineering team via Zoom, Jira, and Slack
- Help explore what's possible when marketers can generate and A/B test order page content through AI tools
What we're looking for
- You're expert-level in React, TypeScript, Tailwind, and Next.js, including App Router, server components, and server actions
- You've built applications using a headless CMS; Sanity experience is a strong plus
- You can write and maintain end-to-end tests and take ownership of critical purchase path coverage
- You have experience with Docker, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines for Next.js applications
- You're comfortable working independently in a remote contractor capacity: proactive, communicative, and low-maintenance in the best way
- You use AI tools (like Claude Code and multi-agent workflows) daily to assist with planning and implementation, thoughtfully, not blindly
- You have a solid handle on web performance optimization: caching, asset bundling, and the like
- Your communication habits are clean: daily stand-up attendance, timely Slack responses, Jira ticket updates, and proactive status updates
- You have experience with A/B testing frameworks and an eye for conversion-focused UI/UX
- You're familiar with system monitoring and error reporting tools like Datadog and Sentry
- You review code well, can participate in an on-call rotation, and stay steady when requirements shift
- You balance business goals against engineering preferences without losing sight of either
- Bonus points: experience with OneTrust or other consent management platforms, or familiarity with Stripe-integrated purchase flows
Why this role is exciting
This is a contractor engagement with real ongoing work for the right person. You'll have meaningful ownership over a high-traffic, revenue-critical platform at a company that's been helping investors for 30 years. If you want to ship work that matters, collaborate with a team that respects the craft, and explore what AI-assisted engineering actually looks like in practice, this one's worth a look.
Compensation:
Below is our target compensation range. While we are budget conscious, we’re also eager to find the right person for this role, so if your target is outside of this range, please don’t hesitate to apply and we’d be happy to have a conversation.
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Skills Required
- Expert-level React
- Expert-level TypeScript
- Expert-level Tailwind CSS
- Expert-level Next.js including App Router, server components, and server actions
- Experience building applications with a headless CMS
- Sanity experience
- Write and maintain end-to-end tests (Playwright or similar)
- Experience with Docker and containerization
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for Next.js applications
- Daily use of AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code) and multi-agent workflows
- Web performance optimization experience (caching, asset bundling)
- Strong communication and remote contractor work habits (standups, Slack, Jira updates)
- Experience with A/B testing frameworks and conversion-focused UI/UX
- Familiarity with system monitoring and error reporting tools (Datadog, Sentry)
- Ability to review code, participate in on-call rotation, and handle shifting requirements
- Experience with OneTrust or other consent management platforms
- Familiarity with Stripe-integrated purchase flows
What We Do
The Motley Fool’s purpose is to make the world smarter, happier, and richer. While other companies may make you smarter, happier, or richer, we aim to do all three by providing outstanding business and investing advice — with a decidedly Foolish bent. Our name is in homage to the one character in Shakespearean literature — the court jester — who could speak the truth to the king and queen without having his or her head lopped off. The Fools of yore entertained the court with humor that instructed as it amused. More importantly, the Fool was never afraid to question conventional wisdom. We believe in treating every dollar as an investment in the future you want to create. We believe that investing in great businesses, for the long term, is the most effective path to wealth. We believe in the power of a community to learn and grow together. We believe in keeping score and being transparent in our investment performance. We strive to fulfill our purpose by truly serving every Fool, from our employees to our members to our community. We provide a variety of solutions to improve many areas of your financial life, including your investment portfolio, personal finances, real estate holdings, company, and career. The Motley Fool is headquartered in Alexandria, Va., with offices in Denver and Sydney, Australia, and serves investors and businesses in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, Singapore, and Germany.
