Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Motley Fool is a purpose-driven financial services company focused on making the world smarter, happier, and richer. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance their Fool.com platform, taking ownership of server-side features and infrastructure while collaborating with front-end engineers and other teams.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain server-side features in our Next.js App Router codebase using TypeScript — route handlers, server components, server actions, streaming, ISR, and revalidation strategy
- Design and harden integrations with the third-party APIs that power our content, market data, and subscription experiences
- Own caching strategy across Redis and Cloudflare, balancing freshness against performance, cost, and crawler behavior
- Deploy and operate services on AWS using Docker, with first-class instrumentation in DataDog
- Write meaningful end-to-end coverage with Microsoft Playwright for the flows that matter most
- Optimize the site for the way it's actually consumed by SEO crawlers: rendering strategy, structured data, sitemap generation, canonicalization, hreflang, robots directives, performance budgets, and crawl budget management
- Partner with our front-end engineers on the seam between server and client, and collaborate with content, marketing, SEO, and platform teams across the company
- Use AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor) as a core part of your daily workflow
- Integrate with our CMS for content management
Skills
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent on the server side of a production web application
- Strong TypeScript and Next.js experience, including the App Router, server components, route handlers, ISR, and streaming
- Demonstrated track record integrating third-party APIs in production, with clear opinions about how to do it safely
- Solid grounding in caching (Redis or equivalent) and CDN behavior (Cloudflare or equivalent), including cache invalidation, stale-while-revalidate patterns, and edge vs. origin tradeoffs
- Comfort with AWS, Docker, and modern CI/CD workflows
- Working knowledge of how SEO crawlers actually see a site: how Googlebot renders JavaScript, what causes soft 404s, how canonical and hreflang tags affect indexing, what Core Web Vitals look like in CrUX vs. lab data, and how to think about crawl budget on a large site
- Production observability instincts — you reach for DataDog dashboards, logs, and traces before guessing
- Experience writing maintainable end-to-end tests with Playwright, Cypress, or similar
- Background on a high-traffic content, media, or publishing site where SEO is a primary acquisition channel
- Hands-on work with structured data (JSON-LD, schema.org), automated sitemaps, Search Console, or auditing tools like Screaming Frog
- Familiarity with analytics and event pipelines (Segment, PostHog, GTM, or similar)
- Prior work on subscription, paywall, or e-commerce flows
- Genuine interest in financial markets, investing, or fintech
Benefits
- Flexible, remote work environment (*see our open states above)
- No “vacation policy” (not to be confused with a “No vacation” policy)
- Generous fully-paid parental leave
- $1,000 annually to invest in stocks of your choice
- Super low premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Comprehensive compensation package, including company equity
Company Overview
The Motley Fool is a multimedia financial services company providing websites, books, newspaper columns, TV appearances, and newsletters. It was founded in 1993, and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://fool.com.