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Senior Frontend Platform Engineer, Contentful/Nuxt

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Taxwell helps everyday Americans get every tax advantage they deserve by finding credits and deductions they never even knew existed. Our tax preparation software offers easy guidance and ensures your maximum tax refund. We strive to build a team of like-minded experts in both tax and technology who align with our brand purpose, are advocates for our customers and have a fresh, non-traditional approach to the tax industry. TaxAct is a leading digital tax filing platform which offers customers do-it-yourself digital and downloadable products that are easy-to-use, best-in-class technology, and provide unparalleled customer support. We are a trusted solution for all users including those with complex tax returns. We strive to attract and retain candidates who exemplify our values: performance, perseverance, progress and partnership. TaxAct is a member of the Taxwell family of products. We are an organization of forward thinkers looking to add industry experts to our growing team.  This role will primarily support TaxAct as the organization helps everyday Americans file their taxes. We seek to build a team of experts in tax and technology who are customer advocates and have the mindset to reimagine the services our customers receive.   Position Summary   We are seeking a Senior Frontend Platform Engineer to own and evolve our  Contentful -backed web platform for TaxWell-family marketing websites, including Drake Software and 1040.com. This role  is responsible for  production  Nuxt /Vue applications,  Contentful  platform governance, content delivery reliability, and the engineering patterns that allow multiple branded sites to  operate  safely on a shared foundation.   This is a hands-on engineering role, not a pure  Contentful  administration role. The ideal candidate is a senior software engineer with strong frontend/platform experience who is also comfortable working directly in  Contentful , including authoring, editing,  validating , and publishing content when business needs  require  it.   Responsibilities   Own and evolve production  Nuxt  3 / Vue / TypeScript applications backed by  Contentful .   Design,  maintain , and govern  Contentful  content models, spaces, environments, roles, permissions, workflows,  preview , webhooks, and release processes.   Define platform standards for content modeling, authoring workflows, SEO, redirects, metadata, accessibility, analytics, consent tooling, and content delivery reliability.   Maintain shared platform patterns for multi-site development, including shared  Nuxt  layers, reusable packages, app-specific configuration, routing, theming, and testing.   Build and  maintain  integrations between  Contentful  and  web  applications using  Contentful  APIs, including  GraphQL , Content Delivery API, Preview API, and Content Management API.   Troubleshoot production issues across the web application,  Contentful  configuration, deployment pipeline, third-party scripts, and content delivery layers.   Author, edit,  validate , and publish  Contentful  content when business needs require direct engineering support, including complex, time-sensitive, or governance-sensitive updates.   Partner with Product, Marketing, UX, SEO, Legal, DevOps, Security, and Engineering to translate business needs into maintainable technical solutions and ensure content accuracy, consistency,  approval  readiness, and production safety.   Improve content authoring workflows through documentation, automation, tooling, preview improvements, and operational guardrails.   Participate in technical design reviews and architecture decisions, and mentor engineers on  Contentful ,  Nuxt /Vue, content modeling, and platform best practices.   Required  Qualifications   5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of production web applications or frontend platforms.   Strong hands-on experience with  Nuxt  3, Vue 3, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and modern frontend build tooling.   Hands-on experience with  Contentful , including content modeling, environments, workflows, permissions, preview, publishing, webhooks, and API integrations.   Willingness and ability to work directly in  Contentful  as a content operator when needed, including authoring, editing,  validating , and publishing production content.   Strong understanding of headless CMS architecture and  Contentful  APIs, including  GraphQL , Content Delivery API, Preview API, and Content Management API.   Experience building or operating production marketing/content websites with SEO, redirects, metadata, analytics/tag management, consent tooling, accessibility, and performance considerations.   Experience with Git workflows, pull requests, code review, CI/CD, automated testing, and release management.   Experience with  monorepos , shared packages or layers, reusable frontend architecture, or multi-site platform patterns.   Strong collaboration and technical leadership skills, including the ability to work with Product, Marketing, UX, SEO, Legal, DevOps, Security, and Engineering stakeholders, mentor engineers, and  establish  pragmatic technical standards.   Preferred Qualifications   Experience operating  Contentful  in an enterprise environment with multiple spaces, environments, brands, workflows, and governance needs.   Experience with  GraphQL  query design, schema evolution, typed content delivery patterns, preview mode, webhooks, or cache/CDN invalidation strategies.   Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines, Kubernetes, Helm,  ArgoCD , Docker, AWS, Secrets Manager, or External Secrets Operator.   Experience with  Vitest , Vue testing patterns, content model validation, or other automated quality gates.   Experience with  Vuetify , SCSS, design systems,  component  libraries, or token-based theming.   Experience supporting regulated, compliance-sensitive, financial, tax, or ecommerce-adjacent websites.   Experienc

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