CMS Lead Developer at Studio Science
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Jul 23, 2026
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Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical role at a digital agency, leading the architecture and hands-on development of headless CMS solutions — primarily with Optimizely SaaS CMS — built on Next.js and React. The position spans client-facing consulting (workshops, scoping, estimation) and internal team leadership, including mentoring developers and QA. It suits an experienced CMS developer comfortable bridging deep technical work with direct client engagement.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5,300 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,100–9,600
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role is titled 'Lead CMS Developer' — 'Lead' here signals a senior IC/tech-lead function (mentoring teams, client-facing solutioning) rather than a people-management role, so 15-1252 Software Developers is preferred over 11-3021. 15-1254 Web Developers is the runner-up given the CMS/headless-web focus, but the scope (headless architecture, API integrations, ecommerce, DevOps pipelines) is broader than page/site building and better fits Software Developers.
The posting is remote-US with occasional travel to Indianapolis HQ; CBSA is set to Indianapolis as the employer's home base, though the candidate pool is nationwide.
Degree requirement is listed as 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent real-world experience', so no hard degree gate applies.
Optimizely CMS, Storyblok, and Contentful are presented together as 'strongly preferred' within the qualifications block — Optimizely is the primary named platform (also called out in the responsibilities), with Storyblok and Contentful as alternatives.
Netlify, Vercel, and Optimizely are listed as interchangeable frontend hosting platform examples; Netlify is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
Coveo and Algolia are listed as interchangeable third-party search solution examples.
GraphQL and REST are listed as interchangeable query/API approaches ('Graph or REST').
Optimizely certifications are explicitly flagged as 'highly preferred', not required.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
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