Web Development Engineer

Company Overview

Nintendo of America
From the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System™ more than 30 years ago, Nintendo’s mission has been to create smiles through unique entertainment experiences. Nintendo of America Inc. delivers on this mission by partnering closely with Nintendo Co., Ltd., to bring iconic and cherished franchises including Mario™, Donkey Kong™, The Legend of Zelda™, Metroid™, Animal Crossing™, Pikmin™, and Splatoon™ across the Americas through video games, hardware systems, and collaborations with partners on entertainment initiatives like feature films and theme parks. Based in Redmond, Wash., Nintendo of America serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Americas. Nintendo is an equal opportunity employer offering a welcoming and inclusive environment.

Job Summary

The Web Development Engineer contributes to the design and implementation of scalable front-end web applications that support Nintendo’s consumer-facing digital experiences. This role involves building secure, performant, accessible, and maintainable application features using modern front-end technologies, while applying full-stack thinking to areas such as server-side rendering, API integration, structured content modeling, CMS data management, and application reliability. This role is part of the Digital Marketing department and is an 8-month contract position.

Description of Duties

• Develops, tests, debugs, and implements front-end application features using React, Next.js, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and related technologies.
• Builds features across client-rendered and server-rendered application patterns, including server-side rendering, static generation, server components, routing, caching behavior, and data-fetching strategies.
• Contributes to the design of smaller-scale application features and technical solutions using established engineering practices, team standards, and guidance from senior engineers.
• Implements secure, performant, accessible, and maintainable code for high-traffic, consumer-facing web experiences.
• Works with structured content and content models in CMS platforms, including defining, updating, and consuming content types, entries, references, and reusable content patterns.
• Partners with design, product, content, localization, QA, analytics, and other engineering teams to understand requirements, clarify tradeoffs, and deliver practical technical solutions.
• Integrates front-end application features with GraphQL, REST APIs, JSON data, CMS-managed content, and other service-based data sources.
• Troubleshoots application issues, investigates root causes, and implements fixes for functional, performance, browser compatibility, accessibility, security, and live-site concerns.
• Participates in technical design reviews, code reviews, QA walkthroughs, release activities, and post-launch support.
• Maintains and enhances existing applications by adding or updating features, improving reliability, addressing technical debt, and supporting evolving platform standards.
• Tracks assigned work, dependencies, risks, and implementation progress in Jira or related project tracking tools, and communicates project status to teammates, project partners, and stakeholders.
• Ensures work is completed in compliance with established security requirements, internal controls, accessibility expectations, and quality standards.

Requirements

• Minimum five years of related web development experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Working knowledge and practical experience building modern front-end applications with React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS or similar frameworks.
• Experience developing features in applications that use server-side rendering, static generation, server components, or similar modern rendering patterns.
• Experience working with CMS-driven websites or applications, including structured content, content models, reusable content patterns, and authoring workflows.
• Experience in integrating front-end applications with GraphQL, REST APIs, JSON, and service-based data sources.
• Able to analyze moderately complex technical problems, evaluate options, and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong technical troubleshooting skills across browser behavior, data issues, rendering problems, performance, accessibility, and application defects.
• Able to write secure, maintainable, testable code and participate constructively in code reviews.
• Experience with automated testing approaches such as unit tests, integration tests, component tests, end-to-end tests, or similar quality practices.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information in straightforward situations.
• Able to estimate assigned work, communicate risks or dependencies, and follow through on commitments with moderate guidance.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Contentful experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with high-volume, consumer-facing, ecommerce, marketing, or entertainment websites.

Employment Terms and Conditions

• Legal Authorization: Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available.
• Location: This position is hybrid in Redmond, WA. Hybrid positions require regular onsite work following the schedule and guidelines for the division. This position is not open to fully remote status.
• Duration: 8-month contract.
• Compensation: $58—$70 USD per hour.
• Benefits: Eligible for benefits through the employing agency, including medical insurance, employee assistance program, and paid sick leave. Benefits are subject to election and eligibility requirements confirmed by the employing agency at the time of offer.