Hire a Next.js Developer — Senior, 6+ Years, Remote Worldwide
Remote worldwide · UTC+5 · overlaps EU mornings & US East afternoons
I'm Adnan Ali, a senior full-stack developer who has spent the last six years building production Next.js applications — from a national food-ordering platform to AI SaaS tools. If you want to hire a Next.js developer who can own the whole stack, ship in weekly increments, and still care about Core Web Vitals, that is the work I do every day.
I'm available for remote contracts worldwide. I'm based in Lahore (UTC+5), which overlaps European mornings and US East Coast afternoons, so there is real live handover time no matter where your team sits. I take on greenfield builds, rescue projects, and long-running product work — App Router, Server Components, SSR and SSG, and everything current Next.js ships with.
Recent, relevant work
Thousands of orders/day
Cheezious — Online Food Ordering System
Next.js storefront and admin dashboards for a national restaurant chain, running at 99.9% uptime.
read the case study →AI SaaS, thousands of users
LlamaEdu — AI Lesson Planning Platform
Next.js front end for an AI lesson-planning platform integrating OpenAI and LangChain.
read the case study →SEO-first booking flow
Numastays — Vacation Rental Booking Platform
Next.js vacation-rental platform with per-listing structured data so each stay ranks on its own.
read the case study →What I can build with Next.js
Full product builds
Greenfield Next.js apps from marketing site to authenticated dashboard — App Router and Server Components from day one.
Performance & Core Web Vitals
Audits and fixes for slow LCP, layout shift, and oversized bundles, using SSG and ISR where they actually help.
SEO-ready frontends
Server-rendered pages, structured data, dynamic OG images, and clean metadata that gets pages indexed and ranking.
API & backend integration
Route Handlers, server actions, and typed integration with NestJS or Node backends and PostgreSQL.
Rescue & takeover
Inheriting a messy Next.js codebase, untangling it, and shipping again — without a big-bang rewrite.
Headless commerce & content
Next.js front ends on top of a headless CMS, Stripe, and third-party APIs, tuned for conversion.
Three steps, no mystery
Intro call
A 30-minute call to understand the goal, scope, and constraints. No charge, no obligation.
Written proposal
A scope with milestones, a timeline, and a fixed or weekly rate — whichever fits the work better.
Weekly delivery
Work ships in weekly increments you can review, with a shared board and a demo link that's always current.
Common questions
- How much does it cost to hire a Next.js developer?
- For freelance Next.js work I typically bill between $30 and $60 per hour depending on scope and commitment, or a fixed price for well-defined projects. Longer retainers cost less per hour. I always quote before we start, so there are no surprise invoices.
- Do you work with US and EU timezones?
- Yes. I'm in Lahore (UTC+5), which overlaps EU mornings and US East Coast afternoons. I keep a few hours of daily live overlap for standups, pairing, and reviews, and I'm flexible on exact hours for the right project.
- Can you take over an existing Next.js codebase?
- Regularly. I start by reading the code and running it, write down what's fragile, and ship a small safe change first to prove the pipeline. From there we fix or extend without a risky rewrite.
- Which version of Next.js do you use?
- I build on the current App Router with Server Components by default, and I'm comfortable maintaining older Pages Router apps too. This portfolio itself is a statically exported Next.js site.
- Are you available freelance or full-time?
- Both. I take freelance and contract work now, and I'm open to the right full-time remote role. Tell me the shape of the engagement and I'll tell you honestly whether it's a fit.