Full-Stack Developer for Browser Games Platform

I'm building Kixu, a new browser games platform competing with Poki and CrazyGames. The platform will aggregate browser games from multiple feeds, and will scale to millions of players. I need a developer to own the entire platform - frontend and backend. Suggested Stack: Frontend: - Next.js (App Router) - Payload CMS - Tailwind CSS - Deployed on Vercel Backend: - Hono (Node.js) - custom API layer - Redis - caching - PostgreSQL - Deployed on Railway This is a full-platform ownership role. If you only work on the frontend, this is not the right fit. What you'll work on: - Platform performance and Core Web Vitals (especially on mobile/low-end Android) - Game feed integrations (GameMonetize, GamePix APIs) - Backend API development and caching optimization - New platform features as we scale toward 1M pageviews/day You must have: - Production experience with both Next.js and Node.js backend work - Hands-on experience with Redis caching strategies - Comfort owning an existing codebase, not building greenfield - Async-first communication - we're remote across time zones Vibe-coding is fine as a tool. Shipping clean, maintainable code is the standard. When applying, include: - GitHub or live examples showing both frontend AND backend work - Your experience with Hono or similar lightweight Node.js frameworks - Your hourly rate - Your timezone and availability