Live Next.js work
Purely Solutions, an e-commerce site with product configurators and financing at checkout, and AGOBAY, a shop, magazine and event-booking site for a lifestyle brand, both run on Next.js, and we built both.
Hire Developers
Hire a Next.js Developer for Builds, Upgrades and Ongoing Work
Add a remote Next.js developer to your team by the hour, by the month or for a fixed scope. They work in your repository and tools, know Server Components, caching and Core Web Vitals, and have a team behind them for code review and cover.
Wix Legend Partner · 2,000+ projects since 2014 · 1,400+ client reviews
Hiring a Next.js developer through Wix Engine
When you hire Next.js developers through Wix Engine, you get an engineer who joins your repository, standups and review process, backed by a team that has delivered 2,000+ projects since 2014. Compared with a freelance Next.js developer for hire, you get cover and continuity. Compared with an in-house hire, you skip recruiting and can scale down when the work does.
When teams bring in a dedicated Next.js developer
- Your React team is new to the App Router, and caching bugs keep reaching production.
- You're still on the Pages Router and want to move to the App Router without pausing the roadmap.
- Marketing needs new landing pages, CMS fields and experiments every week, and product engineers can't spare the time.
- Core Web Vitals slipped after a redesign and nobody owns performance.
- You're an agency that sold a headless build and needs Next.js capacity under your own brand.
What our Next.js developers do
Building an app that lives behind a login and doesn't need search traffic? You may want to hire a React developer instead.
- App Router features — Server Components, Server Actions, streaming and parallel routes, written to your conventions.
- Caching and revalidation —
use cache, ISR and on-demand revalidation triggered by CMS webhooks, so content stays fresh without slowing pages down. - Performance fixes — tracing what hurts LCP, INP and CLS in real-user data, then fixing it in code.
- Headless CMS work — content models, live preview and integrations for Sanity, Contentful, Payload or Wix Headless.
- Auth and routing rules — sign-in, protected routes, and proxy (formerly middleware) logic for redirects, localization and experiments.
- Upgrades and migrations — Pages Router to App Router, major-version upgrades, and moves from Gatsby or Create React App.
- Deployment pipelines — CI, preview deployments and hosting on Vercel, Netlify, AWS or Cloudflare.
- Tests and reviews — strict TypeScript, Playwright and Vitest tests, and small, well-described pull requests that are easy to review.
Ways to hire
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Hourly
$45/hour, minimum 40-hour block — best for a performance audit, a stubborn bug, a single feature, or a second opinion on your architecture.
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Dedicated Next.js developer (monthly)
$2,500/month full-time (40 hours/week) or $1,250/month part-time (20 hours/week) — a developer who works only on your product, joins your standups and builds knowledge of your codebase month after month. Working hours: we cover US and UK business hours from our main office in Texas, USA, and our second office in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Fixed-price project
Have a defined scope, like a new marketing site, a store or a migration? Our Next.js development services cover fixed-price projects from $3,000. Portals and SaaS products that need a backend fit our web application development service.
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White-label for agencies
We build under your brand, sign your NDA, and never contact your client unless you ask us to. You keep the relationship; we deliver code that passes your review. Agencies with Wix clients can also hire a Wix developer on the same terms.
Agency vs freelancer vs in-house Next.js developer
| Wix Engine (agency) | Freelancer | In-house hire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Hourly or monthly rate; no recruiting fees or benefits | Often the lowest hourly rate | Salary plus benefits, equipment and recruiting costs |
| Time to start | 3–5 business days | Fast, if they're available | Usually weeks to months of hiring |
| Vetting | We match a developer; you interview them first | You review portfolios and test skills yourself | Your own hiring process |
| Holidays and sick days | Another team member can cover | Work usually pauses | Depends on your team's size |
| Accountability | Company contract and a lead who checks the work | One person's commitment | Your own management |
| Scaling up or down | Adjust hours with 2 weeks' notice (part-time) or 30 days (full-time) | Find and onboard someone new | Slow in both directions |
| Long-term product knowledge | Builds over time with a dedicated developer | Varies by engagement | Strongest, since they're part of your company |
If you have years of steady, full-time Next.js work and time to recruit, an in-house hire is often the right call. A freelancer suits small, well-defined tasks. We fit best when you need experienced capacity quickly, cover when someone is away, and room to scale.
How hiring works
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Free 30-minute call
Your stack, Next.js version, codebase, the work ahead and the hours it needs.
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Matched developer profile within 48 hours
with Next.js work similar to yours.
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Technical intro call
Talk to the developer directly about your caching issue, your migration or anything else.
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Paid first-week trial
Real tickets from your backlog, so you judge actual output. If it isn't working, you stop there with no further commitment.
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Ongoing work with weekly reports
Hours used, pull requests merged, what's next and any blockers.
Why teams hire Next.js developers from us
More than a decade of delivery
2,000+ projects for clients in 15+ countries since 2014.
Wix and Next.js under one roof
As a Wix Legend Partner, we know Wix Headless in depth, so putting a Next.js front end on a Wix backend is familiar ground.
Proven on marketplaces
Top Rated on Upwork (5/5 from 400+ reviews) and Level 2 on Fiverr (4.9/5 from 500+ reviews).
Clear communication
Email replies within 2–4 business hours, and an NDA on request before you share code.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to hire a Next.js developer?
Hourly work is billed at $45/hour, with a minimum 40-hour block. A dedicated developer costs $2,500/month full-time (40 hours a week) or $1,250/month part-time (20 hours a week). For a fixed scope, project pricing starts from $3,000. There are no recruiting fees, and you'll know the full cost before any work begins.
Can your developer work in our existing codebase and Git workflow?
Yes. Our developers work in your repository, follow your branching strategy and linting rules, open pull requests for your team to review, and use your ticket tracker and chat tool. We start with a codebase walkthrough so the first pull request already matches your conventions.
What time zone do your Next.js developers work in?
Our main office is in Texas, USA, and our development team also works from Lahore, Pakistan, so we cover US and UK business hours. We agree on overlap hours before work starts, so standups, reviews and urgent questions happen in real time. Outside those hours, the developer posts written updates, so you start each day knowing where things stand.
Can you upgrade our app from the Pages Router to the App Router?
Yes. Both routers can run in the same Next.js project, so we migrate one route at a time instead of freezing development for a rewrite. We start with simpler pages, move data fetching into Server Components, and test each route before it goes live. Major-version upgrades follow the same step-by-step approach.
Who owns the code, and will you sign an NDA?
We sign NDAs on request, before you share any code or plans. Code written for you belongs to you once it's paid in full, and it lives in your repository throughout, so there's nothing to hand back at the end of the engagement.
What if the developer isn't the right fit?
Tell us, and we'll replace them within 5 business days at no extra cost. Our developers share coding standards and document their work, so a new developer can pick up where the last one left off. You can also reduce or pause hours with 2 weeks' notice for part-time or 30 days for full-time.
Add a Next.js developer to your team
Book a free 30-minute call. Tell us about your codebase and what needs doing, and we'll come back with a matched developer profile and a clear cost.
Sohaib Mehmood
Owner & CEO
Wix Legend Partner · 2,000+ projects since 2014 · 1,400+ client reviews