Lead Developer, Contentful

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Lead Developer driving enterprise Sitecore-to-Contentful migrations for Valtech, an experience innovation company. Leading engineering teams, AI-first development, and scalable Contentful solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Take technical ownership of engineering delivery for an enterprise Sitecore-to-Contentful migration covering content and application migration
  • Lead the development team and establish engineering standards
  • Ensure delivery of a scalable, maintainable Contentful-based solution
  • Work with architects to shape migration options, Contentful implementation patterns and technical decisions
  • Guide migration and modernisation of existing applications, including React frontends and supporting services
  • Define content modelling, transformation, migration automation and validation approaches
  • Coordinate engineering activities, resolve complex technical challenges and manage dependencies and delivery risks
  • Remain hands-on for complex implementation, technical spikes and critical problem-solving
  • Champion AI-first engineering and establish spec-driven development practices
  • Identify AI applications for Sitecore analysis, content mapping, migration automation, code modernisation and testing
  • Guide developers in using AI coding assistants and automated engineering workflows
  • Establish review, security and quality practices for AI-generated code and migration outputs
  • Drive experimentation, knowledge sharing and measurable productivity improvements through AI adoption
  • Own engineering quality, implementation consistency and technical delivery outcomes
  • Establish standards for code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, migration validation and release readiness
  • Lead technical planning for migration, cutover, rollback and post-migration support
  • Provide technical direction, mentoring and coaching to developers
  • Act as a trusted technical contact for client stakeholders, architects and delivery teams
  • Communicate technical risks, trade-offs and recommendations aligned with business objectives

Requirements:

  • Significant engineering experience, including technical leadership of complex digital platform deliveries
  • Proven experience with enterprise CMS migrations, replatforming or major headless CMS implementations
  • Strong practical knowledge of Contentful, Sitecore and associated migration and integration challenges
  • Strong understanding of React, TypeScript, API-driven architectures and application modernisation
  • Experience leading engineering teams, making technical decisions and assuring delivery quality
  • Practical experience with AI-assisted software development and ability to drive adoption of AI-native, spec-driven engineering practices
  • Strong knowledge of automated testing, CI/CD, release processes and technical risk management
  • Strong stakeholder communication, consultancy and technical leadership skills
  • Desirable: previous technical leadership of a Sitecore-to-Contentful migration
  • Desirable: experience with Next.js, Sitecore JSS and composable architecture
  • Desirable: experience using AI to accelerate complex migrations, legacy application modernisation or engineering workflows
  • Desirable: experience with multilingual, multisite or enterprise content platforms

Benefits:

  • Flexibility, with hybrid work options and 25 vacation days for a healthy work-life balance
  • Co-subsidized transportation & Multisport cards
  • Premium health insurance for fast and easy access to top healthcare services
  • Training policy for technical and other skills-related events, courses and certifications
  • Personal career development roadmap guided by performance evaluations
  • Self-care program offering psychological consultations & discussions for you and the team
  • Cozy office space designed for comfort and productivity
  • Exciting team events and company gatherings
  • Growth opportunities
  • Values-driven culture
  • International careers
  • Workplace culture fostering creativity, diversity and autonomy
  • Borderless, global framework enabling seamless collaboration