Lead Developer, Contentful

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Lead Developer leading enterprise Sitecore-to-Contentful migrations for Valtech, an experience innovation company. Guiding engineering teams, AI-first practices, and scalable digital solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Take technical ownership of engineering delivery for an enterprise Sitecore-to-Contentful migration covering content and application migration
  • Lead the development team, establish engineering standards, and ensure delivery of a scalable, maintainable Contentful-based solution
  • Lead technical implementation across content, applications, and integrations
  • Work with architects to shape migration options, Contentful implementation patterns, and technical decisions
  • Guide migration and modernisation of 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
  • Apply AI to 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 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 the 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
  • Previous technical leadership of a Sitecore-to-Contentful migration is desirable
  • Experience with Next.js, Sitecore JSS, and composable architecture is desirable
  • Experience using AI to accelerate complex migrations, legacy application modernisation, or engineering workflows is desirable
  • Experience with multilingual, multisite, or enterprise content platforms is desirable

Benefits:

  • Private health insurance
  • Education program with training and certification
  • Wellbeing program
  • Free coffee, drinks, and snacks at work
  • Company dinners
  • Ski trips, carting, laser-tag, wine tasting, picnics, cooking classes, and other company events
  • Competitive salary
  • 24 days of vacation
  • Annual company events with the whole team
  • Challenging projects
  • Honest, open feedback culture
  • Reasonable accommodations during the interview process