Technical Lead with Contentful

VML; Województwo lubelskie; Sur place; PLN 180 000 - 320 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

VML is seeking a Contentful Technical Lead to drive a high-profile digital experience project for a major global brand. You will own enterprise platform delivery, run client-facing discovery workshops, and balance architectural influence with hands-on engineering in a modern, composable stack based on Contentful, React and an AWS-based integration layer.

You will shape integration patterns, content models, and service boundaries, guiding engineers while ensuring robust security, performance and

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading technical discovery, requirements analysis and solution design.
• Strong client-facing communication that explains technical decisions to technical and business stakeholders.
• Hands-on leadership while guiding engineers on complex decisions.

Responsabilités

• Lead technical discovery and facilitate client workshops translating business requirements into technical decisions.
• Shape the implementation approach across Contentful, React, AWS services and enterprise systems.
• Define boundaries between CMS, frontend, middleware and backend services.
• Decide integration patterns and API design for the system.
• Review and evolve Contentful content models and reusable patterns.
• Shape the AWS-based integration layer connecting Contentful and the frontend with APIs and identity services.
• Turn discovery outcomes into technical scope, architecture and backlog.
• Lead engineers with hands-on guidance, code reviews and technical decision support.
• Ensure security, performance, automated testing, CI/CD and observability.

Connaissances

Contentful

React

TypeScript

AWS

API design

Headless CMS

Enterprise architecture

Technical leadership

Client-facing communication

Hands-on leadership

Description du poste

Who We Are

VML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a Human First philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML's global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore.

VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel.

For more information, please visit www.vml.com and follow along on LinkedIn #WeAreVML.

Contentful Technical Lead wanted to join a high-profile digital experience project for a major global brand.

The opportunity

This is a high-impact technical leadership role combining ownership of enterprise platform delivery, client-facing discovery and technical workshops with strong architectural influence and a balance between technical leadership and hands‑on engineering.

You will help shape a modern, composable platform built around Contentful, React and an AWS-based integration and service layer , working closely with architects, engineers and client stakeholders. The project’s technical landscape includes Contentful, AWS infrastructure, APIs and identity/profile services

A key part of the role is understanding Contentful as part of a wider technology ecosystem. You will make pragmatic technical decisions about what should be handled by Contentful out of the box, what belongs in the frontend or AWS middle layer, and how integrations with existing services should be designed.

The initial phase will focus heavily on technical discovery , turning requirements, existing architecture and integration constraints into clear technical decisions and an actionable implementation backlog.

What you’ll get to do

• Lead technical discovery , facilitating client-facing workshops and translating business requirements into technical decisions.
• Shape the overall implementation approach across Contentful, React, AWS services and enterprise systems.
• Define clear boundaries between CMS capabilities, frontend functionality, integration/middleware services and backend business logic.
• Decide where integrations should be implemented and define appropriate API and integration patterns.
• Review and evolve Contentful content models , composition rules and reusable content patterns.
• Shape the AWS-based integration and service layer connecting Contentful and the frontend with APIs, identity/profile services and other systems.
• Turn discovery outcomes into technical scope, architecture and an actionable implementation backlog.
• Lead engineers throughout delivery, providing hands‑on guidance, code reviews and support with complex technical decisions.
• Ensure strong engineering practices around security, performance, automated testing, CI/CD and observability.

These areas align with the planned technical discovery covering Contentful, AWS infrastructure, API contracts, profile services, security, CI/CD and integrations.

What you should have

• Strong commercial experience with Contentful and headless CMS architectures.
• Strong React and TypeScript experience in production-grade applications.
• Good practical knowledge of AWS , particularly cloud-based services and integration layers.
• Strong understanding of API design, middleware and system integration patterns.
• Experience designing solutions where a headless CMS is part of a larger enterprise architecture , rather than a standalone platform.
• Ability to make sound architectural decisions about what belongs in the CMS, frontend, middle layer or backend services.
• Experience integrating CMS platforms with APIs, identity/profile services and other enterprise systems.
• Proven experience leading technical discovery, requirements analysis and solution design.
• Strong client-facing communication skills and the ability to explain technical decisions and trade-offs to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience providing technical leadership while remaining hands‑on when needed.
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