Contentful Tech Lead: React + AWS Architect

VML; Faro; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

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, lead client-facing discovery workshops, and provide architectural guidance with a balance of leadership and hands-on engineering.

The role focuses on Contentful, React, and an AWS-based integration layer. You will shape CMS boundaries, API patterns, and middleware services, while coordinating with architects, engineers and

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Contentful

React

TypeScript

AWS

API design

Middleware & system integration

Enterprise architecture

Technical leadership

Client-facing communication

Hands-on when needed

Fluency in English

Tools

Contentful

React

TypeScript

AWS

Job description

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, lead client-facing discovery workshops, and provide architectural guidance with a balance of leadership and hands-on engineering.

The role focuses on Contentful, React, and an AWS-based integration layer. You will shape CMS boundaries, API patterns, and middleware services, while coordinating with architects, engineers and