Contentful Tech Lead — Remote, Architect & Lead Discovery

WIRE IT; Lisboa; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral bonus

Annual training budget

Team culture

International growth

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Wire IT is seeking a Contentful Technical Lead to guide architecture and delivery of headless CMS solutions for international clients. You will design enterprise CMS integrations and lead technical discovery while aligning with business goals.

Lead cross‑functional teams, communicate complex concepts in English, and contribute to a modern, scalable AWS-based stack with CI/CD and observability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development and solution design.
• Strong commercial experience with Contentful and headless CMS architectures.
• Solid experience with React and TypeScript in production environments.
• Good knowledge of AWS cloud services, API integrations and middleware solutions.
• Experience designing enterprise architectures integrating CMS platforms with APIs, identity services and backend systems.
• Strong understanding of architectural decisions, system integration patterns and solution design.
• Experience leading technical discovery, requirements analysis and solution architecture.
• Knowledge of server-side rendering, CI/CD, automated testing, performance, security and observability.
• Strong technical leadership and client-facing communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to business and technical stakeholders.
• Fluent English.
• Experience with Contentful Personalisation, MACH architectures, AWS infrastructure as code or relevant certifications is a plus.

Skills

Contentful

Headless CMS

React

TypeScript

AWS

API Integrations

Middleware

Architecture Design

Technical Leadership

Client-facing Communication

English Fluency

Tools

CI/CD

SSO/Identity

Contentful Personalisation

Job description

Wire IT is seeking a Contentful Technical Lead to guide architecture and delivery of headless CMS solutions for international clients. You will design enterprise CMS integrations and lead technical discovery while aligning with business goals.

Lead cross‑functional teams, communicate complex concepts in English, and contribute to a modern, scalable AWS-based stack with CI/CD and observability.