Contentful Technical Lead — Enterprise DX Platform

WPP Enterprise Solutions; Porto; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Enterprise Solutions seeks a Contentful Technical Lead to own enterprise platform delivery and lead client-facing discovery sessions. You will shape a modern, composable platform using Contentful, React, and an AWS-based integration layer, collaborating with architects, engineers and client stakeholders.

The role focuses on technical discovery, architectural decisions, and turning requirements into an actionable backlog, balancing hands-on coding with leadership across enterprise systems.

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, 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.
• 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

Architectural decisions

Technical leadership

English

Tools

Contentful

React

AWS

Job description

WPP Enterprise Solutions seeks a Contentful Technical Lead to own enterprise platform delivery and lead client-facing discovery sessions. You will shape a modern, composable platform using Contentful, React, and an AWS-based integration layer, collaborating with architects, engineers and client stakeholders.

The role focuses on technical discovery, architectural decisions, and turning requirements into an actionable backlog, balancing hands-on coding with leadership across enterprise systems.