Lead Developer (Contentful)

valtech; United States; Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days of paid vacation

Medical insurance

Fitness or flexible-benefit support

Parental leave

Learning and certification support

Mentoring

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Valtech is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive a major enterprise migration to a headless CMS architecture. You will guide the engineering team, stay hands-on for complex work, and build scalable, AI-guided, specification-led delivery practices across content, applications, and integrations.

You will coordinate migrations with architects, plan content models and transformations, and modernize React frontends and services. Remote/hybrid options occur as per local arrangements.

Qualifications

• Significant engineering experience with leadership on complex digital platforms.
• Experience leading CMS migrations or replatforming projects.
• Practical knowledge of Contentful and Sitecore and related migration challenges.
• Strong front-end skills in React and TypeScript; API-driven architectures.
• Experience setting technical direction and maintaining delivery quality.
• Practical use of AI-assisted development with focus on security and quality.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate migration across content, applications, and integrations with architects on tech decisions.
• Plan content models, transformations, migration automation, and validation.
• Modernize existing apps including React frontends and supporting services.
• Set standards for code quality, automated tests, CI/CD, releases, and migration readiness.
• Use AI tools to support analysis, migration, modernization, and testing; establish security controls for outputs.
• Mentor developers, manage risks, and explain trade-offs to stakeholders.

Skills

Engineering leadership

CMS migrations

Contentful

Sitecore

React

TypeScript

API-driven systems

Application modernization

AI-assisted development

Technical direction

Job description

Role overview

Lead the engineering delivery of an enterprise migration from a traditional content platform to a headless CMS, spanning content, applications, and integrations. Guide the development team and stay hands-on for complex implementation work, while building a scalable solution and introducing practical AI-assisted, specification-led engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate migration implementation across content, applications, and integrations, working with architects on solution options and technical decisions.
• Plan content models, transformation, migration automation, and validation.
• Guide the modernization of existing applications, including React frontends and supporting services.
• Set standards for code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, releases, and migration readiness.
• Use AI tools to support analysis, migration, modernization, and testing; establish review and security controls for generated outputs.
• Mentor developers, manage technical risks and dependencies, and explain trade-offs to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Significant engineering experience, including technical leadership on complex digital platform work.
• Experience with enterprise CMS migrations, replatforming, or major headless CMS implementations.
• Practical knowledge of Contentful, Sitecore, and migration or integration challenges.
• Strong understanding of React, TypeScript, API-driven systems, and application modernization.
• Experience setting technical direction and maintaining delivery quality across an engineering team.
• Practical use of AI-assisted development, with sound judgment about security, quality, and accountability.

Benefits and work setup

• 24 days of paid vacation
• medical insurance
• fitness or flexible-benefit support
• parental leave
• learning and certification support
• mentoring
• professional development opportunities

The position is based in Poland, with remote and hybrid options subject to local arrangements.