Lead Developer, Contentful

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Portugal.

📋 Description

• Assume technical leadership for the engineering delivery of a comprehensive migration from Sitecore to Contentful involving both content and applications.

• Oversee the development team and set engineering standards.

• Collaborate with architects to define migration strategies, Contentful implementation patterns, and make technical decisions.

• Facilitate the migration and modernization of current applications, including React frontends and associated services.

• Define approaches for content modeling, transformation, migration automation, and validation.

• Coordinate engineering tasks, address complex technical issues, and manage dependencies and delivery risks.

• Stay actively involved in complex implementations, technical spikes, and critical problem-solving.

• Promote an AI-first engineering culture and institute specification-driven development practices.

• Implement AI in Sitecore analysis, content mapping, migration automation, code modernization, and testing.

• Mentor developers in the use of AI coding assistants and automated engineering workflows.

• Set up review, security, and quality standards for AI-generated code and migration outcomes.

• Foster experimentation, knowledge sharing, and measurable productivity gains through AI integration.

• Take ownership of engineering quality, implementation consistency, and technical delivery results.

• Establish benchmarks for code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, migration validation, and release readiness.

• Lead the technical planning for migration, cutover, rollback, and post-migration support.

• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and coaching to developers.

• Serve as a reliable technical contact for client stakeholders, architects, and delivery teams.

• Convey technical risks, trade-offs, and recommendations in alignment with business goals.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive engineering experience, including technical leadership in complex digital platform deliveries.

• Demonstrated experience with enterprise CMS migrations, replatforming, or significant headless CMS implementations.

• Solid practical knowledge of Contentful, Sitecore, and related migration and integration challenges.

• Strong understanding of React, TypeScript, API-driven architectures, and application modernization.

• Experience leading engineering teams, making technical decisions, and ensuring delivery quality.

• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted software development and the capability to promote AI-native, specification-driven engineering practices.

• In-depth knowledge of automated testing, CI/CD, release procedures, and technical risk management.

• Exceptional stakeholder communication, consultancy, and technical leadership abilities.

• Previous experience in leading a Sitecore-to-Contentful migration (preferred).

• Familiarity with Next.js, Sitecore JSS, and composable architecture (preferred).

• Experience leveraging AI to expedite complex migrations, legacy application modernization, or engineering workflows (preferred).

• Background with multilingual, multisite, or enterprise content platforms (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility in working arrangements, including remote and hybrid options (depending on the country).

• Opportunities for career advancement, with international mobility and professional development programs available.

• Access to learning and development resources, including cutting-edge tools, training, and industry experts.

• Competitive compensation package.