About the Opportunity Contentful is hiring a Senior Manager, Web Development to work directly with the Product Manager, Contentful.com and the Director, Web Marketing to define the technical vision & strategy, roadmap and lead the implementation for Contentful.com, helping us achieve our vision of being the world's best example of a marketing website built on Contentful's Composable Content Platform.
What to expect? In this role you'll get to work closely with senior stakeholders across the business to understand business strategy & goals, and work with internal teams and external partners to ensure our technical architecture, tech stack and development strategy are aligned to drive success for our site visitors and internal site users, and deliver impact against business goals.
- Build a globally-distributed high-performing, engaged and effective Web Development team
- Set the technical strategy and approach to make contentful.com the world's best example of a marketing website on Contentful
- Work closely with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate these into technical requirements for the Web Development team
- Utilize external research, customer/user feedback and data analytics as inputs in definition of technical and experience improvements for contentful.com
- Define technical roadmap & rollout plan and prioritizes in conjunction with Product Manager to deliver business impact and user value
- Oversee , implementation, maintenance, and evolution (including business case development) of the website technology stack to ensure contentful.com is highly performant, robust and scalable as our business needs evolve
- Lead the technical scoping and refinement of development features and tasks
- Direct the Web Development team in the solutioning, coding, testing and debugging of technical solutions, projects and tickets
- Oversee & write testable, scalable and efficient code and lead code reviews
- Mentor junior team members and ensuring they adhere to determined development philosophy and technical/coding quality standards
- Build close working relationships with Contentful's Product teams to ensure early sight and adoption for new products and features to be utilized on the website
- Liaise and coordinate with Marketing Operations, Core Data, IT and Security teams to ensure full coverage/implementation and maintenance of our martech stack
- Plans team capacity and coverage to ensure global coverage of technical tasks and continuous web operations
What you need to be successful? This is an exciting time to join the team and we're looking for an enthusiastic technical lead who is inspired and motivated to build the best-in-class and cutting edge web experience. To be successful in this role you:
- Advocate for headless/composable website philosophy and architecture and truly understand the opportunities it brings to deliver compelling and scalable digital experiences
- Have extensive experience with technical architecture & development strategy and implementation of website experiences built with Contentful
- Able to balance innovation and forward-planning with technical solutions that deliver immediate impact
- Highly proficient in designing and developing front-end and back end-web architecture
- Equally comfortable to provide technical delivery oversight as well as be hands on in technical development/implementation as we build out the team capabilities and capacity
- Able to communicate at all levels across the organization, to technical and non-technical groups to generate buy-in
- Inspired by the opportunity to get your hands on the latest and greatest product and features (and be among the first to use our new tech)
- Motivated to build a highly-engaged and effective Web Development team
- Extensive experience front-end and back-end development (hands-on and overseeing) React.js/Next.js
- 5+ years of leading website strategy & development (Marketing website experience is highly desirable)
- 5+ years experience leading web development or engineering teams
- This role is open to candidates across the U.S. and will work to East Coast hours to ensure overlap with European-based team members and stakeholders
What's in it for you? - Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
- Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
- Comprehensive healthcare package covering 100% of monthly health premiums for employees and 85% of costs for your dependents.
- Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
- We value Work-Life balance and You Time!A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, compassion days for loss, education days, and volunteer days
- Company paid parental leave to care for and focus on your growing family
- Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
- Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
- An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical, financial, or emotional health
- A monthly communication stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement.
- New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best.
This role will need to be conducted in a state in which we are currently registered to do business. In addition, this position is
not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work without the need for visa sponsorship by the start date of employment.
This position is eligible for equity awards in accordance with the terms of Contentful's equity plans.
The application deadline is 05/16/26
Colorado Salary Statement: The salary range displayed is specifically for those potential hires who will work or reside in the state of Colorado if selected for the role. Any offered salary is determined based on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data/ranges, applicant's skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications (e.g. JD/technology), for example.
Colorado Salary Range: $138,000 - $186,000
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Who are we? Contentful is a leading
digital experience platform that helps modern businesses meet the growing demand for engaging, personalized content at scale. By blending composability with native
AI capabilities, Contentful enables dynamic personalization, automated content delivery, and real-time experimentation, powering next-generation digital experiences across brands, regions, and channels for more than 4,200 organizations worldwide. More than
700 people from more than
70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful, working from hubs in Berlin, Denver, San Francisco, London, New York, and distributed worldwide.
Everyone is welcome here!"Everyone is welcome here" is a celebrated component of our culture. At Contentful, we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical [dis]ability, or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us!
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