Technical Lead with Contentful (Contentful)

Location: Faro, Lisbon or Porto, Portugal. Hybrid work with teams in the office an average of four days a week; availability until 18:00 PL is required to collaborate with the UK project team.

Company

hirify.global is a global creative company within WPP that delivers connected brand, customer experience, commerce, engineering and enterprise solutions for major global brands.

What you will do

• Lead technical discovery, client-facing workshops and requirements analysis, translating business needs into technical decisions and an actionable implementation backlog.
• Shape the implementation approach for a composable platform using Contentful, React, AWS services and enterprise systems.
• Define boundaries between CMS capabilities, frontend functionality, middleware, integrations and backend business logic.
• Design API and integration patterns connecting Contentful and the frontend with identity, profile and other enterprise services.
• Review content models, composition rules and reusable content patterns, while leading engineers through delivery, code reviews and complex technical decisions.
• Ensure engineering practices covering security, performance, automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring and observability.

Requirements

• Strong commercial experience with Contentful and headless CMS architectures.
• Strong production experience with React and TypeScript.
• Practical knowledge of AWS cloud services and integration layers.
• Strong understanding of API design, middleware and system integration patterns.
• Experience designing solutions in which a headless CMS forms part of a larger enterprise architecture.
• Ability to decide what belongs in the CMS, frontend, middle layer or backend services, including integrations with APIs, identity/profile services and other enterprise systems.
• Proven experience leading technical discovery, requirements analysis and solution design.
• Strong client-facing communication skills, including explaining technical decisions and trade-offs to technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience providing technical leadership while remaining hands-on when needed; fluency in English.

Nice to have

• Contentful Personalisation or similar personalisation capabilities.
• Composable or MACH-style architectures.
• Server-side rendered React applications.
• AWS infrastructure as code and automated environment provisioning.
• Contentful or AWS certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid collaboration with office attendance averaging four days per week.
• Career development and opportunities to grow technical skills.
• Culture centered on Heart, Brains and Courage, with emphasis on empathy, curiosity, collaboration and experimentation.
• Work on digital experience projects for major global brands within hirify.global and WPP Enterprise Solutions.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV in English.
• AI may be used during recruitment only for secure, objective note-taking; candidates may request a transcript or opt out without affecting the interview outcome.