About the opportunity Join the Contentful Personalization team and help deliver real-time, data-driven content experiences for every audience.

At Contentful, we’re building the platform that helps the world’s leading brands create connected and dynamic digital experiences. The Personalization team enables customers to deliver the right content to the right audience through real-time personalization and experimentation. As Engineering Manager, you’ll guide a senior, cross-functional team owning the Personalization product end-to-end including SDKs, APIs, UIs and apps that make this possible.

What to expect?

• Lead the team: Guide a senior, cross-functional engineering team building Contentful’s personalization and experimentation capabilities

• Own key experiences: Take end-to-end ownership of how customers manage and deliver personalized content across SDKs, APIs, UIs and marketplace apps

• Drive technical direction: Lead architectural and design decisions for real-time, edge-powered experiences and developer integrations (e.g. Cloudflare Workers, multi-platform SDKs, micro-frontends)

• Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner closely with Product and Design to align the roadmap with customer needs and business outcomes

• Coach and empower: Support engineers in growing their impact through clear context, trust and ownership

• Foster team culture: Build an inclusive, collaborative environment where diverse perspectives and strong opinions lead to better outcomes

What you need to be successful?

• Technical expertise: Strong background in TypeScript and familiarity with modern web and edge technologies (e.g. APIs, SDKs, frontend frameworks, edge workers)

• Product mindset: Able to connect technical decisions to customer value and drive product outcomes through engineering excellence

• Leadership experience: Proven ability to lead senior engineers and cross-functional teams through complex, product-focused initiatives

• Coaching and growth: Invests in developing engineers and fostering an environment of ownership and continuous learning

• Execution and delivery: Demonstrated track record of shipping high-quality software that balances innovation and maintainability

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

• 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, education days, compassion days for loss, and volunteer days

• 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 phone/internet 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.

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 than700 people from more than70 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 disability, or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us!

If you need reasonable accommodations at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiting coordinator know.

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