Engineering Manager - Business Services (f/m/d) at Contentful

London, England, United Kingdom

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, AIIndustries

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience leading development teams, with a track record of delivering complex, high-impact technical solutions
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-changing environments, balancing short-term impact with long-term strategy
  • Experience building or integrating AI-powered products (e.g., LLM-based systems, recommendation engines, personalization features), with a focus on delivering customer and business impact
  • Technical depth in modern web technologies and AI/ML-enabled applications, with enough hands-on experience to guide solutioning and challenge technical decisions
  • Excel at optimizing performance and scalability, with experience handling complex content structures and large datasets
  • Balance innovation with immediate impact, overseeing technical delivery while driving team capabilities and capacity; eager to work with the latest technologies and products
  • Collaborate effectively across teams (Product, Design, Data, Engineering), aligning technical work with business goals
  • Strong mentoring track record, fostering a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence, and quality within a distributed team
  • Embrace continuous learning, staying up to date with industry trends and encouraging growth within your team
  • Bonus
  • Familiarity with martech ecosystems, marketing workflows, and integrations
  • Experience working in entrepreneurial or incubation environments, such as starting new teams or products from scratch
  • Knowledge of data privacy, compliance, and security best practices in SaaS and AI-enabled applications

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with senior stakeholders across the business to understand business strategy & goals, and work with internal teams and external partners to ensure technical architecture, tech stack, and development strategy are aligned to deliver impact against business goals
  • Lead and grow a high-performing, globally-distributed engineering team, ensuring a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement
  • Partner with Product, Design, and cross-functional stakeholders to define the roadmap for AI-enabled marketing solutions
  • Build scalable, high-performance products that integrate AI capabilities into marketers’ daily workflows, with a focus on usability, automation, and business impact
  • Drive innovation and experimentation while ensuring secure, reliable, and performant systems
  • Mentor and develop engineers across levels, fostering technical excellence and leadership growth
  • Guide the team through solution design, coding, testing, deployment, and operations
  • Ensure alignment between technical execution and business objectives, with clear communication of progress and priorities

Skills

Engineering Management
Team Leadership
AI Integration
Technical Architecture
Product Roadmap
Solution Design
Mentoring
Deployment
Testing
Operations

Contentful

Digital content management platform for businesses

About Contentful

Contentful offers a platform for digital content management that enables businesses to create, manage, and deliver content without coding. Its content management system (CMS) is designed for teams to streamline their content production and maintain a consistent experience across various brands and channels. Unlike competitors, Contentful operates on a freemium model, providing free access to basic features while charging for advanced capabilities. The company's goal is to empower businesses to effectively manage their digital content at scale.

Berlin, GermanyHeadquarters
2013Year Founded
$324.4MTotal Funding
SERIES_FCompany Stage
Consumer Software, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Stock Options
Fertility Treatment Support
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Professional Development Budget
Wellness Program
Phone/Internet Stipend
Home Office Stipend

Risks

Emerging CMS platforms with lower costs threaten Contentful's market share.
Integration challenges from the Ninetailed acquisition could disrupt operations.
The freemium model may limit revenue growth if users don't convert to paid plans.

Differentiation

Contentful offers a composable content platform for digital-first businesses.
The platform integrates seamlessly with hundreds of tools through open APIs.
Contentful's CMS allows content management without needing to write code.

Upsides

Contentful's acquisition of Ninetailed enhances its AI-driven content personalization capabilities.
Partnerships with Vercel and SAP expand Contentful's integration and market reach.
The rise of generative AI tools presents opportunities for Contentful's platform enhancement.

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