Contentful · 5 hours ago
Senior Manager, Web Development
New York City, New York, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$151K/yr - $205K/yr
5+ years expContentful is a leading digital experience platform that helps modern businesses meet the growing demand for engaging, personalized content at scale. They are seeking a Senior Manager, Web Development to define the technical vision and strategy for Contentful.com, leading the implementation and ensuring alignment with business goals.
Cloud ComputingCMSContentDeveloper ToolsPublishingSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Benefits
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
Company
Contentful
Contentful offers a headless content management system that helps organizations deliver content across channels.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$349.6MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementSapphire VenturesGeneral Catalyst
2021-07-28Series F· $175M
2020-06-17Series E· $80M
2018-12-05Series D· $33.5M
Leadership Team
Karthik Rau
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Sloan
CEO
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