Senior Solution Architect - DACH / France (f/m/d)

Contentful Contentful GmbH; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to provide technical guidance to clients, ensuring successful project execution. The role involves leading workshops, designing solutions for complex business problems, and contributing insights to product development. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience in similar roles, with fluency in English and German or French preferred. This opportunity offers stock options and a work-life balance with generous paid time off.

Benefits

Stock options

Generous paid time off

Educational budget

Health stipend

Monthly communication stipend

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a customer-facing Solution Architect role.
• Proven expertise with API-first, composable content platforms.
• Experience leading technical discussions with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to ensure project success.
• Lead workshops for customer onboarding.
• Design comprehensive solutions for customer needs.

Skills

Customer-facing interaction

Technical consulting

API expertise

Microservices architecture

Workshop facilitation

Interpersonal skills

Fluency in German or French

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

React

Node.js

REST and GraphQL APIs

Job description

About the Opportunity

Contentful Solution Architects are principally outwards-facing. They are trusted advisors to technologists, developers, content creators, and product teams. As a Senior Solution Architect, you’ll partner with international customers and digital agencies post-sale—helping visionary brands turn ideas into scalable digital experiences.

You’ll provide technical guidance, subject matter expertise, and strategic consultation to ensure projects succeed. This includes leading technical and editorial training, facilitating collaborative workshops, and guiding teams through architecture definition and design. Occasional travel (up to 25%) may be required for on-site engagements.

Beyond direct customer impact, you’ll bring back insights that shape Contentful itself. Your first-hand knowledge of how organisations use our platform will provide real-world context to our Product Management and Engineering teams, influencing product direction and ensuring we build with customer needs in mind.

What to expect?

• Create and deliver technical enablement on product platform features to customers as well as providing consultative advice & recommendations on specific implementation use cases
• Identify and propose comprehensive solution designs to complex business problems after running customer discovery sessions
• Keep abreast of Contentful product developments and synthesise these into best practices, workshops & enablement materials for our customers
• Create prototypes or code examples to facilitate customer onboarding and to support projects
• Maintain a foundational understanding of technologies related to Contentful as well as staying up to date with industry trends
• Continuously seek, synthesise and communicate customer product feedback to our Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing teams
• Support engagement managers on quoting and scoping of SOWs
• Partner with Sales, Customer Success Managers and Solution Engineers, to ensure a successful customer experience with Contentful.
• Continuously improve your professional skills through activities such as training, reading and seeking mentorship from others

What you need to be successful?

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years in a customer-facing Solution Architect, Technical Consultant, or Implementation Consultant role.
• Consulting experience is preferred; candidates must have experience leading technical discussions with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven expertise with API-first, composable content platforms (i.e. Contentful, Contentstack, Sanity); experience with legacy CMS platforms (i.e. Drupal, AEM, Sitecore) a plus
• Strong understanding of composable/MACH principles, headless CMS architecture, and best practices for building content-driven applications
• Professional experience designing or implementing microservices-based architectures and transitioning away from monolithic systems
• Hands‑on proficiency with modern web technologies, such as React/Next.js, Vue, Angular, REST and GraphQL APIs, and cloud‑based microservices
• Developer-level skills in at least one programming language (e.g., JavaScript ES6, Node.js, Ruby, .NET, Swift, Java, Python, PHP)
• Familiarity with web rendering approaches (server-side, client-side, hybrid, SSG, ISR) and modern frameworks (Next.js, Nuxt.js, Remix, Gatsby)
• Experience with commerce and marketing technology platforms, as well as personalisation, experimentation, and analytics tools (preferred)
• Strong presentation, interpersonal, and facilitation skills—able to engage technical and non-technical audiences, lead discovery sessions, and influence decision‑making
• Experience creating and delivering both in‑person and virtual workshops, training, or educational content
• Well‑organised, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, meet tight deadlines, and thrive in a fast‑paced environment
• Fluency in English and German or French

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.
• 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
• Time off 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 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 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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