About this role
About the Opportunity
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing, remote-first API development team based in Europe who are driving Contentful’s REST and GraphQL APIs that enable customers to manage and deliver content at scale.
The role will focus on continuously evolving our platform with advanced observability, automation, and AI-driven capabilities. We aim to help customers accelerate innovation, reduce operational complexity, and unlock new growth opportunities through a secure, performant, and extensible API ecosystem.
You’ll partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between technical goals and business objectives, driving scalable, high-performance APIs that power Contentful’s website and user experiences.
What to expect?
In this role you’ll get to work closely with senior stakeholders across the business to understand business strategy & goals, and work with internal teams and external partners to ensure our technical architecture, tech stack and development strategy are aligned to drive success for our site visitors and internal site users, and deliver impact against business goals.
• Lead and grow a globally-distributed API development team, ensuring a culture of high performance, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Mentor and develop team members across all levels.
• Define the team roadmap, with a particular focus on reliable, intelligent, and developer-friendly APIs that seamlessly connect content, data, and AI. Be accountable for collaborating with Product and Design to craft the roadmap and ensuring its successful execution.
• Work closely with stakeholders in Product, Design, Research, Infrastructure, and Security to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Oversee the technical approach for integrating and scaling the platform's delivery and management APIs. Ensure that the architecture remains performant, secure, and scalable as user needs grow.
• Guide the team through solutioning, coding, testing, and deployment. Ensure adherence to best practices in coding, architecture, and testing. Foster a collaborative, innovative development environment.
• Hire and mentor junior and senior developers, promoting technical excellence and helping to build individual and team growth through hands-on leadership and ongoing feedback.
• Oversee day-to-day development operations, ensuring that the team has the capacity to cover all technical tasks, maintenance, and new feature development, all while ensuring global coverage for continuous web operations.
• Work with Product Managers to define, prioritize, and execute the roadmap, balancing user impact with business objectives. Ensure clear communication of goals, progress, and blockers to stakeholders.
What you need to be successful
We’re looking for an enthusiastic Engineering Manager who is excited to build a cutting-edge web experience. To succeed in this role, you:
• Have 5+ years of exper