What to expect? ### Personalization & Experimentation Domain Leadership
Own the end-to-end design of personalization and experimentation programs, including:
audience and segmentation strategies grounded in behavioral, contextual, and first-party data
experience decisioning models that balance relevance, performance, and governance
experimentation frameworks (A/B, multivariate, holdouts) with clear hypotheses and success criteria
Design personalization strategies that scale responsibly, including:
guardrails to prevent over-personalization, bias, and degraded user experience
approaches for global, multi-brand, or multi-region deployments
tradeoffs between targeting precision, latency, and operational complexity
Define measurement approaches that connect:
user behavior → decisioning logic → exposure → business outcomes
Act as a domain authority for personalization and experimentation in customer engagements, confidently guiding technical and non-technical stakeholders through best practices, limitations, and tradeoffs. ### Technical Solution Architecture & Hands-On Delivery
Architect and implement end-to-end personalization solutions using Contentful Personalization, including:
user identification and profile stitching
audience evaluation and decisioning
personalized content and experience delivery
experimentation and uplift measurement
Lead hands-on implementation activities such as:
building proof-of-concepts and reference implementations
configuring personalization models and decision logic
developing integration services and APIs
supporting production deployments and performance optimization
Integrate personalization solutions with enterprise platforms including:
Translate personalization requirements into detailed technical designs, including:
integration patterns and API contracts
data and event schemas
deployment and observability considerations
Enable customer teams through:
implementation workshops and pair-programming
architecture and code reviews
developer documentation and operational runbooks
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Feedback Loops
Partner closely with Contentful Product and Engineering teams to:
surface implementation challenges and recurring customer pain points
provide feedback that influences roadmap, developer experience, and documentation
validate new personalization capabilities against real customer use cases
Contribute to internal enablement by:
mentoring Solution Architects and delivery team members
developing reusable accelerators, patterns, and reference architectures
supporting Sales and Solution Engineering with technical expertise in complex personalization opportunities
What you need to be successful? ### Required: Personalization & Experimentation Domain Expertise
Demonstrated, hands-on experience designing and operating personalization and experimentation programs in production, including:
ownership of audience strategy and decisioning logic
designing and running A/B or multivariate experiments beyond basic UI testing
interpreting experiment results and translating them into iterative improvements
Strong understanding of personalization challenges such as:
identity resolution and anonymous vs known users
data sparsity and cold-start scenarios
experimentation validity, bias, and statistical tradeoffs
privacy, consent, and regulatory constraints
Required: Technical & Architectural Skills
Advanced proficiency with modern web technologies:
JavaScript / TypeScript
React with Next.js (preferred), or Vue/Nuxt, Angular
REST and GraphQL APIs
Deep understanding of web rendering and delivery patterns:
SSR, CSR, SSG, ISR
caching strategies and personalization at scale
Strong experience integrating SaaS platforms and enterprise systems via APIs
Experience designing or implementing cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including:
serverless or microservices-based systems
event-driven or streaming architectures
Professional Services & Collaboration Skills
Experience delivering customer-facing technical engagements in a consulting or professional services context
Comfortable leading technical deep dives with engineering teams and explaining experimentation concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Strong written communication skills, especially technical documentation
Nice to Have
Experience with CDPs, tag management systems, and event pipelines
Familiarity with ML-driven personalization approaches (e.g., propensity models, recommenders), even if models are externally managed
Experience working in composable DXP ecosystems (CMS, personalization, experimentation, commerce)
What Success Looks Like
Customers successfully deploy production-grade personalization and experimentation programs using Contentful Personalization. - Personalization solutions you design are:
measurable and outcome-driven
performant at enterprise scale
governed and extensible over time
Customer engineering teams trust your guidance because you bring deep personalization domain expertise backed by hands-on implementation experience. - Product and Engineering teams benefit from clear, actionable feedback rooted in real customer implementations. - Contentful is consistently seen as a credible personalization partner, not just a technology vendor. ## 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
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. This role will need to be conducted in a state in which we are currently registered to do business. In addition, this position isnoteligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work without the need for visa sponsorship by the start date of employment.
This position is eligible for equity awards in accordance with the terms of Contentful’s equity plans. The application deadline is 05/18/2026
Colorado Salary Statement: The salary range displayed is specifically for those potential hires who will work or reside in the state of Colorado if selected for the role. Any offered salary is determined based on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data/ranges, applicant's skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications (e.g. JD/technology), for example.
Colorado Salary Range: $140,000 - $190,000
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. 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! If you need reasonable accommodations at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiting coordinator know. Please be aware of scammers who may fraudulently allege to be from Contentful. These types of fraud can be carried out through copycat websites, fake email addresses claiming to be from our company, or social media. We do not ask for your personal information, such as bank account numbers, identification numbers, etc, through social media or chat-based apps, nor do we request or send money for the purchase of business equipment. If you suspect fraud, please report it to your local authorities, as well as reach out to us at security-esk@contentful.comwith any information you may have.
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