FR - Tech Lead Coremedia

Role overview A senior engineering position guiding the technical direction of a CoreMedia-based content platform that powers the digital storefront for a luxury brand. The role blends hands-on architecture with people leadership, shaping scalable solutions across content management, commerce integrations, and customer experience delivery. Candidates can be based in Portugal, Germany, or France, with a recurring onsite presence required at the client's Paris office (minimum three consecutive days each month).

Responsibilities - Serve as the primary technical authority for a CoreMedia delivery squad, interfacing with client architects, product owners, and stakeholders - Own end-to-end technical architecture and solution design across Content Cloud, Studio, CAE, Headless Server, and Content Delivery APIs - Contribute hands-on to the most complex implementations, including custom content types, Studio extensions, Blueprint customisation, templates, and Spring-based backend components - Lead code reviews, enforce engineering standards, drive test automation, and maintain quality gates and technical documentation - Design and secure integrations between CoreMedia and surrounding systems such as e-commerce platforms, PIM, DAM, search, personalisation, CDN, and other third-party services - Translate functional requirements into technical stories, contribute to backlog refinement, estimation, and sprint planning - Drive CI/CD pipelines, environment provisioning, deployment automation, release readiness, and production support, including incident analysis and performance tuning - Manage technical debt, plan platform upgrades, and mentor developers to foster autonomy and continuous improvement - Operate within an Agile (Scrum or SAFe) framework, contributing to ceremonies and PI Planning where applicable

Requirements - Seven or more years of Java/JEE development experience, including at least three years working directly on CoreMedia (Content Cloud, Studio, CAE, Headless Server, Blueprint) - Strong command of Java, Spring or Spring Boot, Maven, Freemarker or JSP templating, and modern JavaScript or TypeScript - Demonstrated experience designing REST and GraphQL APIs and architecting headless or hybrid CMS solutions - Prior Tech Lead or Lead Developer track record covering technical decision-making, architecture ownership, code review, and mentoring - Hands-on experience integrating a CMS with e-commerce platforms, PIM, DAM, and search tooling within a large enterprise landscape - Working knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker or Kubernetes, and at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) - Solid grasp of performance, caching, security, SEO, and accessibility considerations for large-scale web platforms - Comfort working in Agile environments (Scrum or SAFe) with Jira and Confluence as primary collaboration tools - Excellent communication skills and proven ability to collaborate across technical teams, business stakeholders, and clients in onsite and distributed setups - Fluent written and spoken English at C2 level

Nice to have - Background delivering digital platforms for luxury, retail, or large multi-brand, multi-site, multi-language environments - Working proficiency in French - Prior consulting experience and a continuous improvement mindset - Familiarity with visual collaboration tools such as Miro or equivalents

Benefits and work setup - Permanent or freelance engagement based in Germany, with remote and hybrid arrangements depending on country - International mobility programmes and structured professional development pathways - Access to learning resources, training, and industry expertise to support ongoing growth