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About Us

We're a professional services company at the intersection of marketing and technology, partnering with ambitious brands to solve complex challenges, accelerate growth, and drive performance. Our integrated teams combine strategic insight, creative execution, data fluency, and technical expertise.

We believe our biggest asset is our combination of different backgrounds, cultures, and disciplines that come together to form iCrossing community. What we do starts with our people.

We are part of the Hearst Corporation, the world's leading media, entertainment, and content company, which gives us access to the most valuable data and insights, talent and audiences. 

About this job

For this role, we are seeking a technology leader with demonstrated experience architecting and leading software development initiatives on large-scale enterprise websites built on the Contentful platform. You will be leading technical discussions and communicating with clients and their IT partners about architecture best practices.  We are specifically looking for demonstrated experience and certification on Contentful. 

What you'll do

• Provide oversight and guidance to technology projects where we are developing Contentful solutions for highly visible marketing and eCommerce Websites.
• Be a trusted advisor for your clients in all areas related to the Contentful platform and frontend website architectures. 
• Represent iCrossing and take a leading role in solutioning workshops with Contentful and your clients to gather required information and recommend solutions. 
• Be able to understand your client's requirements and their environment to develop recommendations on how they can best leverage the Contentful platform.
• Review your client's website frontend implementation and create paths forward to ensure that SEO best practices are being followed. 
• Evaluate products and technologies and their alternatives for a fit with your client's business requirements, and their use in proposed solutions.
• Collaborate with software engineering leads to design how features should be built for Contentful solutions, ensure the finished product meets requirements and is done according to Contentful's best practices. 
• Produce software engineering deliverables such as solution approaches, technical architecture, technical specifications, prototypes, proofs of concept, etc., that are inputs into building the final live website or application.
• Participate in project estimation and contribute to authoring technical and business requirement documentation.

Who you are

• You currently hold an active certification from Contentful such as Certified Professional, Certified Content Manager, and have obtained Contentful skill badges such as Personalization, Studio for Developers, and Studio for Content Managers. 
• You have experience designing solutions and integrating multiple Contentful products (core platform, personalization, studio) into a holistic customer-tailored solution.
• Experience with: Building websites for Contentful and using modern frontend frameworks including Next.js.
• Solid understanding of Contentful and frontend website architecture and development best practices.
• Hands-on experience as a frontend website developer throughout your career.
• Integration of web pages and applications with GraphQL services; Node-based workflow and build systems such as Webpack; Modern web development practices including implementing responsive design and mobile-first layouts.
• Experience and understanding of building web applications intended to run in cloud platforms and services such as Vercel. 
• Solid understanding of Continuous Integration technologies and deployment frameworks. (Maven, Docker, Jenkins/Github Actions).
• Experience leading teams of software engineers.

Great if you also have:

• Client facing consulting experience. 
• Any architect-level certification on Vercel.
• Eagerness and flexibility to learn new technologies, tools, and cloud platforms.

For Chicago, the estimated hourly range for this position is between $77and $94. For New York, the estimated hourly range for this position is between $83and $101. The range for this position in other geographies may vary based on market differences.The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits (What We Offer)

Work with the Best: Collaborate with top-tier professionals across media, advertising, tech, fashion, lifestyle, and publishing, shaping the future of these dynamic industries.

Grow Your Skills: Unlock your potential with access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and exclusive industry events.

Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work, empowering you to balance professional success with personal priorities.

Foster Connection & Belonging: Join our Employee Resource Groups and help create a welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered.

Wellness First: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1.

Plan for Your Financial Future: Enjoy competitive financial perks, including a 401(k) plan with a generous company match.