DXP Architect
- Posted
- Employment type
- Full-time
Who we’re looking for
- Proven experience with Contentstack CMS
- Strong understanding of headless and composable architecture principles (MACH)
- Demonstrated ability to deliver enterprise-scale DXP implementations
- Hands-on experience with Contentstack capabilities: Content modeling and environment architecture
- REST & GraphQL APIs
- Webhooks and automation (e.g., Contentstack Automate)
- Extensions and marketplace integrations
- Strong knowledge of modern web technologies: JavaScript / TypeScript
- HTML5, CSS3
- Frontend frameworks (React, Next.js preferred)
- Experience with: API design and integration (REST, GraphQL)
- Microservices and serverless architectures
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Solid understanding of: CDN and edge delivery strategies
- Security, authentication (OAuth, JWT)
- Strong expertise in software architecture and distributed systems
- Ability to: Drive architectural decisions and governance
- Facilitate client workshops and align stakeholders
- Translate business goals into technical solutions
- Experience working in consulting environments with cross-functional teams
- Proven ability to lead and influence teams in complex delivery setups
- Degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, or comparable experience
- Fluent in English
- French proficiency is a big plus and strongly preferred.
What you’ll do
- Lead the end-to-end architecture of digital platforms based on Contentstack CMS
- Define and drive composable DXP strategies in alignment with client transformation roadmaps
- Translate business and marketing requirements into scalable, API-first solution architectures
- Design and oversee: Content models, taxonomies, and governance frameworks. Multi-channel and multi-site delivery strategies, localization and editorial workflows
- Define integration patterns across the ecosystem (e.g., commerce, DAM, CDP, personalization tools)
- Collaborate with frontend teams using frameworks such as Next.js, React, or Vue
- Drive proof of concepts (PoCs), technology evaluations, and innovation initiatives
- Ensure performance optimization via CDN strategies, caching, and edge delivery
- Provide technical leadership to distributed development teams: Code reviews, Architecture governance, Mentorship and best practices
- Partner with DevOps teams to define CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployment models
- Act as a client-facing architect, supporting workshops, solution presentations, and pre-sales activities
About the position
We Dream. We Do. We Deliver. At Merkle, a dentsu company, we power the experience economy. Whether we’re building the next great app, running CRM at scale for global brands, delivering technology architectures that support millions of users, or providing world-class data, identity, and insights solutions, it’s all in the name of crafting experiences that set brands apart from the competition. Backed by dentsu's legacy of innovation and creativity originating in Japan, we’ve spent over 35 years helping brands build loyalty, drive growth, and connect meaningfully with their audiences. We’ve been named a global “Leader” by top industry analyst firms in categories as wide-ranging as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management.
Benefits
- 25 days of holidays
- 2 volunteer days for charitable activities
- 3 extra wellness days on top of your vacation days and a Mental Health First Aider and Employee Assistance program to support your well-being
- 40-hour week & overtime compensation
- Flexible working hours model (flextime)
- State-of-the-art, creative office space with ergonomically equipped workstations
- Full access to Dentsu Academy, on-site learning sessions, online language courses
- Referral bonus program
- Workation possibility
- Team events: company parties, monthly breakfasts, aperos