FR - Tech Lead Coremedia

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At Valtech, you'll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries.

We are proud of:

We are looking for an experienced

Tech Lead - CoreMedia

to join our team and work on a strategic digital commerce programme for a leading

luxury brand within the LVMH Group

.

You will play a key role at the intersection of

technology, architecture, e-commerce and digital experience

, contributing both to the technical direction of the CoreMedia platform and to the successful delivery of complex digital projects.

You will act as a

technical reference for the development team

, helping define robust and scalable solutions while supporting Senior and experienced Developers in their technical growth

can be based in

Portugal, Germany or France

, with a requirement to work onsite with the client in Paris La Défense for a minimum of three consecutive days every month .

You will thrive in this role if you are:

Role responsibilities

technical lead and main technical point of contact

for the CoreMedia squad, towards client architects, product owners and stakeholders.

technical architecture and design

of CoreMedia Content Cloud solutions (Studio, CAE, Headless Server, Content Delivery APIs), ensuring scalability, performance, security and maintainability.

hands-on

on the most complex developments: custom content types, Studio extensions, Blueprint customisation, templates and Spring-based back-end components.

code reviews

and enforce engineering standards,

test automation

, quality gates and technical documentation.

integration of CoreMedia with the wider ecosystem

: e-commerce platform, PIM, DAM, search, personalisation, CDN and other third-party services through APIs.

technical solutions and stories

, contribute to estimation, backlog refinement and sprint planning.

CI/CD, environments and deployments

(containers, cloud), release readiness and production support, including incident analysis and

performance tuning

.

technical debt, CoreMedia upgrades

and Blueprint evolution, and anticipate technical risks and dependencies.

Coach and mentor

developers, promote knowledge sharing, onboard new members and foster technical autonomy and continuous improvement.

Agile (Scrum / SAFe)

setup: contribute to ceremonies and, in a SAFe environment, to

PI Planning

and the identification of technical dependencies across teams.

reporting and visibility

on technical progress, risks and quality, using Jira and Confluence

• The work we do and the innovation we drive
• Our values of share, care a nd dare
• A workplace culture that fosters creativity, diversity and autonomy
• Our borderless, global framework, which enables seamless collaboration
• A curious problem solver who challenges the status quo
• A collaborator who values teamwork and knowledge-sharing
• Excited by the intersection of technology, creativity and data
• Experienced in Agile methodologies and consulting (a plus)
• Act as the
• Define and own the
• Remain
• Lead
• Design and secure the
• Translate business and functional requirements into
• Drive
• Manage
• Work in an
• Ensure clear

To be considered for this role, you must meet the following essential qualifications:

7+ years of experience in Java/JEE development

, including

3+ years on CoreMedia

(Content Cloud / CMS, Studio, CAE, Headless Server, Blueprint).

Java, Spring / Spring Boot, Maven

,

Freemarker/JSP templating

and

JavaScript / TypeScript

.

REST and GraphQL APIs

and

headless / hybrid CMS architectures

.

Tech Lead or Lead Developer

: technical decision-making, architecture, code review and mentoring.

e-commerce platforms, PIM, DAM and search

solutions in a complex enterprise landscape.

Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker/Kubernetes

and a cloud provider (AWS, Azure or GCP).

performance, caching, security, SEO and accessibility

for large-scale web platforms.

Agile environments (Scrum, SAFe)

with

Jira and Confluence

.

technical teams, business stakeholders and clients

, in

onsite and distributed

setups.

Fluent English (C2)

CoreMedia certification

or experience of CoreMedia major upgrades and migrations.

SAP Commerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, commercetools

).

React, Next.js, Node.js

).

• Strong expertise in
• Solid experience designing
• Proven experience as
• Experience integrating a CMS with
• Good knowledge of
• Good understanding of
• Experience working in
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with
• Experience on luxury, retail or large multi-brand, multi-site and multi-language digital platforms.
• Knowledge of e-commerce platforms or marketplaces (e.g.
• Front-end / headless experience (
• Experience with obs