Senior Solution Engineer (f/m/d)

In this role you partner with account executives to support EMEA customers, validating requirements against Contentful, designing solutions, and demonstrating value through technical evaluations. You will travel up to 50% and collaborate with global teams to ensure smooth onboarding of new customers. You’ll translate business needs into technical demonstrations and communicate feedback to product and marketing. This position sits at the crossroads of sales, engineering, and customer success, shaping how brands deliver digital experiences with Contentful.

• Assist Account Executives in understanding customer needs and comparing Contentful to legacy tech
• Validate project requirements against Contentful and identify technical/business risks
• Create product demonstrations and support technical evaluations to show integration with client stacks
• Communicate customer needs and product feedback to product, marketing, and sales
• Collaborate with Solution Architects and Customer Success to ensure successful implementation and launch of projects

• 3-5 years as a Sales/Solution Engineer/Architect or Solution Consultant for a cloud-based PaaS/SaaS company; or 5-10 years as a developer in digital experience delivery with marketing tech platforms (CMS, Commerce, Personalisation)
• Strong presentation skills for diverse audiences (marketing-focused and technical)
• Proven experience with current web technologies (JavaScript frameworks, static site generators, REST APIs, CDNs, CI/CD)
• High emotional intelligence for navigating meetings with multiple stakeholders
• Curiosity about how technology drives change and business value

• emotional intelligence
• effective communication
• curiosity about tech-driven business value
• JavaScript frameworks
• static site generators
• REST APIs