FR - Coremedia Architect

Overview

Solution Architect for CoreMedia on strategic digital commerce programmes for LVMH Group brands, owning the target architecture of the CoreMedia platform and guiding delivery teams.

What you'll do

• Act as the architecture lead and main architectural point of contact for the CoreMedia programme, towards client architects, product owners and stakeholders.
• Define and own the target architecture and solution design of CoreMedia Content Cloud solutions (Studio, CAE, Headless Server, Content Delivery APIs), ensuring scalability, performance, security and maintainability.
• Remain hands-on on the most critical design topics: prototype and validate custom content types, Studio extensions, Blueprint customisation and Spring-based back-end components through proofs of concept.
• Establish architecture principles and engineering standards, lead architecture and design reviews, and ensure quality gates, test strategy and technical documentation (architecture decision records, diagrams).
• Design and secure the integration of CoreMedia with the wider ecosystem: e-commerce platform, PIM, DAM, search, personalisation, CDN and other third-party services through APIs.
• Translate business and functional requirements into target architecture and technical roadmaps, and contribute to estimation, backlog refinement and release planning.
• Define the CI/CD, environment and deployment strategy (containers, cloud), and support release readiness and production, including incident analysis and performance tuning.
• Govern technical debt, CoreMedia upgrades and Blueprint evolution, and anticipate architectural risks and dependencies.
• Coach and mentor Tech Leads and developers, promote knowledge sharing and architecture best practices, and foster technical autonomy and continuous improvement.
• Work in an Agile (Scrum / SAFe) setup: contribute to ceremonies and, in a SAFe environment, to PI Planning and the identification of architectural and technical dependencies across teams.
• Ensure clear reporting and visibility on architecture decisions, technical progress, risks and quality, using Jira and Confluence.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience in Java/JEE development, including 3+ years at least on CoreMedia (Content Cloud / CMS, Studio, CAE, Headless Server, Blueprint).
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring / Spring Boot, Maven, Freemarker/JSP templating and JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Solid experience designing REST and GraphQL APIs and headless / hybrid CMS architectures, including target-state definition and technology choices.
• Proven experience as Solution Architect or Technical Architect (or Lead Developer with architecture ownership): technical decision-making, architecture governance, design reviews and mentoring.
• Experience designing the integration of a CMS with e-commerce platforms, PIM, DAM and search solutions in a complex enterprise landscape.
• Good knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker/Kubernetes and a cloud provider (AWS, Azure or GCP), including cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Good understanding of performance, caching, security, SEO and accessibility for large-scale web platforms, and ability to define non-functional requirements.
• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, SAFe) with Jira and Confluence.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with technical teams, business stakeholders and clients, in onsite and distributed setups.
• Fluent English (C2).

Nice to have

• Experience on luxury, retail or large multi-brand, multi-site and multi-language digital platforms.
• CoreMedia certification or experience of CoreMedia major upgrades and migrations; TOGAF or cloud architect certification is a plus.
• Knowledge of e-commerce platforms.
• Front-end / headless experience (React, Next.js, Node.js).
• Experience in large-scale Agile organisations and SAFe ceremonies such as PI Planning.
• French is an asset (working proficiency appreciated).
• Consulting experience and a strong continuous improvement mindset.

Details

• Based in Germany. Permanent or Freelancer position.
• Nearshore (Germany): onsite presence with the client in Paris La Défense for a minimum of three consecutive days every month.
• In France: onsite presence with the client in Paris La Défense every week.
• Remote and hybrid work options available (country-dependent).