Senior Demo Engineer fmd
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About the opportunity
As a Demo Software Engineer (f/m/d) you will be responsible for developing digital applications showcasing the use of Contentful within wellestablished categories and emerging areas. You will be the first to see new product features and play a critical role in bringing them to the market by building demos featured in product launches analyst calls and annual customer conferences. In the offseason you will help Contentful users get the most out of the product by developing howto guides and tutorials recording technical videos and occasionally conducting inperson workshops.
This is a handson position that requires solid development skills and experience in shipping successful digital applications. You will be routinely asked to create things from scratch and craft delightful interaction loops so creative thinking and good UX instincts are important for this role. Expect to be working on a wide range of tasks frontend backend QA devops and a diverse set of projects spanning web mobile internal tooling and AI. The demo team operates a modern technology stack and has a lot of say in deciding what tools and architectural patterns to use on the job.
While the core Demo team is small we work with numerous stakeholders to deliver on our goals. We partner with Sales Product Engineering and Partnership teams to identify key business requirements and technical specifications for demo assets. We are experienced at augmenting our team with freelancers agencies and partners when tackling largescale development projects. And we work closely with other marketing teams to drive product adoption through longterm educational programs and ad hoc campaigns.
What to expect
Be a part of an agile development team with a high impact across the organization:
- Support popular customer use cases and enable integrations with leading cloud providers AI services and SaaS vendors.
- Identify highvalue technical problems and prototype quick solutions in the form of components apps integrations or fullfledged demo environments to address them.
- Master technical topics underpinning effective use of the Contentful platform including content modeling design systems content orchestration composable architectures etc.
- Develop expertise in using the customerfacing Contentful platform (e.g. APIs CLI webhooks Forma36 design system App framework etc. and internal systems (e.g. monitoring deployment AIassisted development work)
- Effectively leverage devops infrastructure and AI tools to automate repetitive tasks conduct effective QA and support endtoend workflows for internal users
- Prototype new integrations with our tech partners (among them OpenAI Vercel Algolia Commercetools Bynder Ninetailed Slack)
- Collaborate with Sales Engineering Developer Relations Solutions Architecture and Product Marketing to create polished demo sites and apps
- Collaborate with Product Management Engineering and Design to implement new features in demo environments and provide effective product feedback
- Coach junior engineers and peers act as a tech lead for crossfunctional projects and projects delivered by external contractors
What do you need to be successful
- 7 years of software development experience and/or systems engineering experience
- Strong technical experience with JavaScript TypeScript and React
- Solid understanding of modern frontend frameworks (React/Vue/Svelte)
- Extensive experience working with APIs (including GraphQL API)
- Understanding of CI/CD workflows and devops best practices
- Ability to identify and prioritize highimpact problems and independently deliver solutions that provide reasonable effort/quality tradeoffs
- Innate curiosity and ability to empathize with end users
- Good communication skills and ability to present complex technical concepts in an accessible way
- Proactive attitude and ability to master new topics quickly (there is a lot to learn on the job)
- Experience in fullstack development working with AI implementing design systems in production launching mobile apps
Whats in it for you
- Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
- Fulltime employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
- Fertility and family building benefits including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
- We value WorkLife balance and You Time! A generous amount of paid time off including vacation days sick days education days compassion days for loss and volunteer days
- Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
- Enjoy a full range of virtual and inperson events including workshops guest speakers and fun team activities supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
- An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical financial or emotional health
- A monthly communication phone/internet stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement.
- New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best.
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Who are we
Contentful is the intelligent composable content platform that unlocks all of an organizations digital content to deliver impactful customer experiences making content a strategic business asset. The Contentful Platform Contentful Studio and the Contentful Ecosystem combine the flexibility of composable content with the intelligence of AI empowering digital teams to drive business momentum through collaboration speed and scale. Contentful powers innovative content experiences across brands regions and channels for organizations around the world including nearly 30 of the Fortune 500. Nearly 800 people from more than 70 nationscontribute their energy and creativity to Contentful working from hubs in Berlin Denver and distributed around the world.
Everyone is welcome here!
Everyone is welcome here is a celebrated component of our culture. At Contentful we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color national origin religion sexual orientation gender gender identity age physical disability or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us!
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
