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About the Opportunity
We are looking for a Senior Data Platform Engineer to join our Data Group and help drive forward the evolution of our internal data platform. This is a handson engineering role where youll be writing code building tools and shipping systems that make data more reliable scalable and userfriendly across the organization.
Youll bring a combination of technical depth data fluency and platform thinkingnot just designing solutions but delivering them in production. Your work will directly empower our data teams and internal users by making the platform more usable stable and futureready.
Youll be part of a small experienced team with endtoend ownership and a growing focus on data as a product. Youll help bring structure and stability while enabling innovation.
What to expect
- Design and implement core components of the data platform with a focus on scalability stability and developer experience
- Write clean maintainable code in Python and SQL to build orchestration workflows internal tools and data servicesv
- Build and maintain systems within the AWS ecosystem for data quality observability CI/CD and infrastructureascode (e.g. Terraform)
- Enhance platform resilience through strategic system improvements to build a foundation for sustainable reliability as we scale.
- Collaborate with Data Engineers DevOps and Product teams to align platform features with user needs
- Contribute to the platform roadmap and continuously prioritize based on feedback usage and longterm maintainability
- Share best practices and support the team in building a thoughtful engineering culture
What you need to be successful
- 5 years of experience in data engineering platform or infrastructure roles
- Strong handson development skills in Python and SQL
- Experience building and maintaining data pipelines with tools like Airflow dbt or Spark
- Familiarity with modern data lake/lakehouse architectures and table formats such as Apache Iceberg
- Proficiency with cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS or GCP) including Terraform Kubernetes and CI/CD
- A pragmatic reliable approach to system design automation and platform maintenance
NicetoHaves
- Experience with data product thinking or internal platform development
- Familiarity with metadata management data lineage or data quality tooling
- Previous work in a small highownership engineering team
- Background in software engineering (e.g. Go Java or Typescript)
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 a leading digital experience platform that helps modern businesses meet the growing demand for engaging personalized content at scale. By blending composability with native AI capabilities Contentful enables dynamic personalization automated content delivery and realtime experimentation powering nextgeneration digital experiences across brands regions and channels for more than 4200 organizations worldwide. More than 700 people from more than 70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful working from hubs in Berlin Denver San Francisco London New York and distributed worldwide.
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 we 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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Senior IC
Employment Type
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