Senior Software Engineer (fml)

About the Opportunity

As a Senior Software Engineer focused on content storage infrastructure domain you will be responsible for innovating and maintaining Contentfuls underlying storage infrastructure and adjacent services. You will work on the very foundation of Contentful that our teams build on top of but also have the opportunity to directly impact our customers experience with scalability and performance features.

Youll join a team of thoughtful collaborative engineers who support each other share knowledge freely and work closely with teams across domains. If youre someone who thrives on responsibility and takes pride in building highly scalable and reliable systems that enable others - this might be the right place for you.

The team is placed in the infrastructure group.

What to expect

• Youll further design and develop our content storage infrastructure is foundational to the billions of requests we are serving today
• Youll work with AWS using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code best practices
• Youll collaborate closely with teams in the content storage and delivery domains
• Youll develop and maintain services written in Typescript and Go
• Youll help us stay ahead of operational risks - anticipating bottlenecks or failure points before they cause problems.

What you need to be successful

• Proven experience in software development and systems engineering experience
• Strong understanding of relational database engines (preferably PostgreSQL)
• Thorough AWS knowledge across core services: RDS S3 Lamda SNS/SQS
• Terraform and Kubernetes expertise
• Kafka experience is a plus
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Typescript Go)
• Experience with observability stacks (metrics logs tracing) and tools like Splunk and DataDog
• Problem-Solving Skills: Natural problem-solver who brings forward ideas leading to practical solutions and product growth.
• Collaborative Mindset: Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Adaptability: Ability to organize and prioritize competing workloads in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent English communication skills verbal and written (German not required).
• A collaborative mindset: youre helpful respectful and enjoy sharing knowledge
• Ability to context switch work through ambiguity and contribute across multiple workstreams
• You lead by example mentor others and embrace a culture of safe experimentation and continuous improvement

Whats in it for you

• Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
• Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
• Comprehensive healthcare package health/dental/vision care package covering 100% of monthly health premiums for employees and 85% of costs for your dependents.
• Fertility and family building benefits including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
• We value Work-Life 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
• Time off to care for and focus on your growing family
• Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
• Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person 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.

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 real-time experimentation powering next-generation 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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