Software Engineer

Summary

Join Contentful as a Product Engineer and become a key architect of our future, redefining how the world interacts with digital content. You will build tools empowering marketing teams to create impactful digital experiences at scale. This role requires solving tough challenges, driving transformative solutions, and pushing boundaries. You'll own solution design, development, and delivery, collaborating with stakeholders and communicating complex technical concepts. The ideal candidate possesses full-stack expertise, product engineering experience, and a strong background in automated testing. Contentful offers a comprehensive benefits package, including stock options, family benefits, generous paid time off, education budget, wellbeing stipend, and more.

Requirements

• Full Stack Expertise: Proven track record as a Full Stack Software Engineer with substantial experience using TypeScript, React, and Node.js
• Demonstrable product engineering experience: Proven experience in a customer-centric product engineering role, demonstrating ownership, urgency, and the ability to drive moderately large initiatives independently
• Solid Background in Automated Testing: Including both unit and e2e tests, using frameworks like Jest & Playwright
• Containerization and Orchestration: Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Cloud Services Familiarity: Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP

Responsibilities

• Own and Drive Solutions: Autonomously solve customer problems by leading the design, development, and delivery of features, navigating complex frontend and backend architecture using TypeScript, React, and Node.js. Take full accountability for solution success, from concept to release, embracing long-term ownership
• Execute with an Entrepreneurial Spirit: Demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit by setting ambitious execution goals, leading through uncertainty, and adapting rapidly as you solve complex, undefined challenges. Contribute to & lead initiatives with a clear sense of ownership, including managing timelines, communicating with stakeholders, and maintaining a balance between speed and quality
• Collaborate with stakeholders: Partner closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to build best-in-class solutions for our customers
• Communicate Complex Technical Concepts: Effectively communicate complex technical concepts, and proposals through briefs, RFCs, and architecture diagrams, ensuring clarity with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Design for Scale and Quality: Contribute to technical design decisions around new product features with scalability and maintainability top of mind. Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks and obstacles, ensuring solutions are robust and aligned with business needs
• Drive Iterative Scope and Parallel Execution: Vertically slice large tasks into iterations, organizing work to maximize parallel execution across the team for optimal lead time
• Steer towards Architectural North Star: Contribute to defining the holistic architectural North Star for the product and systematically enable architectural pivots by attaching refactors to adjacent product deliverables
• Experiment and Innovate with AI: Drive the integration of AI technologies into our platform, identifying opportunities for new features and leading green-field solution development in the AI space. Embrace an iterative and experimental mindset to chase moving targets effectively

Preferred Qualifications

• Applied AI: Previous experience leading or being involved in AI-based feature development is highly appreciated
• No-code tools: Prior experience building no-code tools
• DevOps Mindset: Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies
• Distributed Team Experience: Prior experience in remote work etiquette collaborating with distributed team members
• Startup Experience: Prior early-stage startup experience is a huge plus

Benefits

• Full-time 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 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