Senior Backend Engineer, Contentful
Focus Ninetailed Experience API
+ Stock Options
Content management platform
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Content management platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
+ Stock Options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To modernize how content flows by leading the transition from legacy CMS to content infrastructure.
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Company mission
To modernize how content flows by leading the transition from legacy CMS to content infrastructure.
Our take
Creating, distributing and managing digital content can be complex, time-consuming and difficult, especially at scale. Contentful solves this problem by centralizing all content management into one API-based system.
Since founding in 2013, Contentful has grown to become one of the largest companies of its kind. It now serves thousands of customers, many of which are enterprises such as Danone and Bang & Olufsen. Importantly, the company has continued to improve its offering, for example by partnering with eSSENTIAL Accessibility to offer a way for users to achieve ADA compliance.
In recent years, Contentful has grown its executive team, attracting top talent from companies like Zendesk and Atlassian which has helped to accelerate its ambitious growth strategy. It has also expanded its relationship with AWS, launching the Contentful Composable Content Platform in AWS Marketplace, a key move that will help to broaden its reach and ensure it remains a key player in the competitive CMS market.
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Benefits
- Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
- Generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, education days, and volunteer days
- Plus, Contentful socks! And other amazing swag as part of company events. Oh yeah!
- Enjoy a full range of virtual events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for information, support, discussion, and counseling for life’s challenges
- A monthly phone/internet stipend and phone upgrade reimbursement after 2 years
- Use your personal education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
- Use your physical fitness budget to get away from your desk and support your physical wellness
Company values
- Be humble - We are not centered on ourselves, but focus on the needs and contributions of others around them
- Embody a growth mindset - We believe in our collective potential to develop and evolve through dedication and continuous learning
- Start with the customer and work backwards - The first question we ask is “What customer need does this solve?” and treats each customer with empathy
- Strive together - Creating anything of significance without collaboration is challenging, so we work hard together to make an impact
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jul 2021
$175m
SERIES F
Jun 2020
$80m
SERIES E
Total funding: $331.2m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Paolo Negri
(CTO)Previously worked as Senior Developer at AutoScout24, and Senior Developer Team Lead at Wooga.
Sascha Konietzke
(CSO & Board Member)Previously worked as EMEA Manager at Hewlett-Packard, and founded a range of companies including angel investment firm Ko9.
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Diversity is a priority (1)
Growing fast (1)
Strong leadership (1)
The leadership team of Contentful is diverse, coming from larger organisations as well as smaller start-ups. They are trying to put together their experience of what worked well and what failed in their past experience, which makes for a great approach of learning from the past, whilst having a very future oriented strategy.
People, HR, Recruitment
Strong leadership
Dec 2021
The company doubled in size (revenue & HC) every year since 2018. They distributed this growth fairly across a number of regions in EMEA & the US. The company set up new entities in the Uk, Ireland & Netherlands, signalling their intention to build regional teams there. It's very exciting to have the opportunity to be amongst the first regional office people for a company which is showing clear signs of having the chance to grow to be a next SFDC.
People, HR, Recruitment
Growing fast
Dec 2021
I really like the no-nonsense approach to D+E+I in Contentful. We employ people from over 70 nationalities, there are a lot of grassroots employee initiatives focused on Neurodiversity, LGBTQIA+ communities, racial and ethnic diversity, bias, etc. I have seen all members of the leadership team - the founders Paolo and Sacha, as well as Steve & regional leaders - at the forefront of promoting these events and actively participating in the meetings.
People, HR, Recruitment
Diversity is a priority
Dec 2021
