Senior Frontend Engineer, Contentful
Focus SDKs
+ Stock Options
Content management platform
Open for applications
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.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience building developer-facing tools, libraries, or open-source projects
- Strong experience with TypeScript, including deep understanding of its type system
- Proficient in using React and some of its higher level frameworks (e.g. Next.js, Remix, Astro etc.) and other similar libraries (e.g. Vue, Angular, Svelte, Nuxt.js) for front-end development
- Hands-on experience with modern bundlers such as Rollup, Vite, etc
- Solid background in automated testing, including both unit and e2e tests, using frameworks like Jest & Playwright
- Experience working with Web APIs and ensuring browser compatibility
- Experience in optimizing for bundle size and load time
- Familiarity with semantic versioning for managing public package releases
- Experience with Monorepos for handling multiple packages, ideally nx.dev is a plus
- Knowledge in mobile development (e.g. React Native) is great to have
- Strong collaborative mindset with experience working cross-functionally
- Great communication skills in English, especially when explaining complex technical concepts
What the job involves
- Join Ninetailed by Contentful as a Senior Frontend Engineer and shape the future of how digital personalized user experiences are being built at scale
- You’ll play a key role in developing SDKs and tools that empower developers to seamlessly integrate our platform
- Your work will directly impact the developer experience for major companies around the world
- Develop and maintain SDKs and tools that are both high-performing and enjoyable for developers to use
- Own the strategic future of the Ninetailed SDKs and its architecture
- Collaborate closely with API teams to implement efficient protocols to exchange events and render dynamic experiences in the most performant way possible
- Ensure stability & reliability through a great suite of unit and e2e tests
- Make the life of your peers and external users joyful by creating strong documentation
- Manage the release process for public packages using semantic versioning, ensuring smooth transitions and upgrades for developers
- Optimize for performance by focusing on reducing bundle sizes and improving load times
- Work with external engineers on different flavors of our SDKs to enable customers to use Ninetailed with mobile platforms
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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Diversity is a priority
"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..."
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jul 2021
$175m
SERIES F
Jun 2020
$80m
SERIES E
Total funding: $331.1m
Company 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
- Use your personal education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
- 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
- Use your physical fitness budget to get away from your desk and support your physical wellness
- A monthly phone/internet stipend and phone upgrade reimbursement after 2 years
- Plus, Contentful socks! And other amazing swag as part of company events. Oh yeah!
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for information, support, discussion, and counseling for life’s challenges
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
Company HQ
Brunnenviertel, Berlin, Germany
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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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