Senior Software Engineer, Contentful
Marketplace
$174-189k
Equity
Content management platform
Open for applications
Content management platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$174-189k
Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To modernize how content flows by leading the transition from legacy CMS to content infrastructure.
Role
Who you are
- Have 7+ years of software development experience
- Enjoy building high-quality products and services using TypeScript, Node.js, and React
- Knowledgeable about modern front-end frameworks and tools and can thoughtfully advocate for their use while understanding when it’s best to maintain existing solutions
- Have experience and interest in software infrastructure and tooling, such as AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes
- Communicate effectively and is passionate about collaboration, pair programming, and mentoring others
- Excitement about collaborating with a broader engineering organization across multiple time zones and handling asynchronous communication
- Curiosity about AI and interested in how it can be thoughtfully integrated into our platform to better serve customers
What the job involves
- App Marketplace: Design, plan, and build improvements to the Contentful App Marketplace, from usability and developer experience to security hardening to accessibility
- Find process improvements and technical solutions to external contributions, reducing friction to contribution without concessions to security and user confidence
- Design and implement strategies that improve Contentful’s developer user experience
- Build tools and frameworks that streamline the end-to-end development process
- Identify and develop product enhancements to maximize the platform’s extensibility
- Collaborate with UX/UI designers to create intuitive and user-friendly interfaces for developer products
- App Framework: Contribute to the development and improvement of tools that allow apps to customize Contentful to meet user and business needs through the App Framework.
- Actively engage with feedback from internal teams and external developers to identify and implement enhancements to the App Framework
- Stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure our tools and SDKs stay up-to-date and continue to offer an outstanding developer experience
- Technical Leadership: Provide collaborative guidance to other engineers, fostering an inclusive and innovative work environment.
- Proactively drive alignment between product teams and cross-functional stakeholders
- Stay up-to-date with advancements in developer tools, industry trends, and emerging technologies to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge
- Customer Empathy: Have an understanding of the struggles our customers face and help inform the team’s work and priorities.
- Monitor and respond to Contentful’s existing and prospective customers to obtain feedback, help drive the product vision, and find areas of opportunity and innovation
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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Employee endorsements
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: $331.2m
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
- Comprehensive health/dental/vision care package covering 100% of monthly premiums for employees
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave to care for and focus on your growing family
- New hire office equipment stipend. Get the gear you need to work at your best
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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