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Backend Software Engineer(m/w/x)
Building core backend systems for dynamic content resolution and delivery, handling billions of requests monthly at a digital experience platform. Experience owning and improving complex production systems required. Stock options, 100% employee health premiums, fertility and family building benefits.
Requirements
- Strong backend skills, system design, performance, and maintainability knowledge
- Experience owning, maintaining, and improving complex production systems
- Experience evolving APIs and data models
- Product mindset with customer empathy
- Ability to work in ambiguity and make sound technical tradeoffs
- Strong teamwork skills, technical reasoning, and openness to diverse opinions
- Familiarity with TypeScript, GraphQL, and serverless applications
- Familiarity with declarative systems, data transformation pipelines, and cache-heavy architecture
- Experience with content platforms, personalization, or similar systems
- Familiarity with AI tooling and its leverage in daily work
Tasks
- Design and build core backend systems for dynamic content resolution and delivery
- Define and evolve APIs, schemas, and versioning strategies
- Ensure long-term stability for APIs, schemas, and versioning
- Ensure strategies consistently handle billions of requests monthly
- Solve complex engineering and Content Modelling problems
- Work across multiple layers and systems
- Implement deterministic, cache-aware execution pipelines
- Ensure strong performance guarantees for pipelines
- Develop on our platform using AWS, CloudFlare, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
- Own the system in production
- Manage system observability, debugging, and operational reliability
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers
- Integrate into a high-performance ecosystem
Work Experience
- approx. 1 - 4 years
Education
- Vocational certificationOR
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- TypeScript
- GraphQL
- serverless applications
- declarative systems
- data transformation pipelines
- cache-heavy architecture
- AI tooling
Benefits
Competitive Pay
- Stock options
Healthcare & Fitness
- Comprehensive healthcare package
- 100% employee health premiums
- 85% dependent health costs
Family Support
- Fertility and family building benefits
Additional Allowances
- Lifetime reimbursable wallet
- Annual education budget
- Annual wellbeing stipend
- Monthly communication stipend
- New hire office equipment stipend
Other Benefits
- Sick days
- Compassion days
Learning & Development
- Education days
Purpose-Driven Work
- Volunteer days
Generous Parental Leave
- Company paid parental leave
Modern Equipment
- Phone hardware upgrade reimbursement
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Backend Software Engineer(m/w/x)
Building core backend systems for dynamic content resolution and delivery, handling billions of requests monthly at a digital experience platform. Experience owning and improving complex production systems required. Stock options, 100% employee health premiums, fertility and family building benefits.
Requirements
- Strong backend skills, system design, performance, and maintainability knowledge
- Experience owning, maintaining, and improving complex production systems
- Experience evolving APIs and data models
- Product mindset with customer empathy
- Ability to work in ambiguity and make sound technical tradeoffs
- Strong teamwork skills, technical reasoning, and openness to diverse opinions
- Familiarity with TypeScript, GraphQL, and serverless applications
- Familiarity with declarative systems, data transformation pipelines, and cache-heavy architecture
- Experience with content platforms, personalization, or similar systems
- Familiarity with AI tooling and its leverage in daily work
Tasks
- Design and build core backend systems for dynamic content resolution and delivery
- Define and evolve APIs, schemas, and versioning strategies
- Ensure long-term stability for APIs, schemas, and versioning
- Ensure strategies consistently handle billions of requests monthly
- Solve complex engineering and Content Modelling problems
- Work across multiple layers and systems
- Implement deterministic, cache-aware execution pipelines
- Ensure strong performance guarantees for pipelines
- Develop on our platform using AWS, CloudFlare, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
- Own the system in production
- Manage system observability, debugging, and operational reliability
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers
- Integrate into a high-performance ecosystem
Work Experience
- approx. 1 - 4 years
Education
- Vocational certificationOR
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- TypeScript
- GraphQL
- serverless applications
- declarative systems
- data transformation pipelines
- cache-heavy architecture
- AI tooling
Benefits
Competitive Pay
- Stock options
Healthcare & Fitness
- Comprehensive healthcare package
- 100% employee health premiums
- 85% dependent health costs
Family Support
- Fertility and family building benefits
Additional Allowances
- Lifetime reimbursable wallet
- Annual education budget
- Annual wellbeing stipend
- Monthly communication stipend
- New hire office equipment stipend
Other Benefits
- Sick days
- Compassion days
Learning & Development
- Education days
Purpose-Driven Work
- Volunteer days
Generous Parental Leave
- Company paid parental leave
Modern Equipment
- Phone hardware upgrade reimbursement
About the Company
Contentful
Industry
IT
Description
Contentful is a leading digital experience platform that helps modern businesses meet the growing demand for engaging, personalized content at scale.
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