Senior Backend Software Engineer

Become part of the Contentful Team and help shape our integrated Analytics Platform.

At Contentful, you will play a key role in building and scaling our API-first analytics platform, a customer-facing product integrated into the Contentful platform. This platform processes billions of analytics events, providing customers with actionable insights to enhance their digital content strategies and seamlessly integrate with the broader Contentful ecosystem.

As a backend software engineer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, solve technical challenges, and contribute to a high-performing, cloud-native solution designed for enterprise-scale applications.

What Are Your Responsibilities?

• Develop and optimize APIs for the Contentful integrated analytics platform, focusing on high throughput event ingestion and querying large amounts of data.
• Work with data engineers and other teams to ensure smooth integration with the Contentful platform.
• Build reliable and scalable APIs while providing a great developer experience.
• Ensure system stability and cost efficiency through thoughtful design and implementation.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and automated testing to maintain observability.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR and other privacy regulations in all development efforts.

Your Experience

• Proven experience in backend development, particularly in building and maintaining high-traffic APIs.
• Strong Proficiency in TypeScript for server-side development.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies and architectures, with familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (e.g., Pub/Sub, BigQuery, CloudRun) and Cloudflare Workers being a plus.
• Exposure to API contracts (e.g., ts-rest, tRPC) and data contracts (e.g., Protocol Buffers, Avro) is beneficial but not required.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and focus on automated testing with frameworks like Jest or Vitest.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code practices (e.g., Terraform) is a plus.
• Commitment to writing maintainable, high-quality code with automated testing and observability built in.

What's in it for You?

• Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences.
• Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company.
• Comprehensive healthcare package covering 100% of monthly health premiums for employees and 85% of costs for your dependents. 
• 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, compassion days for loss, education days, and volunteer days
• Company-paid parental leave to care for and focus on your growing family 
• Use your 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 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.

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