Backend Engineer

7 days ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Jobs for Humanity Full time
Job Description

About the Opportunity

Contentful is a modern content platform for businesses. Our mission is to enable digital teams across the world to quickly build the best digital experiences imaginable. We are only scratching the surface of our full potential, and we have an impressive amount of work ahead of us. This means you have an incredible opportunity to join us on this journey and do meaningful, challenging work whilst growing your career.

You will join Contentful as a Software Engineer (f/m/d) and be a part of an innovative team driving the future of content management and delivery through our suite of APIs. As a member of our team, you'll work on projects that directly impact our company's strategic goals and help deliver a best-in-class experience for our customers.

What to expect?
  • A dynamic work environment where it's not just what we do, but how we do it that matters.
  • Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers in a cross-functional team to build a best-in-class experience for our customers.
  • Join a central team within Contentful's Content Platform, working on cutting-edge projects that directly impact the company's strategic goals.
  • Innovate and improve content management for our customers by working on initiatives that connect and deliver content at scale, breaking down silos.
  • Develop on our Platform with modern services like AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
  • A dynamic work environment where it's not just what we do, but how we do it that matters.
  • Get involved in our journey to leverage AI to enhance user experience, streamline operations and unlock new capabilities.
  • Continuously enhance REST and GraphQL API experiences that consistently cater to billions of requests every month.
What you need to be successful
  • Experience in delivering robust distributed systems, REST APIs and event-driven architectures
  • Strong knowledge and commercial experience working with the server-side JavaScript ecosystem (Node.js) and TypeScript.
  • Experience working with both SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
  • Experience with working in an agile environment, passionate about operational excellence and coding best practices such as pair-programming and the testing trophy
  • Have strong teamwork skills, open to diverse opinions, able to give reasons for your technical decisions and guide/mentor less seasoned engineers
  • Familiarity with automated deployment processes (CI/CD) and version control (Git)
  • Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written (German is not required)
  • Knowledge of functional programming principles, GraphQL and serverless applications a plus
  • Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud, etc.), and technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes and Terraform also a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of building microservices architecture and handling distributed systems challenges.
  • Familiarity with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for efficient code delivery.
  • Experience working with PostgresSQL
  • Proven ability to identify performance bottlenecks and implement performance improvements in backend systems.
  • Prior experience working in Agile environments.
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
  • 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,  education days, compassion days for loss, and volunteer days
  • Time off to care for and focus on your growing family 
  • Use your personal 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 phone/internet 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.
Who are we?

Contentful is the intelligent composable content platform that unlocks all of an organization's digital content to deliver impactful customer experiences, making content a strategic business asset. The Contentful Platform, Contentful Studio, and the Contentful Ecosystem combine the flexibility of composable content with the intelligence of AI, empowering digital teams to drive business momentum through collaboration, speed, and scale. Contentful powers innovative content experiences across brands, regions, and channels for organizations around the world, including nearly 30% of the Fortune 500. Nearly 800 people from more than 70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful, working from hubs in Berlin, Denver and distributed around the world.

Everyone is welcome here

"Everyone is welcome here" is a celebrated component of our culture. At Contentful, we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical [dis]ability, or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us

If you need reasonable accommodations at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiting coordinator know.

Please be aware of scammers who may fraudulently allege to be from Contentful. These types of fraud can be carried out through copycat websites, fake email addresses claiming to be from our company, or social media. We do not ask for your personal information such as bank account numbers, identification numbers, etc through social media or chat-based apps, nor do we request or send money for the purchase of business equipment. If you suspect fraud, please report it to your local authorities, as well as reaching out to us at security-esk@contentful.com with any information you may have.

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