Backend Software Engineer (f/m/d)

Contentful

about 10 hours ago

Dublin, Ireland

Mid Level

H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

Design and build core backend systems for dynamic content resolution and delivery.
Define and evolve APIs, schemas, and versioning strategies for long-term stability.
Solve complex engineering and content modeling problems across multiple layers and systems.
Implement deterministic, cache-aware execution pipelines with strong performance guarantees.
Develop on platforms using AWS, CloudFlare, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
Own the system in production, ensuring observability, debugging, and operational reliability.
Collaborate closely with product managers and other engineers.

Strong backend skills and knowledge of system design, performance, and maintainability.
Experience with owning, maintaining, and improving complex, long-lived production systems.
Experience with evolving APIs and data models used by other teams or customers.
Product mindset with empathy for customers, including content practitioners and developers.
Ability to work effectively in ambiguity and make sound technical tradeoffs.
Strong teamwork skills, able to explain technical choices and be open to diverse opinions.

Stock options for full-time employees to share in the company's success.
Comprehensive healthcare package covering 100% of employee health premiums and 85% for dependents.
Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet.
Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick days, and volunteer days.
Company paid parental leave for employees.
Personal annual education budget for skill improvement.
Annual wellbeing stipend for physical, financial, or emotional health.
Monthly communication stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement.
New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees.

AWSCloudflareDockerGraphQLKubernetesTerraformTypeScript