Description:
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 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?
- Proven Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer in a product development environment.
- Technical Proficiency: Strong skills in TypeScript, React, and Node.js. Interested in clean code practices and familiarity with enterprise architectural design patterns.
- Strong experience with Node.js: Expertise in building RESTful APIs, GraphQL services, and backend systems using Node.js.
- Strong Experience with GraphQL: Practical knowledge of building, maintaining, and optimizing GraphQL APIs.
- Cloud and Deployment Knowledge: Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud, etc.), and technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes and Terraform.
- Database Knowledge: Experience working with both SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
- Version Control Systems: Proficient in Git and understanding of workflows such as GitFlow.
- API-First Design: Experience in building and maintaining robust, flexible APIs with an emphasis on scalability and performance.
- Asynchronous Programming: Deep understanding of event-driven programming and handling asynchronous processes in Node.js.