Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Infrastructure (f/m/d)

As a Senior Software Engineer focused on content storage infrastructure domain, you will be responsible for innovating and maintaining Contentful’s underlying storage infrastructure and adjacent services. You’ll join a team that supports each other and works closely across domains, impacting customer experience with scalability and performance features.

• Proven experience in software development and systems engineering
• Strong understanding of relational database engines (preferably PostgreSQL)
• Thorough AWS knowledge across core services: RDS, S3, Lambda, SNS/SQS
• Terraform and Kubernetes expertise
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Typescript, Go)
• Experience with observability stacks (metrics, logs, tracing) and tools like Splunk and DataDog
• Natural problem-solver
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to organize and prioritize competing workloads in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent English communication skills, verbal and written

• 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 dependents
• Fertility and family building benefits
• Generous amount of paid time off
• Annual education budget to improve skills
• A full range of virtual and in-person events
• Annual wellbeing stipend
• Monthly communication phone/internet stipend
• New hire office equipment stipend