Remote Senior Fullstack Software Engineer - Taxonomy and Search (f/m/d)

Description:

• Join Contentful as a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (f/m/d) with the Taxonomies and Search team.
• Focus on enhancing and maintaining the platform's core content capabilities, including taxonomies, ontologies, tags, and search.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to build best-in-class platform insights for customers.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable frontend and backend features using TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
• Consider components and systems while ensuring a holistic user experience.
• Quickly fix bugs and solve problems to enhance customer satisfaction.
• Utilize analytics to inform product decisions and improve features.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving development processes.
• Work closely with the data department to surface useful information to customers.

Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer in a product development environment.
• Proven experience in building APIs and services that efficiently handle large volumes of traffic.
• Strong skills in TypeScript, React, and Node.js, with an interest in clean code practices and familiarity with enterprise architectural design patterns.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Natural problem-solver who brings forward ideas leading to practical solutions and product growth.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to organize and prioritize competing workloads in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in using CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Circle CI) and maintaining automated tests with tools like Jest or Mocha.
• Proactive approach with a high sense of ownership.
• Great communication skills in English, especially when explaining complex technical concepts.
• Experience with serverless architectures and lower-level languages such as Rust or Go are a plus.

Benefits:

• 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 the company.
• Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support growing families.
• 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 growing families.
• Use a personal annual education budget to improve skills and grow in your career.
• Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities.
• An annual wellbeing stipend to care for 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 to get the gear needed to work at their best.