Senior Backend Engineer - Commercial Services (f/m/d) (Berlin)

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.

About The Role

Commercial Services is a part of Foundation Engineering at Contentful. Our teams operate at the intersection of Contentful’s customers, products, and business operations. We manage the complete customer and product life cycles; we report our customers’ billing and usage with an emphasis on accuracy and depth of insights; we protect our customers’ data through secure identity and access management; and we build and operate a highly available and precise control plane for Contentful.

If you enjoy working on a broad range of complex and impactful Software Engineering problems for a rapidly growing customer base, this will be a great opportunity for your career.

What To Expect

• Identify, scope, and lead technical projects while building the foundation for early products to iteratively evolve and scale
• Own solving problems for our customers end-to-end across a variety of systems and services, in close collaboration with other engineers on your team
• Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
• Actively participate in setting strategic direction and making product decisions, working closely with product managers and other stakeholders

What You Need To Be Successful

• You love to write high-quality code and enjoy coding in multiple languages such as Ruby and JavaScript/TypeScript
• You enjoy designing and operating highly available and robust distributed systems
• You enjoy working together in a cross-functional team to discover and deliver innovative solutions for customers 
• You care deeply about teaching and mentoring other engineers
• You communicate well in English and you know how to cultivate empathy and openness towards people from all over the globe

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 ownership and the success of our company
• We value Work-Life balance and You Time! A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, education days, and volunteer days
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for information, support, discussion, and counseling for life’s challenges
• Use your personal education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career. Join a free German class or one of our many internal learning initiatives!
• Use your physical fitness budget to get away from your desk and support your physical wellness
• Enjoy a full range of virtual events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties 
• A monthly phone/internet stipend and phone upgrade reimbursement after 2 years
• New hire office equipment stipend. Get the gear you need to work at your best
• Plus, Contentful socks! And other amazing swag as part of company events. Oh yeah!

To view more career opportunities, visit https://www.contentful.com/careers

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