Senior Software Engineer - Identity and Access Management (f/m/d)
Company Description
Company Name: Contentful
Job Description
Join Contentful as a Senior Software Engineer and take a central role in enhancing our Identity and Access Management (IAM) capabilities. Our platform serves billions of requests daily, with customers trusting us with their content—making scalability and security equally crucial. We seek engineers passionate about building an IAM platform that delivers a seamless experience for both internal and external users.
Become a part of the innovative team at Contentful, where we empower thousands of customers to manage content at scale. We're looking for someone who is passionate about building innovative solutions, optimizing processes, and improving scalability while balancing strategic thinking with effective problem-solving.
What to expect?- Collaborate and Innovate: Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers to develop industry-leading IAM capabilities for our customers and internal teams.
- Full Stack Development: While everyone has a certain focus, we want people to design, develop, and maintain scalable frontend and backend features using Ruby, Node.js, K8, AWS Lambda, Terraform, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, and more.
- Systems Thinking: Design cohesive solutions that consider individual components and the overall user experience while allowing us to grow.
- Efficient Problem-Solving: Identify and resolve issues quickly to maintain high customer satisfaction.
- Data-Driven Development: Use data analytics to guide product decisions and feature improvements as well as catering to performance and security concerns.
- Continuous Improvement: Participate in shaping our team to help enhance our ways of working and our development processes as well as our domain and its components.
- Professional Experience: Proven track record as a Senior Software Engineer in product development, with demonstrated success in building high-traffic APIs and services.
- Technical Expertise: Strong proficiency in Ruby, TypeScript/Node.js, relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL), non-relational databases (e.g. dynamoDB), event-driven systems (e.g. SNS/SQS, RMQ, Kafka), as well as Docker, Kubernetes and enterprise-level distributed system architecture.
- Cloud Platform Experience: Working knowledge of major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Problem-Solving Ability: Strong analytical skills with a track record of developing practical solutions that drive product growth.
- Team Player: Excellent English communication skills with proven ability to work effectively in collaborative environments.
- Time Management: Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize tasks in fast-paced settings.
- Development Practices: Experience with continuous development methods (XP experience is beneficial).
- Initiative: Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership, curiosity and constant learning.
- Experience with the following is a plus: • Serverless architectures • Systems programming languages (Rust or Go) • Edge computing and storage solutions (Fastly/Cloudflare)
- 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 our company
- Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
- We value Work-Life balance and You Time! A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, education days, compassion days for loss, and volunteer days
- Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
- Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
- An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your 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. Get the gear you need to work at your best.
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Contentful is the intelligent composable content platform that unlocks all of an organization’s digital content to deliver impactful customer experiences, making content a strategic business asset. The Contentful Platform, Contentful Studio, and the Contentful Ecosystem combine the flexibility of composable content with the intelligence of AI, empowering digital teams to drive business momentum through collaboration, speed, and scale. Contentful powers innovative content experiences across brands, regions, and channels for organizations around the world, including nearly 30% of the Fortune 500. Nearly 800 people from more than 70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful, working from hubs in Berlin, Denver and distributed around the world.
Everyone is welcome here!“Everyone is welcome here” is a celebrated component of our culture. At Contentful, we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical [dis]ability, or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us!
If you need reasonable accommodations at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiting coordinator know.
Please be aware of scammers who may fraudulently allege to be from Contentful. These types of fraud can be carried out through copycat websites, fake email addresses claiming to be from our company, or social media. We do not ask for your personal information such as bank account numbers, identification numbers, etc through social media or chat-based apps, nor do we request or send money for the purchase of business equipment. If you suspect fraud, please report it to your local authorities, as well as reaching out to us at [email protected] with any information you may have.
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