About the Opportunity
Join Contentful as a Full Stack Software Engineer (f/m/d) with the Taxonomies and Search team. This role will focus on enhancing and maintaining the platform's core content capabilities, including taxonomies, ontologies, tags, and search.
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 taxonomy and search solutions, optimizing processes and improving scalability.
What to expect?
1. Collaborate and Innovate: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to build a best-in-class taxonomy and search product for our customers.
2. Full Stack Development: Design, develop, and maintain scalable frontend and backend features using TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
3. Holistic Thinking: Consider components and systems while considering a holistic user experience.
4. Rapid Problem-Solving: Quickly fix bugs and solve problems to enhance customer satisfaction.
What you need to be successful
5. Proven Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer in a product development environment.
6. Proven experience in building APIs and services that efficiently handle large volumes of traffic.
7. Technical Proficiency: Strong skills in TypeScript, React, and Node.js. Interested in clean code practices and familiarity with enterprise architectural design patterns.
8. Cloud Services Familiarity: Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
9. Problem-Solving Skills: Natural problem-solver who brings forward ideas leading to practical solutions and product growth.
10. Collaborative Mindset: Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
11. Adaptability: Ability to organize and prioritize competing workloads in a fast-paced environment.
12. Proficiency in using CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Circle CI) and maintaining automated tests with tools like Jest or Mocha.
13. Proactive approach with a high sense of ownership.
14. Great communication skills in English, especially when explaining complex technical concepts.
15. Experiences in the Taxonomies / Search space are a plus but not essential.
What's in it for you?
16. Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
17. Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
18. Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
19. 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
20. Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
21. 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
22. An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical, financial, or emotional health
23. A monthly communication phone/internet stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement.
24. New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best.
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