Staff Software Engineer - Analytics Platform
Description For Staff Software Engineer - Analytics Platform
Contentful is seeking a technical leader to spearhead their evolving Analytics product. This Staff Software Engineer role combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic product development, focusing on building and scaling a robust analytics platform that processes billions of events daily. The position offers an opportunity to work with modern cloud technologies, including GCP and Cloudflare Workers Platform, while collaborating directly with senior leadership and customers.
The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in data-intensive systems and analytics platforms, with strong expertise in TypeScript and cloud-native architectures. You'll be responsible for defining the end-to-end architecture, from SDK integration to data processing pipelines, while ensuring enterprise-grade scalability and performance.
Working at Contentful means joining a diverse team of 800+ professionals from 70+ nations, contributing to a platform that serves nearly 30% of Fortune 500 companies. The company offers comprehensive benefits, including equity, full healthcare coverage, parental leave, and education budgets, fostering both professional growth and work-life balance.
This role is perfect for someone who combines technical excellence with strategic thinking, enjoys mentoring others, and wants to make a significant impact on a product used by major enterprises worldwide. The position offers the flexibility of remote work, with main hubs in Berlin and Denver, and emphasizes both individual contribution and collaborative success.
Responsibilities For Staff Software Engineer - Analytics Platform
- Define and drive end-to-end architecture of analytics platform
- Establish strategies for scalability and performance optimization
- Provide hands-on guidance in resolving technical issues
- Mentor and guide engineers
- Partner with leadership to shape product roadmap
- Participate in customer discussions
- Contribute code and architectural artifacts
- Design and optimize data pipelines
- Implement high-traffic APIs
- Deploy and operate statistical and machine learning models
Requirements For Staff Software Engineer - Analytics Platform
- Extensive experience building and scaling data-intensive products
- Ability to craft end-to-end system architectures
- Strong coding skills and commercial experience with server-side TypeScript
- Experience in designing APIs for high-traffic applications
- Cloud-native experience (GCP and Cloudflare Workers Platform)
- Familiarity with modern data engineering practices
- Strong collaboration skills
- Excellent English communication skills
- Experience with high-throughput analytics or data platforms
- Proven success in B2B enterprise product environments
Benefits For Staff Software Engineer - Analytics Platform
- Stock Options
- Comprehensive healthcare package (100% coverage for employees, 85% for dependents)
- Fertility and family building benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Company paid parental leave
- Personal annual education budget
- Virtual and in-person events
- Annual wellbeing stipend
- Monthly communication stipend
- Phone hardware upgrade reimbursement
- New hire office equipment stipend
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