Senior Backend Engineer
Description For Senior Backend Engineer
Join Ninetailed by Contentful as a Senior Backend Engineer and be part of revolutionizing personalization & experimentation for leading businesses worldwide. You'll work on solving complex technical challenges to optimize low latency APIs that process billions of requests in real-time. The role focuses on building high-performance backend services using modern technologies like Cloudflare Workers, implementing sophisticated CDN & edge-based caching solutions, and ensuring system reliability and scalability.
The company, Contentful, is a leading intelligent composable content platform serving nearly 30% of Fortune 500 companies, with approximately 800 employees from over 70 nations. The culture emphasizes inclusivity and work-life balance, offering comprehensive benefits including stock options, education budgets, and flexible time off.
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll need strong expertise in TypeScript, API design, and serverless architectures. Experience with edge computing, CDN operations, and performance optimization is crucial. The role offers opportunities to work with cutting-edge technologies while solving challenging problems in content delivery and personalization.
The position comes with attractive benefits including stock options, comprehensive family benefits, education budget, wellbeing stipend, and equipment allowances. You'll be part of a diverse, global team contributing to a platform that powers digital experiences for leading businesses worldwide.
Responsibilities For Senior Backend Engineer
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services focusing on reliability and scalability
- Implement complex CDN & edge based caching solutions for personalized content delivery
- Solve technical challenges balancing performance and software architecture
- Monitor and optimize system performance through benchmarking
- Implement defensive coding practices for system resilience
- Maintain automated testing for code quality
- Stay current with latest technologies and evaluate their potential usage
Requirements For Senior Backend Engineer
- Proven experience in building APIs handling large traffic volumes
- Strong proficiency with server-side TypeScript and API protocol design
- Experience with serverless architectures and edge compute environments
- Experience with CDN operations and caching strategies
- Familiarity with Rust is a plus
- Experience with benchmarking and performance optimization
- Expertise in defensive coding practices
- Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
- Great communication skills in English
- Proactive approach with high sense of ownership
Benefits For Senior Backend Engineer
- Stock Options
- Fertility and family building benefits
- Generous paid time off including vacation, sick days, education days
- Personal annual education budget
- Virtual and in-person events
- Annual wellbeing stipend
- Monthly communication phone/internet stipend
- Phone hardware upgrade reimbursement
- New hire office equipment stipend
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