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Contentful is the leading content platform for digital-first business
  • Scale Stage
    Rapidly increasing operations
  • Top Investors
    This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
  • Valuation $1B+
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Senior Data Engineer (f/m/d)

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About the Opportunity

We are searching for a highly-skilled Senior Data Engineer (f/m/d) to join our Data Group. In this role, you’ll be a critical player in building and optimizing the data pipelines that power our platform. You’ll work on designing scalable, reliable data solutions that support our internal teams and customers, enabling efficient data processing, usage tracking, and reporting.

You will be a key contributor to evolving our data infrastructure while collaborating with a diverse range of stakeholders, driving business impact through data.

What to expect?

  • Data Pipelining & Orchestration:

    • Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using Airflow, Python, and dbt to support data processing.
  • Architecture & Development:

    • Drive the architecture and development of a new Data Platform together with the team, ensuring scalability and adaptability for future needs.
  • Usage Data Platform:

    • Build a high-performance platform for usage tracking, billing, and internal/external reporting.
  • Optimization:

    • Continuously improve pipeline performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement monitoring to maintain platform reliability.
  • Collaboration & Integration:

    • Work closely with DevOps, Software Engineering, and Data teams, ensuring seamless integration across the platform.
  • Mentorship:

    • Share your expertise by mentoring team members and driving best practices in data engineering.

What you need to be successful

  • 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer (f/m/d), with a focus on designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines.
  • Proficiency in Python for building data pipelines, with hands-on experience using Airflow or other data orchestration tools.
  • Strong experience with AWS services (e.g., S3, Redshift, Lambda, Glue) for building cloud-native data solutions.
  • Experience with ETL/ELT processes and designing complex data flows
  • Familiarity with dbt for transforming data in the warehouse is highly desirable.
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD tools for automated deployments.
  • Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and optimize data pipelines in a cloud environment.

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 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, compassion days for loss, education days, 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 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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About the company

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Contentful

Actively Hiring
Contentful is the leading content platform for digital-first business501-1000 Employees
  • Scale Stage
    Rapidly increasing operations
  • Top Investors
    This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
  • Valuation $1B+
    This company has a valuation of $1B or more
  • 4.1
    Work / Life Balance
    Employees rate Contentful 4.1/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance

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Funding

AMOUNT RAISED
$334.6M
FUNDED OVER
8 rounds
Rounds
F
$175,000,000
Series F - Jul 2021+7

Perks

We value smart
We believe that experts stay experts by continually learning. We make this happen by giving you an education budget for conferences, courses and books.
Freedom to choose
We listen to what makes you feel free. For some, that's flexible work hours, for others it's choosing your own projects and having all the tools you need to do them well.
You'll find friends here
Work with kind and genuine people from more than 45 countries. We make building personal connections a priority: from our central cafe culture to our community lunch tables, to an all-company off-site, you'll have time to enjoy the people you work with daily.

Founders

Sascha Konietzke
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer • 3 years
Stuttgart
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Paolo Negri
Co-Founder, CTO • 3 years • 13 years
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