Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Infrastructure (f/m/d)
ContentfulLondon, England, United Kingdom
Posted March 27, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Contentful is a leading digital experience platform that helps modern businesses meet the growing demand for engaging, personalized content at scale.
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Infrastructure position at Contentful in London, England, United Kingdom. The role involves innovating and maintaining content storage infrastructure, collaborating with teams, and working with AWS using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code best practices.
Requirements
- Proven experience in software development and systems engineering experience
- Strong understanding of relational database engines (preferably PostgreSQL)
- Thorough AWS knowledge across core services: RDS, S3, Lamda, SNS/SQS
- Terraform and Kubernetes expertise
- Kafka experience is a plus
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Typescript, Go)
- Experience with observability stacks (metrics, logs, tracing) and tools like Splunk and DataDog
Benefits
- Stock Options
- Comprehensive healthcare package
- Fertility and family building benefits
- Paid time off
- Education budget
- Annual wellbeing stipend
- Monthly communication phone/internet stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement
- New hire office equipment stipend