Contentful

Infrastructure Engineer (f/m/d)

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Cloud Infrastructure, SaaSIndustries

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (f/m/d)

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Remote
  • Employment Type: Full-time
  • Salary: Not specified

Contentful operates highly scalable high throughput cloud infrastructure that enables our products to deliver reliable value to our customers. We’re looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (f/m/d) who cares deeply about building and operating robust, secure, and scalable infrastructure. You’ll help shape the backbone that supports hundreds of billions of requests per month, working in an engaging environment and tackling various challenges. This is not just about maintaining systems - it’s about improving them thoughtfully. You’ll work in a team that values short, fast iterations while always keeping long-term strategy in mind. We are focused on solving real problems and delivering value to both internal and external customers. You’ll join a team of thoughtful, collaborative engineers who support each other, share knowledge freely, and work closely with product teams. If you’re someone who thrives on responsibility, takes pride in enabling high performance infrastructure - this might be the right place for you.

Requirements

  • Experience: 3+ years of experience building and operating cloud infrastructure in high-availability environments.
  • AWS Knowledge: Strong AWS knowledge across core services: VPC, ALB, EKS, EC2, S3, Lambda, Route53, RDS, ElastiCache, SNS/SQS, etc.
  • Terraform Expertise: Terraform expertise for infrastructure provisioning.
  • Kubernetes Experience: Practical experience with Kubernetes (ideally EKS), including workload tuning, autoscaling, and troubleshooting under load.
  • Programming Proficiency: Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Go preferred).
  • Networking Knowledge: Understanding of networking concepts: routing, DNS, load balancing.
  • CDN/Edge Familiarity: Familiarity with CDN/Edge (e.g., Fastly) and how they interact with backend systems.
  • Debugging Skills: Comfortable debugging distributed systems issues across Edge, Network, Compute, and Storage layers.
  • Observability Experience: Experience with observability stacks (metrics, logs, tracing) and tools like Splunk and New Relic.
  • SRE Practices: Familiarity with SRE practices: SLO, SLA, etc.
  • Communication Skills: Excellent English communication skills, verbal and written (German not required).

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain infrastructure that must be highly available, secure, and scalable - serving billions of monthly requests.
  • Work with AWS using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code best practices.
  • Deploy and optimize Kubernetes clusters and help ensure that workloads scale and recover gracefully.
  • Collaborate across domains and teams to enable infrastructure improvements.
  • Work to improve observability at scale.
  • Help us stay ahead of operational risks - anticipating bottlenecks or failure points before they cause problems.
  • Be involved in incident response, postmortems.

Application Instructions

  • Not specified

Company Information

  • Not specified

Skills

AWS
VPC
ALB
EKS
EC2
S3
Lambda
Route53
RDS
ElastiCache
SNS
SQS
Terraform
Kubernetes
Go
Networking
DNS
Load Balancing
CDN
Edge
Debugging

Contentful

Digital content management platform for businesses

About Contentful

Contentful offers a platform for digital content management that enables businesses to create, manage, and deliver content without coding. Its content management system (CMS) is designed for teams to streamline their content production and maintain a consistent experience across various brands and channels. Unlike competitors, Contentful operates on a freemium model, providing free access to basic features while charging for advanced capabilities. The company's goal is to empower businesses to effectively manage their digital content at scale.

Berlin, GermanyHeadquarters
2013Year Founded
$324.4MTotal Funding
SERIES_FCompany Stage
Consumer Software, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Stock Options
Fertility Treatment Support
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Professional Development Budget
Wellness Program
Phone/Internet Stipend
Home Office Stipend

Risks

Emerging CMS platforms with lower costs threaten Contentful's market share.
Integration challenges from the Ninetailed acquisition could disrupt operations.
The freemium model may limit revenue growth if users don't convert to paid plans.

Differentiation

Contentful offers a composable content platform for digital-first businesses.
The platform integrates seamlessly with hundreds of tools through open APIs.
Contentful's CMS allows content management without needing to write code.

Upsides

Contentful's acquisition of Ninetailed enhances its AI-driven content personalization capabilities.
Partnerships with Vercel and SAP expand Contentful's integration and market reach.
The rise of generative AI tools presents opportunities for Contentful's platform enhancement.

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