Senior Data Engineer (f/m/d)
Contentful
About the Opportunity
We’re looking for a Data Engineer (f/m/d) to join our core Data Platform team. You’ll play a key role in building and improving data products that power decisions across the company—starting with modeling and pipelines, and growing into more technical platform challenges over time. You’ll serve as a key connector between Analytics Engineering, Business Intelligence, and Platform & Data Engineering—contributing to dbt models, debugging data pipelines, and helping ensure robust, scalable, and well-integrated data solutions across the stack. This role is ideal for someone who has worked with data in a hands-on way—maybe as an analyst, analytics engineer, or data-savvy developer—and is excited to deepen their engineering skills. You’ll work closely with senior engineers and have strong mentorship and growth support. You’ll be part of a small, experienced team that owns the end-to-end lifecycle of data products, from ingestion to modeling to operational reliability.
What to expect?
- Design and build trusted, well-modeled data products for analytics, reporting, and business operations
- Own and improve key pipelines (dbt, Airflow) with a focus on quality, usability, and uptime
- Investigate and resolve issues in business-critical data workflows
- Collaborate with analysts, product managers, and engineers to understand requirements and deliver usable data
- Learn and apply software engineering best practices: testing, CI/CD, observability, documentation, and more
- Participate in our on-call rotation to support operational reliability of the platform (with support and mentorship)
What you need to be successful
Must Haves
- 2–5+ years of experience working with data—e.g., analytics engineering, BI, data analysis, or data engineering
- Solid understanding of data modeling, SQL, and data quality principles
- Exposure to Python and an interest in deepening technical skills (scripting, pipelines, automation)
- Experience working with modern data tooling (e.g., dbt, Airflow, Snowflake/Redshift/BigQuery)
- Curiosity and problem-solving mindset—motivated by fixing things, not just building new ones
- Comfortable working in ambiguity and owning projects with support from a senior team
Nice-to-Haves
- Interest in observability, testing frameworks, or reliability of data systems
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and tools like Terraform or Docker
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, sick days, education days, compassion days for loss, 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 phone/internet 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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Who are we?
Contentful is a leading digital experience platform that helps modern businesses meet the growing demand for engaging, personalized content at scale. By blending composability with native AI capabilities, Contentful enables dynamic personalization, automated content delivery, and real-time experimentation, powering next-generation digital experiences across brands, regions, and channels for more than 4,200 organizations worldwide. More than 700 people from more than 70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful, working from hubs in Berlin, Denver, San Francisco, London, New York, and distributed worldwide.
Everyone is welcome here!
“Everyone is welcome here” is a celebrated component of our culture. At Contentful, we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical [dis]ability, or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us!
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