Engineering Manager (f/m/d)

About the Opportunity

Become part of the Ninetailed Team, pioneer of composable personalization and experimentation within the Contentful family.

At Ninetailed by Contentful, you will revolutionize personalization & experimentation for leading businesses worldwide. As an Engineering Manager (f/m/d), you will be responsible for driving technical excellence, mentoring engineers, and ensuring our platform remains scalable, performant, and aligned with business objectives.

What to expect? 

• Team Leadership & Growth: Foster a high-performing, collaborative, and innovative engineering culture. Mentor engineers at all levels, providing strategic guidance and day-to-day support.
• Technical Strategy & Execution: Define and execute the team’s roadmap while driving technical excellence initiatives and advocating for engineering best practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to align technical work with business objectives.
• Architecture & Performance: Oversee technical direction, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.
• Development & Delivery: Guide the team through solutioning, coding, testing, and deployment. Promote a structured way of working, clear documentation, and a rigorous approach to engineering execution.
• Process & Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve development processes and remove blockers. Challenge the status quo to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness.

What you need to be successful

• Technical Expertise: Hands-on experience with TypeScript and cloud-native architectures, including serverless technologies like AWS Lambda or Cloudflare Workers.
• Scalability & Performance: Proven ability to design, optimize, and scale high-availability systems while maintaining performance and security.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Experience mentoring engineers at different levels and fostering a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture.
• Strategic Execution: Ability to define and implement technical roadmaps that align with business goals and drive engineering excellence.
• Collaboration & Communication: Strong skills in working cross-functionally with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to align technical initiatives with business priorities.

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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