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Senior Software Engineer - Personalization (f/m/d)

Contentful Berlin, Germany Full-time Engineering Posted Sep 29, 2026
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What it’s like to work at Contentful

Headless CMS · Berlin (Remote)

3.4
Employee Rating
3.8
Work-Life Balance
24
Open Roles
eng-drivenlearningproduct-impact

What employees love

  • Flexible remote/hybrid setup with strong distributed team culture
  • Talented and humble engineering team with approachable, responsive leadership

What could be better

  • Stagnating product development with competition overtaking in key areas
  • Internal promotions are difficult with pay disparities between long-tenured and new hires
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About the Role

About The Opportunity

Become part of the Contentful Personalization Team and help shape how leading businesses deliver personalized digital user experiences.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will solve complex customer problems and deliver value through end-to-end personalization solutions. You will work across high-performance backend services, developer-facing frontend tools and SDKs, infrastructure, and observability to help customers deliver personalized content experiences in a performant, reliable, and developer-friendly way.

You will bring a proactive approach to problem-solving, a high sense of ownership, and a continuous improvement mindset. You will use modern AI tools, including agentic coding workflows, thoughtfully to improve how you explore, build, test, and maintain software. You will also contribute actively to the team's Agile ways of working, understanding how planning, refinement, delivery, reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement fit together.

What To Expect?

What You Need To Be Successful?

More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

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Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

If you need reasonable accommodations at any point during the application or interview process, please let your Recruiter know.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination.

Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the work-life balance like at Contentful?
Contentful has a work-life balance score of 3.8/5 based on employee reviews. This is about average for the AI/tech industry.
What is Contentful’s culture like?
Contentful is characterized by these culture values: eng-driven, learning, product-impact. Based on employee reviews, the company has an overall rating of 3.4/5. Flexible remote/hybrid setup with strong distributed team culture
How many open roles does Contentful have?
Contentful currently has 24 open roles across departments including engineering, product, sales, and more. Roles are refreshed daily from their careers page.
Is this role remote-friendly?
This role is located in Berlin, Germany. Check the job description above for specific location and remote work details.
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