Fullstack Contentful Platform Engineer

About the Role

At Robots & Pencils, we build meaningful, scalable digital solutions that help innovative organizations move faster and smarter. We’re hiring a Fullstack Contentful Platform Engineer to help architect, implement, and scale a modern digital experience platform powering interoperable web, mobile, and kiosk applications across a multi-venue hospitality and entertainment environment.

In this role, you’ll support the development of a headless architecture ecosystem that includes Contentful, MuleSoft, and modern multi-channel front-end experiences. You’ll work alongside engineers, architects, designers, and data teams to deliver end-to-end product slices that enable personalized user journeys, cross-platform content delivery, and seamless, real-time experience orchestration.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who loves solving complex system challenges, thrives in product-driven environments, and takes pride in building reliable, scalable, modern content platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Engineering & Fullstack Development

• Build and maintain scalable Contentful-driven backend and API-enabled systems supporting web, mobile, and kiosk applications.

• Develop extensions, automation, CI/CD pipelines, schema migration scripts, and operational tooling to support multi-environment deployments.

• Implement composable architecture patterns to support reliable and reusable content experiences.

Integration & Cloud-Native Delivery

• Integrate Contentful with front-end applications, MuleSoft middleware, CDNs, external data platforms, and real-time orchestration services.

• Optimize caching, performance, and delivery layers using Vercel and modern edge architecture patterns.

• Ensure stability and consistency across development, testing, staging, and production environments.

Quality, Reliability & Observability

• Monitor platform behavior, diagnose system issues, and improve operational resilience.

• Implement governance guardrails including roles, access controls, auditability, and maintenance processes.

• Ensure solutions meet accessibility, scalability, security, and performance standards.

Collaboration & Thought Leadership

• Partner with UX, product, engineering, and content teams to align architectural decisions with user experiences and editorial workflows.

• Document reusable patterns, system behaviors, and deployment frameworks for internal teams.

• Participate in planning, refinement, and agile cycles to support iterative delivery.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of fullstack engineering experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React, or Next.js (Vercel preferred).

• Hands-on experience with Contentful APIs, webhooks, SDKs, app framework, GraphQL, and schema migration tooling.

• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and content deployment workflows across multiple environments.

• Familiarity with cloud-native delivery—edge computing, caching, observability tooling, and platform governance.

• Experience collaborating across multi-disciplinary, cross-functional teams building complex digital ecosystems.

Travel Requirements: Occasional, based on team or project needs 

Soft Skills & Behaviors

• Collaborative mindset

• Clear communication

• Comfort with ambiguity and iteration

• Product thinking and user empathy

• Proactive problem solving

• Ownership mentality

• High attention to detail

• Low-ego teamwork and craft pride

Why Join Robots & Pencils?

You’ll work alongside world-class designers, engineers, and strategists on a highly visible, high-impact platform powering modern connected experiences. If you enjoy building scalable systems that enable personalization, speed, and seamless cross-channel journeys, we’d love to meet you.