Job Description
Storyblok is a headless CMS that enables marketers and developers to create with joy and publish with confidence. It empowers you to deliver structured and consistent content everywhere: websites, apps, AI search, and beyond.
Legendary brands like Virgin Media O2, Oatly, and TomTom use Storyblok to make a bigger, faster market impact.
WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU
You will be joining a growing company where you can contribute to many “firsts”. Plus these benefits:
- Monthly remote work stipend (home internet costs, electricity). Home office equipment package right at the start (laptop, keyboard, monitor…)
- Home office equipment upgrade (furniture, ear plugs …) or membership to a local co-working space after your onboarding
- Sick leave benefit, parental leave and 25 days of annual leave plus your local national holidays
- Personal development fund for courses, books, conferences, and material
- The annual international team-building trip, quarterly and monthly online get-togethers
- As a fully remote company, with work-life balance at its core, you’ll enjoy flexible schedules
- An international team that loves to have fun at work and works hard together to accomplish shared goals
JOB SUMMARY
- You will own the overall technical architecture, platform vision, and system scalability behind Storyblok’s product offerings, ensuring high performance, security, and developer joy across all systems.
- You will partner closely with product managers, engineering leads, and platform teams to design scalable cloud-native architectures, establish guardrails, and guide technical direction for enterprise-grade features.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Define and drive the long-term technical product architecture, system design, and platform scalability strategies across cloud infrastructure and microservices.
- Establish architectural guardrails, design patterns, and standards to empower engineering teams to build safe, high-performing, and resilient features.
- Lead architectural reviews for major product features, ensuring compliance with security, reliability, latency, and cost-efficiency requirements.
- Collaborate with Product, Security, DevOps, and Data teams to align product capabilities with platform performance and business goals.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of experience in software architecture, principal engineering, or system design roles for large-scale distributed cloud applications.
- Demonstrates AI literacy, with the ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, decision-making, and quality of work while applying sound judgment and critical thinking
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
- Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures (AWS preferred), API design, distributed systems, and multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
- Strong fluency in modern programming backend/frontend ecosystems and microservice communication patterns.
- Proven ability to lead technical strategy and communicate complex architectural trade-offs across engineering and executive leadership.
MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
Remote (home) work opportunity or funded by Storyblok co-working space
GENERAL TERMS
Storyblok has a commitment to diversity and inclusion. We strive to create a hiring environment in which all people feel they are equally respected and valued, irrespective of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, religion, citizenship or any other characteristic. You can find more information about our privacy policy here.
All communications regarding job opportunities at Storyblok will come from an official Storyblok employee with an email address ending in @storyblok.com. We will never redirect you to another portal or another site that is unrelated to our domain (storyblok.com).
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