Senior Software Engineer (Labs & Prototyping) - Canada, Europe, Brazil

<div class="content-intro"><p>Storyblok is a headless CMS that enables marketers and developers to create with joy and succeed in the AI-driven content era. It empowers you to deliver structured and consistent content everywhere: websites, apps, AI search, and beyond.</p> <p>Marketers get a visual editor with reusable components, in-context preview, and workflows to launch fast and stay on brand. Developers have freedom to use their favorite frameworks and integrate with anything through the API-first platform. Brands get one source of truth for content that is accurate, flexible, and measurable.</p> <p>Legendary brands like Virgin Media O2, Oatly, and TomTom use Storyblok to make a bigger, faster market impact. It’s Joyful Headless™, and it changes everything.</p> <p><strong>WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU</strong></p> <p>You will be joining a growing company where you can contribute to many “firsts”. Plus these benefits:</p> <ul> <li>Monthly remote work stipend (home internet costs, electricity). Home office equipment package right at the start (laptop, keyboard, monitor…)</li> <li>Home office equipment upgrade (furniture, ear plugs …) or membership to a local co-working space after your onboarding</li> <li>Sick leave benefit, parental leave and 25 days of annual leave plus your local national holidays</li> <li>Personal development fund for courses, books, conferences, and material</li> <li>VSOP (Virtual Stock Option Plan)</li> <li>The annual international team-building trip, quarterly and monthly online get-togethers</li> <li>As a fully remote company, with work-life balance at its core, you’ll enjoy flexible schedules</li> <li>An international team that loves to have fun at work and works hard together to accomplish shared goals</li> </ul></div><h3><strong>JOB SUMMARY</strong></h3> <p>We’re seeking a Senior Software Engineer with 5–7+ years of experience to join our Innovation Labs. In this pivotal role, you’ll work hand-in-hand with the Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) and a tight-knit team to rapidly prototype, validate, and iterate on new ideas for the future of content management. This team operates separately from the main product squads, running at a high velocity to unlock new possibilities for our CMS and beyond. Frequent travel is expected for in-person Concept Workshops, where collaboration sparks new rounds of prototyping that may ultimately shape the Storyblok product ecosystem.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3><strong>&nbsp;ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Design, architect, and implement high-quality prototypes and proof-of-concepts that test and demonstrate innovative features and ideas, using the best-fit technology for each challenge.</li> <li>Deeply engage with Storyblok’s core tech stack—Ruby on Rails (backend) and Vue.js (frontend)—to accelerate learning and leverage existing capabilities. Equivalent in other technologies (Rust, Python, React.js) would also be applicable.</li> <li>Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies—LLMs, vector databases, generative AI, or novel developer tools—proactively evaluating and applying them within the headless CMS space to bring value to customers faster.</li> <li>Collaborate closely with the Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) and other team members in high-energy workshops to brainstorm, frame, and prioritize experimental projects, progressing rapidly from concept to demonstrable MVP.</li> <li>Translate abstract ideas and business needs into tangible, working solutions that can be handed off for long-term productization when validated.</li> <li>Participate in technical planning, code reviews, and architectural decisions, offering strategic input on experimentation processes and technical direction.</li> <li>Document your process, assumptions, and learnings to support knowledge sharing and future development.</li> <li>Embrace short development cycles, high autonomy, and the creative ambiguity inherent in true innovation work.</li> <li>Travel regularly (approx. every 6–8 weeks) for team workshops and offsites that launch new waves of experimentation.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE</strong></h3> <ul> <li>5–7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a track record of building and shipping robust products or prototypes.</li> <li>Professional experience developing with Ruby on Rails and Vue.js. Strong proficiency in both, or exceptional skill in similar technologies and demonstrable ability to learn the other quickly.</li> <li>Demonstrated experience with rapid prototyping and