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

Storyblok GmbH; Toronto; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading CMS provider is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Innovation Labs. The role involves working closely with the Chief Innovation Officer to prototype and validate new ideas in content management. Successful candidates should have 5–7 years of experience, proficiency in Ruby on Rails and Vue.js, and a passion for emerging technologies. This position offers remote work, flexible schedules, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Monthly remote work stipend

Home office equipment package

Sick leave and parental leave

Personal development fund

Virtual Stock Option Plan

Annual international team-building trip

Flexible schedules

Fun work environment

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience required.
• Proficiency in Ruby on Rails and Vue.js is essential.
• Experience with rapid prototyping in labs or startups preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-quality prototypes and proof-of-concepts.
• Engage with Storyblok’s core tech stack.
• Collaborate closely with the Chief Innovation Officer.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Vue.js

Rapid prototyping

AI / ML frameworks

Problem-solving

Education

5–7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience

Professional experience with Ruby on Rails and Vue.js

Tools

Rust

Python

React.js

Job description

Storyblok is the enterprise-ready headless CMS that empowers developers and marketers to bring ideas to market faster. It supports the entire content lifecycle—from creation and management to delivery—streamlining workflows, boosting productivity, and ensuring exceptional performance and accessibility. Storyblok frees you from the pain of legacy CMS platforms and empowers your teams to ship content quickly and build with complete flexibility.

Designed for global scalability and secure collaboration, Storyblok enables teams to deliver seamless, engaging digital experiences at scale. Trusted by leading brands like Oatly, Virgin Media O2, Deliveroo, Renault, and Education First, Storyblok helps businesses of all sizes unlock new opportunities, channels, and markets—delivering 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
• VSOP (Virtual Stock Option Plan)
• 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

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.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Translate abstract ideas and business needs into tangible, working solutions that can be handed off for long-term productization when validated.
• Participate in technical planning, code reviews, and architectural decisions, offering strategic input on experimentation processes and technical direction.
• Document your process, assumptions, and learnings to support knowledge sharing and future development.
• Embrace short development cycles, high autonomy, and the creative ambiguity inherent in true innovation work.
• Travel regularly (approx. every 6–8 weeks) for team workshops and offsites that launch new waves of experimentation.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• 5–7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a track record of building and shipping robust products or prototypes.
• 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.
• Demonstrated experience with rapid prototyping and fast iteration cycles, ideally within labs, research, or startup environments.
• Exposure to AI / ML frameworks, LLMs, or vector databases is highly desirable.
• Strong collaborator with the ability to thrive in both autonomous and highly interactive settings.

Remote (home) work opportunity or funded by Storyblok co-working space

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Exceptional problem-solving and critical thinking skills; an insatiable curiosity for emerging tech and new ways of working.
• Ability to shift fluidly from abstract ideation to hands-on implementation.
• Excellent communication skills, with clear, concise documentation and constructive feedback in team settings.

Remote (home) work opportunity or funded by Storyblok co-working space

GENERAL TERMS

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