Backend Software Engineer, SoundCloud
Authentication and Authorisation
+ Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
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Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Employee Stock Ownership Plan
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower the world's audio creators with the best tools, services and resources to build and grow their careers.
Role
Who you are
- You have proven backend engineering skills and hands-on experiences as a backend engineer, and are motivated to work in these areas.
- You’re a team player, proactive, and have experience collaborating closely with other teams.
- You enjoy crafting simple solutions to sophisticated engineering problems and can communicate them to product managers.
- You’re an entrepreneurial thinker but thrive in a tight-knit team. You’re committed to the products you work on
- Many years of hands-on industry experience building complex product
- Have expert-level experience with one or more programming languages such as Scala, Go
- Good understanding of algorithms and data structures
- Care about privacy by design, security, testing, high-performance systems, and mentoring others
- Having good knowledge of cloud computing and any experience with IAM services such as AWS Cognito, and Auth0 would be a plus
- You love music
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Backend Software Engineer to join our Authentication and Authorisation team!
- As a backend software engineer within the Authentication and Authorisation team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions to safeguard the authenticity, confidentiality, and integrity of SC users
- Design, develop, implement, and maintain identity and access management solutions using Go/Scala
- Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders within Engineering to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment
- Solve technical problems with large scope and complexity while you advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance
- You will be part of the team maintaining systems in production including answering incidents etc
- Contribute to team and organizational improvements in processes and tooling
- Confidently own moderate to significantly complex features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members. Collaborate with the team on larger projects
- Continuously learn and share knowledge of industry best practices on IAM-related technologies
Our take
Founded in 2007, SoundCloud saw the need for an artist-first platform. They set out to empower independent artists and equip them with the necessary tools and resources to build and grow their careers.
SoundCloud has over 40 million artists on the platform (in comparison to Spotify's 11 million), making them the biggest audio discovery platform in a large and growing market. According to Midia Research, the independent artist market is bound to see unhindered revenue growth for the next few years.
The company plans to scale up its audience and expand its services through new offerings such as the SoundCloud "roster". This is a tier system that provides significant creative and financial resources, as well as financial and marketing support to artists (essentially rivaling large-scale record companies). While artists will maintain ownership of their copyrights they are to be represented by SoundCloud.
SoundCloud's expansion into new markets and regions is still full steam ahead. Through acquisitions, partnerships and even better product offerings, SoundCloud is bent on cementing its standing as every creator's springboard.
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2020
$75m
SERIES G
Aug 2017
$170m
SERIES F
Total funding: $459.3m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Generous professional development allowance
- Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
- Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
- 16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children
- Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, BE
Articles
Leadership
Alexander Ljung
(Chairman)Served as CEO of SoundCloud for 10 years, becoming Chairman in 2017. Has gone onto co-found Dance.
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