Senior Backend Engineer, SoundCloud
Media Streaming
+ Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
Be an early applicant
Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Employee Stock Ownership Plan
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower artists and fans to connect and share through music.
Role
Who you are
- You have extensive experience working with Go applications and cloud-based platforms
- More importantly, you care to build simple, elegant, beautiful software because you love what you do
- You understand the complexity and challenges of distributed systems, and you design with those in mind
- Ideally, you are familiar with media streaming concepts, but if you have a curious mind, you will quickly pick them up
- We are looking for motivated individuals who want to do their best work
- We are seeking driven and curious engineers who are diligent, eager to learn, and kind
- You likely have at least five years of experience in the industry, but we are more focused on what you’ve worked on, how it was built and why it was a success
What the job involves
- As a Senior Media Streaming Backend Engineer, you will play a crucial role in leading the development, optimization and scaling of our streaming technologies
- Our team is dedicated to building a world-class media streaming platform, handling petabytes of data and gigabytes per second of traffic, and ensuring our users have the best possible playback experience
- We control playback end-to-end, from transcoding uploaded media all the way to custom-embedded players in our native and web apps
- Senior engineers are expected to help elevate the skills of the team through technical mentorship and leading by example
- We welcome your insights on improving and growing as a team
Our take
Founded in 2007, SoundCloud recognized the need for an artist-first platform. The company set out with a clear mission: to empower independent artists by providing them with the necessary tools and resources to grow and build their careers.
Today, SoundCloud boasts over 40M artists on its platform, far outpacing Spotify, which has 11M. As a result, SoundCloud is the largest audio discovery platform in a rapidly growing market. According to MIDiA Research, the independent artist market is poised for continued revenue growth in the coming years, further solidifying SoundCloud's place in the industry.
The company plans to scale its audience and expand its services through new offerings, such as the SoundCloud "roster". This tier system is designed to provide artists with significant creative and financial resources, along with market support, rivalling major record labels. While artists retain ownership of their copyrights, they will be represented by SoundCloud, further enhancing the platform's appeal to independent creators.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2020
$75m
SERIES G
Aug 2017
$170m
SERIES F
Total funding: $458.2m
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, BE
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