Senior Backend Software Engineer, SoundCloud

Ads Team

Salary not provided

+ Employee Stock Ownership Plan

AWS

TypeScript

GCP

GraphQL

Scala

Java

Kafka

Node.js

Senior level

London

Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem

Job no longer available

Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem

501-1000 employees

B2CMusicSaaSCommunityMedia

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

+ Employee Stock Ownership Plan

AWS

TypeScript

GCP

GraphQL

Scala

Java

Kafka

Node.js

Senior level

London

501-1000 employees

B2CMusicSaaSCommunityMedia

Company mission

To empower artists and fans to connect and share through music.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You have solid backend engineering skills and are motivated to create service frameworks with top-notch performance and reliability
You have experience in bringing backend services to production
You can track and showcase the tangible business impact of your work
You are proficient in programming languages like Scala, TypeScript, Java, or Go
You understand infrastructure challenges and have a keen eye for improving them
You're proactive and have experience collaborating closely with other teams
You enjoy crafting simple solutions to complex engineering problems and can communicate them effectively
You're an independent thinker who thrives in a tight-knit team
You're committed to the products you work on

Desirable

Prior experience with microservices, Scala, automated testing, and continuous delivery are all highly valued. Experience in AWS or GCP cloud-services, as well as technologies such as Typescript, GraphQL, Kafka, and data processing pipelines is a plus

What the job involves

As a Backend Software Engineer, Ads team at SoundCloud, you’ll be helping us build our next-generation API platform for our user experience applications
We are a cross-functional, collaborative, high-impact team that works with large-scale Scala microservices. Help us develop and modernize our platform by adopting newer technologies and concepts (Go, NodeJS/Typescript)

Salary benchmarks

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.