Director of Engineering, SoundCloud
Music Discovery
Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
Job no longer available
Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower artists and fans to connect and share through music.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with managing managers
- A strong engineering and data science background, knowledge and experience on search engine and machine learning systems, being able to evaluate complex technical decisions
- Industry experience building data-driven products and implementing machine-learning solutions at scale
- Extensive experience with and in-depth knowledge of agile methodologies
- Demonstrated expertise in problem solving and technical innovation
- Recruiting and culturally-informed communication skills
What the job involves
- Work closely with the product director, design lead, and their teams to transform Discovery at SoundCloud
- Broadcast the Discovery vision to inspire technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Drive short and long-term objectives and key results with full responsibility for executing the OKRs. Be a pragmatic voice showing where to invest engineering effort to drive business outcomes
- Lead, support and mentor Engineering Managers to be more effective leaders
- Recruit and retain top-notch engineers for your teams
- Act as a technical liaison to and representative for other teams, groups, and the entire company
- Keep in touch with industry trends and advances in technology and highlight opportunities that are applicable to SoundCloud
Our take
Founded in 2007, SoundCloud recognised the need for an artist-first platform. The company set out with a clear mission: to empower independent artists by providing the tools and resources they need 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.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
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: $468.2m
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, BE
Leadership
Eliah Seton
(CEO)Previously President at SoundCloud. Before joining the company, he worked as President of Independent Music and Creator Services at Warner Music Group and was the President of the Alternative Distribution Alliance.
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