Senior Backend Engineer, SoundCloud

Creator

$150-160k

+ Employee Stock Ownership Plan

MongoDB

AWS

TypeScript

GCP

JavaScript

GraphQL

Scala

Java

Kafka

Redis

Node.js

Airflow

Kotlin

Terraform

MySQL

Spring

Kinesis

BigQuery

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

Los Angeles

Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem

Job no longer available

Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem

501-1000 employees

B2CMusicSaaSCommunityMedia

Job no longer available

$150-160k

+ Employee Stock Ownership Plan

MongoDB

AWS

TypeScript

GCP

JavaScript

GraphQL

Scala

Java

Kafka

Redis

Node.js

Airflow

Kotlin

Terraform

MySQL

Spring

Kinesis

BigQuery

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

Los Angeles

501-1000 employees

B2CMusicSaaSCommunityMedia

Company mission

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

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

7+ years of experience working with high-traffic products
Experience deploying and managing services in a cloud environment, preferably AWS
Experience building production services in a JVM language (Java/Kotlin/Scala) is a plus
Typescript / Javascript
Experience with Go, Java, and Spring are a plus
GraphQL
Terraform
Experience working with messaging products: Kafka, Kinesis, SQS
Experience working with various databases: DynamoDB, BigTable, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB
AWS / GCP

What the job involves

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing Creator team!
As backend engineers at SoundCloud, we build the infrastructure for products that music listeners and creators love
Our work often involves large-scale distributed systems, parallel computing, and data science
We actively improve our tools and processes to support collaboration and productivity
We cultivate an environment where we can all learn and grow
You will be growing the ecosystem that ensures artists and labels are paid royalties, their releases are placed in the charts, and they receive insight into their performance on the platform
You will be working closely with a wide range of stakeholders, including product leadership, music industry experts and several engineering teams
You will be applying best engineering practices to build resilient data pipelines that deliver high-quality data using BigQuery, Airflow, and Terraform
You will learn what our deals with labels, publishers, and independent creators look like and how money flows through the systems
You will be representing the team to the wider organization and communicating our data and tooling needs that would keep our systems lean and maintainable
Drive projects from inception to completion with a strong sense of ownership
Collaborate with front-end developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions
Design, develop, and maintain high-performance GraphQL services using TypeScript and NodeJS

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

Top investors

3% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

Trustpilot (1.3)

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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