Senior Backend Engineer, SoundCloud
Reporting and Insights
$150-170k
+ Equity Plan
More information about location
Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
Be an early applicant
Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-170k
+ Equity Plan
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower artists and fans to connect and share through music.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience in designing and implementing complex backend systems
- Being responsible for the systems you build, from planning and implementation to monitoring and improvement
- Understanding of revenue recognition principles and processes, and experience working with revenue management systems
- Strong proficiency in building and integrating REST APIs and webhooks
- Experience in integrating third-party systems and managing data transformations
- Experience in working with big data and databases like BigQuery to help compile and visualize reporting data
- Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, K8s) and their application in scalable data systems
- Ability to understand and work with financial data and collaborate with non-technical finance teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues
- Experience with monitoring and alerting systems, with a commitment to ensuring data accuracy and system stability
- Willingness to participate in on-call rotations and ensure high availability and reliability of critical revenue systems
What the job involves
- SoundCloud is forming a new Reporting & Insights Team and seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join the team
- Soundcloud’s subscriptions systems connected to various payment processors and subscription management platforms such as Apple, Google, Adyen, and Recurly
- This role will focus specifically on building and maintaining systems that handle the revenue side of subscriptions and all purchases across iOS, Android, and web platforms
- There will be a strong emphasis on revenue reporting, revenue recognition, and financial integrations related to income streams
- You will work closely with Backend, Accounting and Finance teams to provide dedicated technical expertise for revenue-related financial systems and integrations
- You will be building a new system that ensures seamless and secure data flow for revenue tracking and reporting
- This is an opportunity to directly impact our financial reporting capabilities and contribute to the efficiency of our revenue management processes
- Design, develop, and implement the backend infrastructure necessary to integrate with our payments processors, revenue systems and data pipelines
- Work closely with the Accounting and Finance teams to understand their requirements and ensure technical alignment with financial reporting needs
- Develop and maintain data transformation and validation processes to ensure accurate and consistent revenue data transfer between vendors, our internal systems and our ERP systems
- Build and manage APIs and webhooks to facilitate data exchange between our payment processors and our existing systems
- Refine and optimize existing data pipelines to accommodate the integration of vendors and enhance overall revenue data processing efficiency. Work with the Data/Insights team to ensure revenue data is properly reflected in overall data stores
- Identify and resolve complex issues in data flow and system integration to ensure data integrity
- Develop and implement monitoring and alerting systems to ensure the ongoing stability and reliability of the revenue reporting system
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.
Kirsty
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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: $466.9m
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, BE
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