Senior Backend Engineer, SoundCloud
$112-160k
Plus stock options
Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
Job no longer available
Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$112-160k
Plus stock options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower the world's audio creators with the best tools, services and resources to build and grow their careers.
Role
Who you are
- You have next-level engineering skills in NodeJS (Typescript) and GraphQL and are motivated to continue working in this area
- You are deeply passionate about cloud-based modern, scalable designs
- You’re proactive and have experience collaborating closely with teams of different disciplines across Product & Engineering
- You live for crafting simple, elegant solutions to complex engineering problems and are able to effectively communicate them to both product and engineering
- Prior experience with microservices, Javascript/Typescript languages, automated testing, and continuous delivery are all highly valued
- Experience in AWS or GCP cloud-services, as well as technologies such as Java, GraphQL, Kafka, and data processing pipelines is a plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for Backend Software Engineers to join our API team
- As a Backend Software Engineer, API at SoundCloud, you’ll be helping us build our next-generation API platform for our user experience applications
- We are a collaborative, high-impact team that works with large-scale, cloud-based microservices. Help us develop and modernize our platform by adopting newer technologies and concepts (NodeJS/Typescript, GraphQL, Apollo)
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Founded in 2007, SoundCloud saw the need for an artist-first platform. They set out to empower independent artists and equip them with the necessary tools and resources to build and grow their careers.
SoundCloud has over 40 million artists on the platform (in comparison to Spotify's 11 million), making them the biggest audio discovery platform in a large and growing market. According to Midia Research, the independent artist market is bound to see unhindered revenue growth for the next few years.
The company plans to scale up its audience and expand its services through new offerings such as the SoundCloud "roster". This is a tier system that provides significant creative and financial resources, as well as financial and marketing support to artists (essentially rivaling large-scale record companies). While artists will maintain ownership of their copyrights they are to be represented by SoundCloud.
SoundCloud's expansion into new markets and regions is still full steam ahead. Through acquisitions, partnerships and even better product offerings, SoundCloud is bent on cementing its standing as every creator's springboard.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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: $462.2m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Generous professional development allowance
- Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
- Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
- 16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children
- Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office
- Robust 401k program
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, BE
Founders
Alexander Ljung
(Chairman)Served as CEO of SoundCloud for 10 years, becoming Chairman in 2017. Has gone onto co-found Dance.
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