SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER

SoundCloud empowers artists and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers by providing them with the most progressive tools, services, and resources. With over 400+ million tracks from 40+ million artists, the future of music is SoundCloud.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.Key Responsibilities: Grow 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 platformWork closely with a wide range of stakeholders, including product leadership, music industry experts and several engineering teamsApply best engineering practices to build resilient data pipelines that deliver high-quality data using BigQuery, Airflow, and TerraformLearn what our deals with labels, publishers, and independent creators look like and how money flows through the systemsRepresenting the team to the wider organization and communicating our data and tooling needs that would keep our systems lean and maintainableExperience & Background: 7+ years of experience working with high-traffic productsDrive projects from inception to completion with a strong sense of ownershipCollaborate with front-end developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutionsDesign, develop, and maintain high-performance GraphQL services using TypeScript and NodeJSExperience deploying and managing services in a cloud environment, preferably AWSExperience building production services in a JVM language (Java/Kotlin/Scala) is a plusTypescript / Javascript Experience with Go, Java, and Spring are a plusGraphQLTerraformExperience working with messaging products: Kafka, Kinesis, SQSExperience working with various databases: DynamoDB, BigTable, MySQL, Redis, MongoDBAWS / GCPThe salary range for this role is $150,000-165,000 annually. The final salary offered will be determined based on relative experience, skills, internal equity, and location. We also offer a generous total rewards program - read more about additional benefits and perks below! Please note the indicated range is for US-based locations only.About us:We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London)We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodating work from homeWe are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone’s voice, perspective and experience is respected and heardWe believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunitiesBenefits:Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resourcesRobust 401k programEmployee Stock Ownership PlanGenerous professional development allowanceInterested 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 annually16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster childrenVarious snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the officeDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SoundCloudSoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization; they help us lead what’s next in music by understanding and empowering our creators and fans, no matter their identity. We acknowledge the challenges in the music industry, and strive to influence an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute respectfully and thrive, especially the historically marginalized communities that many of our creators, fans and SoundClouders identify with. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment at SoundCloud for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, migration background, national origin, age, disability status, or care-giver status.At SoundCloud you can find your community or elevate your allyship by joining a Diversity Resource Group. Diversity Resource Groups are employee-organized groups focused on supporting and promoting the interests of a particular underrepresented community in order to build a more inclusive culture at SoundCloud. Anyone can join, whether you share the identity or strive to be an ally.