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're looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our growing Platform Enablement team. This is a central engineering team that supports various initiatives around SoundCloud, including marketing technology, privacy & consent and observability, across web and mobile devices. As an engineer on this team, you can expect a fast-paced environment and a variety of types of projects. Great communication skills are a must!
Key Responsibilities :
- Work cross-functionally with product managers, data engineers, and designers to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
- Design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data integrations to support core company initiatives across device platforms
- Collaborate with the other SoundCloud engineers to integrate core initiatives into various code bases.
- Ensure the frontend experience is responsive, performant, and consistent with design standards.
- Contribute to architecture decisions around data models, caching, messaging queues, and service communication patterns.
- Participate in design and code reviews, ensuring engineering excellence and maintainability.
- Troubleshoot production issues and drive continuous improvement in reliability and performance
- Mentor junior engineers, advocate for best practices and promote a positive team culture
Experience and Background :
7+ years of professional experience in full stack web development, with a strong emphasis on backend systems.Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Node.js, Python, Go).Proven experience designing and building GraphQL APIs and / or RESTful APIs.Proven experience with frontend frameworks such as React, Next.js, or Vue.js.Experience deploying and managing services in cloud environments, preferably GCP, AWS, TerraformExperience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB).Exposure to analytics and data visualization tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, or custom dashboards).Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.The salary range for this role is $140,000 - $200,000 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!