Staff Backend Engineer - Distribution

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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. SoundCloud is looking for a Staff 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:
Design, develop, and maintain high-performance services using Golang, TypeScript, and NodeJS
Improve systems enabling artists to connect with fans and monetize their passion
Collaborate with product leadership, music industry experts, and engineering teams across SoundCloud
Become a domain expert in music distribution and aid artists in career growth
Communicate team needs to the wider organization to ensure system efficiency
Experience and Background:
10+ years of experience working with high-traffic distributed systems
You are self directed and collaborate well with Client-side Engineers, Product Managers, and other key stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions
You are comfortable driving projects across teams from inception to completion with a strong sense of ownership
A history of shipping using Golang, Typescript, Node, or Kotlin in production environments
Experience working with various SQL and NoSQL databases like DynamoDB, MySQL, BigQuery, Redis, MongoDB
Experience deploying and managing services in cloud environments, preferably AWS
Experience working with messaging and queuing systems like Kafka, Kinesis, and SQS
The salary range for this role is $180,000 - $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!
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Location:
Atlanta

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