Senior Full Stack Engineer - Platform Enablement at SoundCloud

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

13 Feb, 26

Salary

200000.0

Posted On

15 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Full Stack Development, Backend Systems, GraphQL, RESTful APIs, React, Next.js, Vue.js, Cloud Environments, GCP, AWS, Terraform, Relational Databases, NoSQL Databases, Data Visualization, Communication Skills, Mentorship, Team Culture

Industry

Entertainment Providers

Description

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, Terraform Experience 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! 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 home We 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 heard We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunities Benefits: Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources Robust 401k program Employee Equity 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 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SoundCloud SoundCloud 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.

Responsibilities

The Senior Full Stack Engineer will work cross-functionally to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions and design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs. They will also ensure the frontend experience is responsive and performant while mentoring junior engineers and advocating for best practices.