Backend Senior Software Engineer - Music Discovery

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 looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join the SoundCloud Recommendation team (part of the Music Discovery & Intelligence group). The team's mission is to help users find and play what they’re looking for, enable them to explore further to discover music that exists nowhere else, and connect directly with the artists that make it.

In the role, you will be responsible for the software engineering and machine learning infrastructure necessary to leverage the data and other resources to build and deliver search and recommendation mechanisms. You will be working in the multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists focused on exploring, designing, building and deploying state of the art Software and Machine Learning algorithms with a focus on delivering high-accuracy music recommendations at scale.  You will also be responsible for the high availability and consistent quality of your services through the design and development of automated testing and monitoring. We care much more about your general engineering skills and positive attitude towards getting things done than any prior knowledge of a particular language or framework. 

Read about engineering at SoundCloud.

Requirement:

• 5+ years of experience writing code in a typed language (e.g. Go/C++/C/Java)
• Proficiency in programming, software design and code reviews.
• Knowledge of scripting languages like Python 
• Excellent understanding of software development processes and tools (e.g. CI/CD, Version Control)
• Deep understanding of cloud-based platforms, (e.g. GCP services like Bigtable, BigQuery, Airflow, Kubernetes), and hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Track record of successful projects in algorithm design and product development.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Solid communication skills
• A love for music

Bonus Points if you have:

• Experience working in AI/ML and up-to-date with recent advances in the field
• Practical experience in deploying ML solutions to production (on a public cloud) 

P.S If you apply for our London office, you must have the right to work in the UK.

About us:

• We’re international! We operate in the US, Berlin and London and all of our communication is in English
• We have a flexible, friendly and inclusive office environment in Mitte and NYC 
• Our environment is a learning one, with specific focus on development, including a professional development allowance and a possibility to use 20% of your time for a personal project
• You can contribute to our Engineering Blog post

Benefits:

• Not located in Berlin? No worries, we offer extensive relocation support including allowances, one-way flights, temporary accommodation, and by partnering with Expath, on the ground support on arrival
• Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Professional development allowance
• Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
• We offer free German courses at beginning, intermediate and advanced
• Various snacks, goodies and 2 free lunches weekly 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.