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Backend Senior Software Engineer - Music Discovery


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  • SoundCloud Ltd
  • London
  • 3 weeks ago

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 aSenior Backend Engineerto join theSoundCloud Recommendationteam (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.

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