Beatport is responsible for the digital accessibility of electronic music and its associated culture. We have built the largest electronic music store in the world; standing atop a colossal catalogue of inventory, containing millions of tracks catering to the tastes of over a million weekly users from around the globe. And that is just the beginning.
The Role
As Database Engineer at Beatport, you will apply your knowledge and expertise in software engineering and database applications development to address business and technology needs. Reporting to the VP of Data Services, you will be a member of an agile scrum team, which is responsible for bringing our product vision to life. You will also work closely with Data Services team to coordinate data related initiatives.
This role is located in Denver, Colorado and requires eligibility to work in the United States without need for visa sponsorship. Applicants who are outside the Denver Metro area and ready to relocate are welcome to apply, but local candidates are preferred
You will
Contribute code to develop API and applications
Ensure correctness and acceptable performance of Django data model
Lead agile team’s efforts with developing solutions for data related problems
Communicate agile team’s data needs to Data Services team
You will have
2+ years’ experience working as a software developer/engineer
Strong knowledge of Structured Query Language
Solid understanding of RDBMS concepts, including table indexes
Data modeling experience
Demonstrable proficiency with Python with dedication to writing clean understandable and testable code
Knowledge of at least one Python web framework such as Django or Flask
Experience building scalable public APIs and a deep understanding of REST
Experience in building distributed systems
Strong background using Test Driven Development practices
Ability to resolve complex software issues
Ability to effectively document and present technical concepts
Desired Knowledge and Experience:
Experience with Agile methodologies
Experience with Google Cloud Platform
Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with source control tools (GitHub/Git)
Experience with Apache Solr or ElasticSearch
If this sounds like you, we would love to chat.
Benefits
We offer a competitive compensation package, plenty of vacation days, VIP access to select music events, and monthly beatport.com credits to keep your library fresh. Beatport also provides an RTD EcoPass for all employees, allowing everyone to take advantage of the light rail station located directly behind our office. We hire people who love what they do, and we make sure they have plenty of room for growth. You will work with a team that values collaboration and mentorship. We are always helping one another and sharing empirical knowledge about our stack.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Beatport strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.
Hiring Practices
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Beatport’s recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Beatport may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, Internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.
Jul 16, 2019
Full time
Beatport is responsible for the digital accessibility of electronic music and its associated culture. We have built the largest electronic music store in the world; standing atop a colossal catalogue of inventory, containing millions of tracks catering to the tastes of over a million weekly users from around the globe. And that is just the beginning.
The Role
As Database Engineer at Beatport, you will apply your knowledge and expertise in software engineering and database applications development to address business and technology needs. Reporting to the VP of Data Services, you will be a member of an agile scrum team, which is responsible for bringing our product vision to life. You will also work closely with Data Services team to coordinate data related initiatives.
This role is located in Denver, Colorado and requires eligibility to work in the United States without need for visa sponsorship. Applicants who are outside the Denver Metro area and ready to relocate are welcome to apply, but local candidates are preferred
You will
Contribute code to develop API and applications
Ensure correctness and acceptable performance of Django data model
Lead agile team’s efforts with developing solutions for data related problems
Communicate agile team’s data needs to Data Services team
You will have
2+ years’ experience working as a software developer/engineer
Strong knowledge of Structured Query Language
Solid understanding of RDBMS concepts, including table indexes
Data modeling experience
Demonstrable proficiency with Python with dedication to writing clean understandable and testable code
Knowledge of at least one Python web framework such as Django or Flask
Experience building scalable public APIs and a deep understanding of REST
Experience in building distributed systems
Strong background using Test Driven Development practices
Ability to resolve complex software issues
Ability to effectively document and present technical concepts
Desired Knowledge and Experience:
Experience with Agile methodologies
Experience with Google Cloud Platform
Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with source control tools (GitHub/Git)
Experience with Apache Solr or ElasticSearch
If this sounds like you, we would love to chat.
Benefits
We offer a competitive compensation package, plenty of vacation days, VIP access to select music events, and monthly beatport.com credits to keep your library fresh. Beatport also provides an RTD EcoPass for all employees, allowing everyone to take advantage of the light rail station located directly behind our office. We hire people who love what they do, and we make sure they have plenty of room for growth. You will work with a team that values collaboration and mentorship. We are always helping one another and sharing empirical knowledge about our stack.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Beatport strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.
Hiring Practices
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Beatport’s recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Beatport may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, Internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.
THE ROLE :
We are looking for a Python developer with experience running a large Django application at scale. Ideally you will have good knowledge of the framework - from the SQL produced by the ORM to how to run it in production. Furthermore it's a big plus if you have knowledge of GraphQL, designing backend architecture, or training others. We have a large user base, but a small development team with a flat and flexible structure. This means you'll have the opportunity to learn new skills in new areas, and that the work is generally diverse and interesting.
ABOUT MIXCLOUD:
Mixcloud is an audio streaming platform connecting a global community of listeners and creators through audio culture. Listeners can access a unique collection of over 15 million radio shows, DJ mixes and podcasts produced and uploaded by over 1.3 million passionate tastemakers and curators around the globe. Our mission is to build a fair and sustainable ecosystem for audio culture. As a critical part of the global music and cultural landscape, we empower DJs, radio hosts, podcasters and tastemakers to build and inspire fan bases.
Mixcloud also helps connect brands to music and culture under our brand partnerships arm, LOUD. We create cutting-edge cultural solutions for brands such as adidas, W Hotels, Sonos, Dr. Martens, Eventbrite, and more.
Whilst we have a great foundation in place, this is the beginning of the next phase of our journey. We are looking for smart and hungry people to join our incredible team and help us realise our vision.
How Mixcloud serves 15 million monthly users a month
Our Tech Stack:
Python (Django)
GraphQL (3+ years live, 400+ Million queries a day)
Fast dedicated servers / Infrastructure
Kubernetes + Docker
Terraform + Puppet
Nginx
MySQL/MariaDB
GlusterFS
Elasticsearch
Redis / Memcached
RabbitMQ
Github + CI systems
Javascript (React/React Native/Relay/Flow)
We value techniques such as linting, automatic code formatting, unit tests, coverage reporting, snapshot testing, integration tests and type systems.
Who you are:
We’d expect you to be comfortable with the following tasks:
Understand, debug and optimise queries across the stack. Can you sanity check the SQL that the ORM emits? Can you debug a slow query?
Help us to maintain and develop a GraphQL API that currently services 400 million requests a day.
Familiar with SQL (MySQL/MariaDB) and basic database administration (migrating safely, monitoring the slowlog, building the right indices, etc.,to support tables in the Billions of rows)
Maintain very high test coverage by writing Django unit tests and end-to-end tests with Selenium.
Familiar with CI concepts and common workflow (we use Github and Codeship/CircleCI).
Manage and monitor deploys to our infrastructure. Being unafraid to SSH into a box and get to the root of a problem, as well as being comfortable with basic Linux administration and debugging.
Ideally you
Have strong Python knowledge
Have experience with web technologies at scale, preferably Django
Are comfortable with managing servers and app deployment
Bonus points if you have experience with JS / GraphQL
What will you do?
Work as a member of the team at every stage of software development life cycle - being capable of designing solutions, writing code, testing code, automating unit and integration tests and deployment.
Implement & design the core platform built in Python
Be an active part in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other members of their team
Work closely with product management on prioritising features which are of key importance to their users
Research and learn new methodologies and technologies and bring knowledge to the team
Provide input and influence discussions around best practices and new technologies, helping us to develop an effective basis for future developments
Benefits
Generous stock options (Fully vesting over 4 years)
Unlimited holiday policy
Autonomy and flexible working culture (Work from home, flexible hours, and occasional remote work.) We don't "clock watch". We focus on happiness, output and quality of work.
Work with really smart people who contribute to the community: We help sponsor The London Django Meetup Group and our engineers often give talks. Swing by to meet our engineers!
Great office culture: Friday DJ lessons, Weekly team lunch provided, a kitchen stocked full of healthy snacks and a huge outdoor patio to soak up the sun and get some fresh air.
Join a smaller development team (16 people) and learn all parts of the stack. We have a flat structure with democratic decision making and we're quite open to suggestions from within.
Personal development: we place a lot of importance in helping develop everyone on the team, in whatever ways people desire/need. This starts with helping identify the right areas for development, and then it could result in finding mentors/advisors, on the job training etc. Mixcloud also covers the cost of books you want to read.
This is a London based position.
Mixcloud is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants of different backgrounds, cultures, genders, experiences, abilities and perspectives to apply.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability, or length of time spent unemployed.
Jul 08, 2019
Full time
THE ROLE :
We are looking for a Python developer with experience running a large Django application at scale. Ideally you will have good knowledge of the framework - from the SQL produced by the ORM to how to run it in production. Furthermore it's a big plus if you have knowledge of GraphQL, designing backend architecture, or training others. We have a large user base, but a small development team with a flat and flexible structure. This means you'll have the opportunity to learn new skills in new areas, and that the work is generally diverse and interesting.
ABOUT MIXCLOUD:
Mixcloud is an audio streaming platform connecting a global community of listeners and creators through audio culture. Listeners can access a unique collection of over 15 million radio shows, DJ mixes and podcasts produced and uploaded by over 1.3 million passionate tastemakers and curators around the globe. Our mission is to build a fair and sustainable ecosystem for audio culture. As a critical part of the global music and cultural landscape, we empower DJs, radio hosts, podcasters and tastemakers to build and inspire fan bases.
Mixcloud also helps connect brands to music and culture under our brand partnerships arm, LOUD. We create cutting-edge cultural solutions for brands such as adidas, W Hotels, Sonos, Dr. Martens, Eventbrite, and more.
Whilst we have a great foundation in place, this is the beginning of the next phase of our journey. We are looking for smart and hungry people to join our incredible team and help us realise our vision.
How Mixcloud serves 15 million monthly users a month
Our Tech Stack:
Python (Django)
GraphQL (3+ years live, 400+ Million queries a day)
Fast dedicated servers / Infrastructure
Kubernetes + Docker
Terraform + Puppet
Nginx
MySQL/MariaDB
GlusterFS
Elasticsearch
Redis / Memcached
RabbitMQ
Github + CI systems
Javascript (React/React Native/Relay/Flow)
We value techniques such as linting, automatic code formatting, unit tests, coverage reporting, snapshot testing, integration tests and type systems.
Who you are:
We’d expect you to be comfortable with the following tasks:
Understand, debug and optimise queries across the stack. Can you sanity check the SQL that the ORM emits? Can you debug a slow query?
Help us to maintain and develop a GraphQL API that currently services 400 million requests a day.
Familiar with SQL (MySQL/MariaDB) and basic database administration (migrating safely, monitoring the slowlog, building the right indices, etc.,to support tables in the Billions of rows)
Maintain very high test coverage by writing Django unit tests and end-to-end tests with Selenium.
Familiar with CI concepts and common workflow (we use Github and Codeship/CircleCI).
Manage and monitor deploys to our infrastructure. Being unafraid to SSH into a box and get to the root of a problem, as well as being comfortable with basic Linux administration and debugging.
Ideally you
Have strong Python knowledge
Have experience with web technologies at scale, preferably Django
Are comfortable with managing servers and app deployment
Bonus points if you have experience with JS / GraphQL
What will you do?
Work as a member of the team at every stage of software development life cycle - being capable of designing solutions, writing code, testing code, automating unit and integration tests and deployment.
Implement & design the core platform built in Python
Be an active part in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other members of their team
Work closely with product management on prioritising features which are of key importance to their users
Research and learn new methodologies and technologies and bring knowledge to the team
Provide input and influence discussions around best practices and new technologies, helping us to develop an effective basis for future developments
Benefits
Generous stock options (Fully vesting over 4 years)
Unlimited holiday policy
Autonomy and flexible working culture (Work from home, flexible hours, and occasional remote work.) We don't "clock watch". We focus on happiness, output and quality of work.
Work with really smart people who contribute to the community: We help sponsor The London Django Meetup Group and our engineers often give talks. Swing by to meet our engineers!
Great office culture: Friday DJ lessons, Weekly team lunch provided, a kitchen stocked full of healthy snacks and a huge outdoor patio to soak up the sun and get some fresh air.
Join a smaller development team (16 people) and learn all parts of the stack. We have a flat structure with democratic decision making and we're quite open to suggestions from within.
Personal development: we place a lot of importance in helping develop everyone on the team, in whatever ways people desire/need. This starts with helping identify the right areas for development, and then it could result in finding mentors/advisors, on the job training etc. Mixcloud also covers the cost of books you want to read.
This is a London based position.
Mixcloud is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants of different backgrounds, cultures, genders, experiences, abilities and perspectives to apply.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability, or length of time spent unemployed.
Reports to CTO
Based in London
RA is the world’s leading electronic music platform and ticket seller. We are seeking an experienced Senior Developer to join our global team and contribute to our constantly improving site. As a Senior Developer at RA you will undertake a hands-on development role alongside other talented full stack developers, collaboratively building scalable web applications within a lean agile environment. RA has 2 main web teams - based in London and Sydney allowing us to release over a 24 hour cycle - and a separate Apps team (iOS and Android native). We have recently embarked on a journey to rewrite our main web application in React and .Net Core.
We keep an open mind when developing our platform and we are always looking to continuously improve our tech, tools, and practices. The role requires a mixture of both backend and frontend web development experience gained using a range of web technologies.
Below is a list of tech, tools and practices that we currently use (including legacy) or are quickly moving towards. If this list and the challenge appeals to you, then we’d like to hear from you:
.Net Core, ASP.NET MVC, WebForms, Web API
HTML, CSS, Javascript
MS SQL Server
Automated testing (Unit, Integration, Acceptance)
TDD, Moq, Dependency Injection
Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and DevOps
React
Redux
GraphQL
Single Page Apps
Progressive Web Apps
Jest / Enzyme
Webpack
Modern JS - ES2018+
Styled Components
Flow / Typescript
Atomic Design
Storybook
Server side rendering
Mobile first design
Prettier
Of course experience with as much of the above is preferable, but above all we look for talented people who have a generally good understanding of development and the desire and ability to learn!
Apr 18, 2019
Full time
Reports to CTO
Based in London
RA is the world’s leading electronic music platform and ticket seller. We are seeking an experienced Senior Developer to join our global team and contribute to our constantly improving site. As a Senior Developer at RA you will undertake a hands-on development role alongside other talented full stack developers, collaboratively building scalable web applications within a lean agile environment. RA has 2 main web teams - based in London and Sydney allowing us to release over a 24 hour cycle - and a separate Apps team (iOS and Android native). We have recently embarked on a journey to rewrite our main web application in React and .Net Core.
We keep an open mind when developing our platform and we are always looking to continuously improve our tech, tools, and practices. The role requires a mixture of both backend and frontend web development experience gained using a range of web technologies.
Below is a list of tech, tools and practices that we currently use (including legacy) or are quickly moving towards. If this list and the challenge appeals to you, then we’d like to hear from you:
.Net Core, ASP.NET MVC, WebForms, Web API
HTML, CSS, Javascript
MS SQL Server
Automated testing (Unit, Integration, Acceptance)
TDD, Moq, Dependency Injection
Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and DevOps
React
Redux
GraphQL
Single Page Apps
Progressive Web Apps
Jest / Enzyme
Webpack
Modern JS - ES2018+
Styled Components
Flow / Typescript
Atomic Design
Storybook
Server side rendering
Mobile first design
Prettier
Of course experience with as much of the above is preferable, but above all we look for talented people who have a generally good understanding of development and the desire and ability to learn!
Kobalt was founded in 2000 with a mission: Make the music industry fairer and rewarding for creators. We wanted to give creators, our artists, songwriters, musicians, labels and publishers, the freedom and transparency they needed to build their careers.
Today, Kobalt does exactly that. Our music technology services including Publishing, Recordings, Synchronization and the world’s first Global Digital Collection Society are trusted by some of the world’s greatest artists, and we represent more than 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in the U.S. and U.K. And it’s not just the big names we help. Our open platform allows new and upcoming artists and writers all over the world to get access to invaluable insights that help boost their musical careers.
SCALING UP Having undergone difficult times in the late 90s due to piracy, the music industry resurged due to streaming and curated online services and is now on a path of explosive growth as music becomes more ubiquitous than ever and distributed all over the world. Furthermore, data is today generated and collected at an unprecedented rate, through social media, marketing and other digital platforms. As leaders in music technology, we are riding a rapid growth wave and scaling our systems and products to cope with current and future demand, while also building new innovative products that not only enable better decision making, increased efficiency but also help maximise revenue for creators.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN ENGINEER AT KOBALT As a Senior Engineer at Kobalt, you will form part of our Ktech population and be enthusiastic and forthcoming with new ideas. You will work on a specific project, critical to Kobalt needs with opportunities to fully collaborate with teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve.
We need our senior engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward. We’re looking for smart generalists who can work with the right tool for the job. This is a unique opportunity to be hands on with both the product and the technology whilst helping to shape the future of music for creators.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Independently translate small to moderate feature requirements into production quality code
Proficient in programming languages and technologies used within project team and code base maintained by project team
Deliver tested production level code in a timely manner for small to moderate features within a team
Able to provide guidance on coding and testing standards to juniors, peers and associates
Able to work independently small to moderate features within a team
Positively contribute and lead projects
Able to collaborate and foster collaborative working with a multidisciplinary team
Be creative and experiment with new solutions but pragmatic and committed to code optimisation and validation
Empower and mentor more junior team members to improve their craft, deliver high quality products, and develop themselves as high performing engineers.
Help standardise and continuously improve our software engineering practices, processes, and tools.
Customer first mindset and obsessed about building and maintaining trust with both internal and external customers
Value and be a culture ambassador for Kobalt
Play an active role in promoting Kobalt’s brand by attending and being involved in events and networking
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE...
Strong knowledge of technical domain
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related relevant discipline (or equivalent)
Technical knowledge, specifically in service-oriented architecture and functional programming developing and operating highly scalable data centric services and web applications
Experience of best practices, agile methodologies, continuous delivery and experimentation
Ability to work in a data driven environment, experience with Spark and/or Elasticsearch welcomed
Ability to share expertise through mentoring and pair programming more junior engineers
Expertise in multiple development languages, and are interested in learning more
Experience in programming with Java and SQL, these are the two core languages we use at the moment, but we need to broaden our strengths with some Scala, javascript and other front end technologies. We've used other languages like Python (3) from time to time, so programming knowledge of this would also be beneficial
Understanding of scalability, and implementation constraints; andcomfortable working with multiple stakeholders from different parts of the organisation
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. Verification checks will be conducted during the interview process and a full DBS check on acceptance of offer. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Thank you for choosing to apply for a role at Kobalt! By applying for a role on our website you are allowing Kobalt to collect your personal data and contact you regarding this opportunity. We care about transparency and believe that skill sets can be applied to multiple roles, so we would love to able to get in touch with your regarding other opportunities that may be suitable for you. We will therefore keep the information you supplied to us for one year. We collect your personal data for the purposes of managing Kobalt recruitment related activities and in relation to the evaluation and selection of applicants and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment processes. You can read our Privacy Policy HERE where we outline full details in line with GDPR requirements.
Jul 10, 2019
Full time
Kobalt was founded in 2000 with a mission: Make the music industry fairer and rewarding for creators. We wanted to give creators, our artists, songwriters, musicians, labels and publishers, the freedom and transparency they needed to build their careers.
Today, Kobalt does exactly that. Our music technology services including Publishing, Recordings, Synchronization and the world’s first Global Digital Collection Society are trusted by some of the world’s greatest artists, and we represent more than 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in the U.S. and U.K. And it’s not just the big names we help. Our open platform allows new and upcoming artists and writers all over the world to get access to invaluable insights that help boost their musical careers.
SCALING UP Having undergone difficult times in the late 90s due to piracy, the music industry resurged due to streaming and curated online services and is now on a path of explosive growth as music becomes more ubiquitous than ever and distributed all over the world. Furthermore, data is today generated and collected at an unprecedented rate, through social media, marketing and other digital platforms. As leaders in music technology, we are riding a rapid growth wave and scaling our systems and products to cope with current and future demand, while also building new innovative products that not only enable better decision making, increased efficiency but also help maximise revenue for creators.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN ENGINEER AT KOBALT As a Senior Engineer at Kobalt, you will form part of our Ktech population and be enthusiastic and forthcoming with new ideas. You will work on a specific project, critical to Kobalt needs with opportunities to fully collaborate with teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve.
We need our senior engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward. We’re looking for smart generalists who can work with the right tool for the job. This is a unique opportunity to be hands on with both the product and the technology whilst helping to shape the future of music for creators.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Independently translate small to moderate feature requirements into production quality code
Proficient in programming languages and technologies used within project team and code base maintained by project team
Deliver tested production level code in a timely manner for small to moderate features within a team
Able to provide guidance on coding and testing standards to juniors, peers and associates
Able to work independently small to moderate features within a team
Positively contribute and lead projects
Able to collaborate and foster collaborative working with a multidisciplinary team
Be creative and experiment with new solutions but pragmatic and committed to code optimisation and validation
Empower and mentor more junior team members to improve their craft, deliver high quality products, and develop themselves as high performing engineers.
Help standardise and continuously improve our software engineering practices, processes, and tools.
Customer first mindset and obsessed about building and maintaining trust with both internal and external customers
Value and be a culture ambassador for Kobalt
Play an active role in promoting Kobalt’s brand by attending and being involved in events and networking
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE...
Strong knowledge of technical domain
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related relevant discipline (or equivalent)
Technical knowledge, specifically in service-oriented architecture and functional programming developing and operating highly scalable data centric services and web applications
Experience of best practices, agile methodologies, continuous delivery and experimentation
Ability to work in a data driven environment, experience with Spark and/or Elasticsearch welcomed
Ability to share expertise through mentoring and pair programming more junior engineers
Expertise in multiple development languages, and are interested in learning more
Experience in programming with Java and SQL, these are the two core languages we use at the moment, but we need to broaden our strengths with some Scala, javascript and other front end technologies. We've used other languages like Python (3) from time to time, so programming knowledge of this would also be beneficial
Understanding of scalability, and implementation constraints; andcomfortable working with multiple stakeholders from different parts of the organisation
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. Verification checks will be conducted during the interview process and a full DBS check on acceptance of offer. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Thank you for choosing to apply for a role at Kobalt! By applying for a role on our website you are allowing Kobalt to collect your personal data and contact you regarding this opportunity. We care about transparency and believe that skill sets can be applied to multiple roles, so we would love to able to get in touch with your regarding other opportunities that may be suitable for you. We will therefore keep the information you supplied to us for one year. We collect your personal data for the purposes of managing Kobalt recruitment related activities and in relation to the evaluation and selection of applicants and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment processes. You can read our Privacy Policy HERE where we outline full details in line with GDPR requirements.
Kobalt was founded in 2000 with a mission: Make the music industry fairer and rewarding for creators.
We wanted to give creators, our artists, songwriters, musicians, labels and publishers, the freedom and transparency they needed to build their careers.
Today, Kobalt does exactly that. Our music technology services including Publishing, Recordings, Synchronization and the world’s first Global Digital Collection Society are trusted by some of the world’s greatest artists, and we represent more than 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in the U.S. and U.K. And it’s not just the big names we help. Our open platform allows new and upcoming artists and writers all over the world to get access to invaluable insights that help boost their musical careers.
WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE A PRINCIPAL ENGINEER AT KOBALT
At Kobalt, our Principal Engineers wear many hats. They’re change agents, using their passion to proactively and decisively helping improve our processes, practices, infrastructure, architecture and services. They’re experts with deep technical knowledge and extraordinary problem solving skills, which they use to influence and support the business in decision making and in coming up with innovative solutions to new problems. They’re mentors and inspirational figures to engineers that thrive on learning and development. They use their clear vision and industry knowledge to contribute to Technology and Product roadmaps. They own the technology strategy and communicate it clearly to the rest of the organisation. They do all of this and somehow still manage to have great impact as individual contributors of code, frameworks and tools.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Contribute to setting technical strategy for both function and across organisation
Create understanding for the engineering teams around strategy and overall vision
Responsible for defining performance, scalability and up time metrics
Arbitrate on technical issues and champion technical solutions that meet business and customer needs
Lead on optimisation and quality
Collaborate with your senior leadership team within tech and product to articulate and deliver a technical roadmap that meets current needs but supports us to scale & grow for the future
Focus on building a high performing engineering capability for your area, both hiring, growing & retaining great people and instilling great ways of working
Advocate for learning and mentoring talent
Responsible for day-to-day operational excellence, including dealing with incidents & outages and making sure teams can be reactive as well as proactive when incidents arise
Part of Kobalt’s tech leadership team and support in defining our overall tech strategy
Play a personal leadership role on some major initiatives which need driving across multiple business units
Positively contribute to projects outside of areas of focus up to a third of the time
Ability to share expertise and promote diversity while navigating a complex organisation
Value and be a culture ambassador for Kobalt
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE
High level technical leadership in a product lead tech org
Extraordinary problem-solving skills to scale up platforms and spearhead technological innovation
Exposure to complex architecture challenges and complex business domain challenges
Deep career expertise in software design, simplicity, scalability, re-usability and reliability
Strong computer science and engineering fundamentals to Bachelor Degree level, enabling you to navigate, extend and re-invent complex systems most likely gained at
Passion for metrics and data-driven decision making
Have influenced engineering culture/process and to contributed to hiring great engineers at pace and mentoring their development
Strong understanding of Data, including its collection, governance and processing at scale (e.g. using tools such as Spark, Hadoop, Storm or Kafka)
Experience in a Java, JVM technologies environment with strong database skills in Oracle or another enterprise RDBMS
Strong experience deploying application in AWS or Google Cloud
Focus on domain driven development, behaviour driven development and test driven development best practices
Contributions to the technology community through open source, publications, speaking or university lecturing.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. Verification checks will be conducted during the interview process and a full DBS check on acceptance of offer. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Thank you for choosing to apply for a role at Kobalt! By applying for a role on our website you are allowing Kobalt to collect your personal data and contact you regarding this opportunity. We care about transparency and believe that skill sets can be applied to multiple roles, so we would love to able to get in touch with your regarding other opportunities that may be suitable for you. We will therefore keep the information you supplied to us for one year. We collect your personal data for the purposes of managing Kobalt recruitment related activities and in relation to the evaluation and selection of applicants and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment processes. You can read our Privacy Policy HERE where we outline full details in line with GDPR requirements.
Jul 10, 2019
Full time
Kobalt was founded in 2000 with a mission: Make the music industry fairer and rewarding for creators.
We wanted to give creators, our artists, songwriters, musicians, labels and publishers, the freedom and transparency they needed to build their careers.
Today, Kobalt does exactly that. Our music technology services including Publishing, Recordings, Synchronization and the world’s first Global Digital Collection Society are trusted by some of the world’s greatest artists, and we represent more than 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in the U.S. and U.K. And it’s not just the big names we help. Our open platform allows new and upcoming artists and writers all over the world to get access to invaluable insights that help boost their musical careers.
WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE A PRINCIPAL ENGINEER AT KOBALT
At Kobalt, our Principal Engineers wear many hats. They’re change agents, using their passion to proactively and decisively helping improve our processes, practices, infrastructure, architecture and services. They’re experts with deep technical knowledge and extraordinary problem solving skills, which they use to influence and support the business in decision making and in coming up with innovative solutions to new problems. They’re mentors and inspirational figures to engineers that thrive on learning and development. They use their clear vision and industry knowledge to contribute to Technology and Product roadmaps. They own the technology strategy and communicate it clearly to the rest of the organisation. They do all of this and somehow still manage to have great impact as individual contributors of code, frameworks and tools.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Contribute to setting technical strategy for both function and across organisation
Create understanding for the engineering teams around strategy and overall vision
Responsible for defining performance, scalability and up time metrics
Arbitrate on technical issues and champion technical solutions that meet business and customer needs
Lead on optimisation and quality
Collaborate with your senior leadership team within tech and product to articulate and deliver a technical roadmap that meets current needs but supports us to scale & grow for the future
Focus on building a high performing engineering capability for your area, both hiring, growing & retaining great people and instilling great ways of working
Advocate for learning and mentoring talent
Responsible for day-to-day operational excellence, including dealing with incidents & outages and making sure teams can be reactive as well as proactive when incidents arise
Part of Kobalt’s tech leadership team and support in defining our overall tech strategy
Play a personal leadership role on some major initiatives which need driving across multiple business units
Positively contribute to projects outside of areas of focus up to a third of the time
Ability to share expertise and promote diversity while navigating a complex organisation
Value and be a culture ambassador for Kobalt
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE
High level technical leadership in a product lead tech org
Extraordinary problem-solving skills to scale up platforms and spearhead technological innovation
Exposure to complex architecture challenges and complex business domain challenges
Deep career expertise in software design, simplicity, scalability, re-usability and reliability
Strong computer science and engineering fundamentals to Bachelor Degree level, enabling you to navigate, extend and re-invent complex systems most likely gained at
Passion for metrics and data-driven decision making
Have influenced engineering culture/process and to contributed to hiring great engineers at pace and mentoring their development
Strong understanding of Data, including its collection, governance and processing at scale (e.g. using tools such as Spark, Hadoop, Storm or Kafka)
Experience in a Java, JVM technologies environment with strong database skills in Oracle or another enterprise RDBMS
Strong experience deploying application in AWS or Google Cloud
Focus on domain driven development, behaviour driven development and test driven development best practices
Contributions to the technology community through open source, publications, speaking or university lecturing.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. Verification checks will be conducted during the interview process and a full DBS check on acceptance of offer. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Thank you for choosing to apply for a role at Kobalt! By applying for a role on our website you are allowing Kobalt to collect your personal data and contact you regarding this opportunity. We care about transparency and believe that skill sets can be applied to multiple roles, so we would love to able to get in touch with your regarding other opportunities that may be suitable for you. We will therefore keep the information you supplied to us for one year. We collect your personal data for the purposes of managing Kobalt recruitment related activities and in relation to the evaluation and selection of applicants and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment processes. You can read our Privacy Policy HERE where we outline full details in line with GDPR requirements.
Kobalt was founded in 2000 with a mission: Make the music industry fairer and rewarding for creators.
We wanted to give artists, songwriters, musicians, labels and publishers the freedom and transparency they needed to build their careers.
Today, Kobalt does exactly that. Our music technology driven music services including Publishing, Recordings and the world’s first Digital Collection Society are trusted by some of the world’s greatest artists, and we represent more than 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in the U.S. and U.K
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN ENGINEER AT KOBALT
We are passionate about our teams and hiring great talent. We are looking for engaged and sharp Engineers at all levels to support us with our growth ambitious.
As an Engineer at Kobalt you’ll be involved in the whole development life cycle starting with planning and roadmapping sessions with the product team, writing clean, scalable and fully tested code.
Our new developers are always mentored by an existing and more experienced member of the team and have access to an extensive range of learning materials ranging from a free Udemy account to access to a library of online e-books and audiobooks.
As a technology company we are also committed to sharing our knowledge and experiences with the wider technology community through monthly technology and diversity focussed events.
HOW DOES THIS ROLE CONTRIBUTE TO KOBALT?
Our 100 strong engineering team is split into 4 main areas aligning to our core business units - publishing , recordings , digital collections and synch . Each of these areas is split further into smaller product or feature lead teams.
Our engineering teams find creative solutions to solve complex problems that help us provide most innovative ways for creators to distribute their work, collect their royalties, keep track of their streaming data and sync their music to TV, film and advertising opportunities that exists in the music world today.
As a Senior Engineer at Kobalt you will be responsible for working on technology problems ranging from the large scale transformation of a monolith application that processes billions of royalty payments monthly, into scalable, language agnostic services, to using predictive analysis to build recommendation engines that help our Synch team find music to fit briefs from advertising agencies from a catalogue of millions of songs.
Language is not the most important thing to us when we look for Engineers. What is important is that our engineers are adaptable, dependable, and are able to write clean, tested and reliable code. To begin with, you will likely be coding in Javascript so some experience of Javascript or a similar object oriented language will be advantageous.
We follow best practices, test our own code and deploy our own work with the help of our operations team.
Other tech we use at Kobalt includes Node.js, PHP, Elasticsearch, Python, Java, React, Redux, AWS (and services including Lambdas and S3), Oracle, SQL (plus loads more)
This is a unique opportunity to be hands on with both the product and the technology whilst helping to shape the future of music for creators .
IDEALLY YOU WILL...
Have experience of working on large and complex applications with high business and customer impact
Have exceptional engineering skills preferably within a Javascript environment but any OO language is fine
Have experience of transferring knowledge and mentoring graduates and more junior team members
Be able to pivot - music is a fast moving industry to you will need to be able to change and adapt
Have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms and preferably microservices
A passion for SOLID principles and TDD - You will always write clean, tested and reliable code
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. Verification checks will be conducted during the interview process and a full DBS check on acceptance of offer. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Thank you for choosing to apply for a role at Kobalt! By applying for a role on our website you are allowing Kobalt to collect your personal data and contact you regarding this opportunity. We care about transparency and believe that skill sets can be applied to multiple roles, so we would love to able to get in touch with your regarding other opportunities that may be suitable for you. We will therefore keep the information you supplied to us for one year. We collect your personal data for the purposes of managing Kobalt recruitment related activities and in relation to the evaluation and selection of applicants and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment processes. You can read our Privacy Policy HERE where we outline full details in line with GDPR requirements.
Jul 10, 2019
Full time
Kobalt was founded in 2000 with a mission: Make the music industry fairer and rewarding for creators.
We wanted to give artists, songwriters, musicians, labels and publishers the freedom and transparency they needed to build their careers.
Today, Kobalt does exactly that. Our music technology driven music services including Publishing, Recordings and the world’s first Digital Collection Society are trusted by some of the world’s greatest artists, and we represent more than 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in the U.S. and U.K
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN ENGINEER AT KOBALT
We are passionate about our teams and hiring great talent. We are looking for engaged and sharp Engineers at all levels to support us with our growth ambitious.
As an Engineer at Kobalt you’ll be involved in the whole development life cycle starting with planning and roadmapping sessions with the product team, writing clean, scalable and fully tested code.
Our new developers are always mentored by an existing and more experienced member of the team and have access to an extensive range of learning materials ranging from a free Udemy account to access to a library of online e-books and audiobooks.
As a technology company we are also committed to sharing our knowledge and experiences with the wider technology community through monthly technology and diversity focussed events.
HOW DOES THIS ROLE CONTRIBUTE TO KOBALT?
Our 100 strong engineering team is split into 4 main areas aligning to our core business units - publishing , recordings , digital collections and synch . Each of these areas is split further into smaller product or feature lead teams.
Our engineering teams find creative solutions to solve complex problems that help us provide most innovative ways for creators to distribute their work, collect their royalties, keep track of their streaming data and sync their music to TV, film and advertising opportunities that exists in the music world today.
As a Senior Engineer at Kobalt you will be responsible for working on technology problems ranging from the large scale transformation of a monolith application that processes billions of royalty payments monthly, into scalable, language agnostic services, to using predictive analysis to build recommendation engines that help our Synch team find music to fit briefs from advertising agencies from a catalogue of millions of songs.
Language is not the most important thing to us when we look for Engineers. What is important is that our engineers are adaptable, dependable, and are able to write clean, tested and reliable code. To begin with, you will likely be coding in Javascript so some experience of Javascript or a similar object oriented language will be advantageous.
We follow best practices, test our own code and deploy our own work with the help of our operations team.
Other tech we use at Kobalt includes Node.js, PHP, Elasticsearch, Python, Java, React, Redux, AWS (and services including Lambdas and S3), Oracle, SQL (plus loads more)
This is a unique opportunity to be hands on with both the product and the technology whilst helping to shape the future of music for creators .
IDEALLY YOU WILL...
Have experience of working on large and complex applications with high business and customer impact
Have exceptional engineering skills preferably within a Javascript environment but any OO language is fine
Have experience of transferring knowledge and mentoring graduates and more junior team members
Be able to pivot - music is a fast moving industry to you will need to be able to change and adapt
Have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms and preferably microservices
A passion for SOLID principles and TDD - You will always write clean, tested and reliable code
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. Verification checks will be conducted during the interview process and a full DBS check on acceptance of offer. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Thank you for choosing to apply for a role at Kobalt! By applying for a role on our website you are allowing Kobalt to collect your personal data and contact you regarding this opportunity. We care about transparency and believe that skill sets can be applied to multiple roles, so we would love to able to get in touch with your regarding other opportunities that may be suitable for you. We will therefore keep the information you supplied to us for one year. We collect your personal data for the purposes of managing Kobalt recruitment related activities and in relation to the evaluation and selection of applicants and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment processes. You can read our Privacy Policy HERE where we outline full details in line with GDPR requirements.
Kobalt was founded in 2000 with a mission: Make the music industry fairer and rewarding for creators.
We wanted to give creators, our artists, songwriters, musicians, labels and publishers, the freedom and transparency they needed to build their careers.
Today, Kobalt does exactly that. Our music technology services including Publishing, Recordings, Synchronization and the world’s first Global Digital Collection Society are trusted by some of the world’s greatest artists, and we represent more than 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in the U.S. and U.K. And it’s not just the big names we help. Our open platform allows new and upcoming artists and writers all over the world to get access to invaluable insights that help boost their musical careers.
SCALING UP
Having undergone difficult times in the late 90s due to piracy, the music industry resurged due to streaming and curated online services and is now on a path of explosive growth as music becomes more ubiquitous than ever and distributed all over the world. Furthermore, data is today generated and collected at an unprecedented rate, through social media, marketing and other digital platforms.
As leaders in music technology, we are riding a rapid growth wave and scaling our systems and products to cope with current and future demand, while also building new innovative products that not only enable better decision making, increased efficiency but also help maximise revenue for creators.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN ENGINEER AT KOBALT
As an Engineer at Kobalt, you will form part of our Ktech population and be enthusiastic and forthcoming with new ideas. You will work on a specific project, critical to Kobalt needs with opportunities to fully collaborate with teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve.
We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward. We’re looking for smart generalists who can work with the right tool for the job. This is a unique opportunity to be hands on with both the product and the technology whilst helping to shape the future of music for creators .
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
independently translate small to moderate feature requirements into production quality code
proficient in programming languages and technologies used within project team and code base maintained by project team
deliver tested production level code in a timely manner for small to moderate features within a team
able to provide guidance on coding and testing standards to peers and associates
able to work independently small to moderate features within a team
positively contributes to the success of projects/products
able to collaborate and foster collaborative working with a multidisciplinary team
be creative and experiment with new solutions but pragmatic and committed to code optimisation and validation
empower and mentor more junior team members to improve their craft, deliver high quality products, and develop themselves as high performing engineers.
help standardise and continuously improve our software engineering practices, processes, and tools.
customer first mindset and obsessed about building and maintaining trust with both internal and external customers
value and be a culture ambassador for Kobalt
play an active role in promoting Kobalt’s brand by attending and being involved in events and networking
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE...
Strong knowledge of technical domain
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related relevant discipline (or equivalent)
technical knowledge, specifically in service-oriented architecture and developing and operating highly scalable data centric services and web applications
experience of best practices, agile methodologies, continuous delivery and experimentation
ability to work in a data driven environment
ability to share expertise and promote diversity while navigating a complex organisation
you have expertise in multiple development languages, and are interested in learning more
experience in programming with Java and SQL, these are the two core languages we use at the moment, but we need to broaden our strengths with some javascript (react) and other front end technologies. We've used other languages like Python (3) from time to time, so programming knowledge of this would also be beneficial
understanding of scalability, and implementation constraints; and
comfortable working with multiple stakeholders from different parts of the organisation.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. Verification checks will be conducted during the interview process and a full DBS check on acceptance of offer. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Thank you for choosing to apply for a role at Kobalt! By applying for a role on our website you are allowing Kobalt to collect your personal data and contact you regarding this opportunity. We care about transparency and believe that skill sets can be applied to multiple roles, so we would love to able to get in touch with your regarding other opportunities that may be suitable for you. We will therefore keep the information you supplied to us for one year. We collect your personal data for the purposes of managing Kobalt recruitment related activities and in relation to the evaluation and selection of applicants and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment processes. You can read our Privacy Policy HERE where we outline full details in line with GDPR requirements.
Jul 10, 2019
Full time
Kobalt was founded in 2000 with a mission: Make the music industry fairer and rewarding for creators.
We wanted to give creators, our artists, songwriters, musicians, labels and publishers, the freedom and transparency they needed to build their careers.
Today, Kobalt does exactly that. Our music technology services including Publishing, Recordings, Synchronization and the world’s first Global Digital Collection Society are trusted by some of the world’s greatest artists, and we represent more than 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in the U.S. and U.K. And it’s not just the big names we help. Our open platform allows new and upcoming artists and writers all over the world to get access to invaluable insights that help boost their musical careers.
SCALING UP
Having undergone difficult times in the late 90s due to piracy, the music industry resurged due to streaming and curated online services and is now on a path of explosive growth as music becomes more ubiquitous than ever and distributed all over the world. Furthermore, data is today generated and collected at an unprecedented rate, through social media, marketing and other digital platforms.
As leaders in music technology, we are riding a rapid growth wave and scaling our systems and products to cope with current and future demand, while also building new innovative products that not only enable better decision making, increased efficiency but also help maximise revenue for creators.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN ENGINEER AT KOBALT
As an Engineer at Kobalt, you will form part of our Ktech population and be enthusiastic and forthcoming with new ideas. You will work on a specific project, critical to Kobalt needs with opportunities to fully collaborate with teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve.
We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward. We’re looking for smart generalists who can work with the right tool for the job. This is a unique opportunity to be hands on with both the product and the technology whilst helping to shape the future of music for creators .
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
independently translate small to moderate feature requirements into production quality code
proficient in programming languages and technologies used within project team and code base maintained by project team
deliver tested production level code in a timely manner for small to moderate features within a team
able to provide guidance on coding and testing standards to peers and associates
able to work independently small to moderate features within a team
positively contributes to the success of projects/products
able to collaborate and foster collaborative working with a multidisciplinary team
be creative and experiment with new solutions but pragmatic and committed to code optimisation and validation
empower and mentor more junior team members to improve their craft, deliver high quality products, and develop themselves as high performing engineers.
help standardise and continuously improve our software engineering practices, processes, and tools.
customer first mindset and obsessed about building and maintaining trust with both internal and external customers
value and be a culture ambassador for Kobalt
play an active role in promoting Kobalt’s brand by attending and being involved in events and networking
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE...
Strong knowledge of technical domain
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related relevant discipline (or equivalent)
technical knowledge, specifically in service-oriented architecture and developing and operating highly scalable data centric services and web applications
experience of best practices, agile methodologies, continuous delivery and experimentation
ability to work in a data driven environment
ability to share expertise and promote diversity while navigating a complex organisation
you have expertise in multiple development languages, and are interested in learning more
experience in programming with Java and SQL, these are the two core languages we use at the moment, but we need to broaden our strengths with some javascript (react) and other front end technologies. We've used other languages like Python (3) from time to time, so programming knowledge of this would also be beneficial
understanding of scalability, and implementation constraints; and
comfortable working with multiple stakeholders from different parts of the organisation.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. Verification checks will be conducted during the interview process and a full DBS check on acceptance of offer. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Thank you for choosing to apply for a role at Kobalt! By applying for a role on our website you are allowing Kobalt to collect your personal data and contact you regarding this opportunity. We care about transparency and believe that skill sets can be applied to multiple roles, so we would love to able to get in touch with your regarding other opportunities that may be suitable for you. We will therefore keep the information you supplied to us for one year. We collect your personal data for the purposes of managing Kobalt recruitment related activities and in relation to the evaluation and selection of applicants and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment processes. You can read our Privacy Policy HERE where we outline full details in line with GDPR requirements.
What's next in music happens on SoundCloud first. As the world’s largest open audio platform, SoundCloud is powered by a connected community of creators, listeners and curators who share, discover and influence what’s new, now and next in music and audio.
Our Listener Experience team is responsible for features and services surfacing exciting and engaging content to millions of listeners every day. As an engineering manager of the Web team, you will be responsible for managing and developing a group of talented software engineers. You will help the team to understand business objectives and establish an agile workflow. You will communicate proactively with other teams across the company to collaborate on cross-cutting topics.
You also have a background in web development and JavaScript and are experienced with React or other JavaScript application architectures. Experience in developing for the server, for example with Ruby, NodeJS or Scala, is also a plus.
We are passionate about making SoundCloud a platform which is indispensable to listeners. If you would like to share this passion with us, we’d love to hear from you!
Jun 24, 2019
Full time
What's next in music happens on SoundCloud first. As the world’s largest open audio platform, SoundCloud is powered by a connected community of creators, listeners and curators who share, discover and influence what’s new, now and next in music and audio.
Our Listener Experience team is responsible for features and services surfacing exciting and engaging content to millions of listeners every day. As an engineering manager of the Web team, you will be responsible for managing and developing a group of talented software engineers. You will help the team to understand business objectives and establish an agile workflow. You will communicate proactively with other teams across the company to collaborate on cross-cutting topics.
You also have a background in web development and JavaScript and are experienced with React or other JavaScript application architectures. Experience in developing for the server, for example with Ruby, NodeJS or Scala, is also a plus.
We are passionate about making SoundCloud a platform which is indispensable to listeners. If you would like to share this passion with us, we’d love to hear from you!
SoundCloud is the world's leading audio platform, allowing everyone to share and discover unique content anywhere, anytime, on the web and on mobile.
Internal Tools is a small team based in Berlin who work on enabling, automating, and improving the workflows of SoundCloud’s Community Operations team. Our software and ingenuity help the Community Operations team provide customer support to millions of users via email, our help center, our community forum, and social media channels. To continue enabling the Community Operations team, and to help them scale their efforts, we are looking for a compassionate person to build and maintain internal support tools.
You are an experienced web programmer who is passionate about helping others in the workplace. You enjoy analyzing workflows, are able to see how to improve them, and can build or extend tools to implement the improvements. You can assess the impact of different improvements against each other to determine the priority of implementing them.
You will identify areas where we’re underutilizing existing resources and missing key capabilities. From our custom-built user administration system, to integrating with our third-party self-service help site (Zendesk) and community forum, to designing and building ways to measure and improve productivity, you’ll be responsible for the technology that keeps our Community Operations team working efficiently.
You will have an opportunity to work on various projects that are typically built in Ruby and JavaScript, though you will be free to choose the languages and off-the-shelf resources you see fit.
You’ll have a least 3 years of software development experience, including having worked on an active production web application. You are comfortable writing modern JavaScript, and have solid knowledge of SQL and testing principles. You should be able to design and extract data from Web APIs so it can be consumed by reporting tools such as Tableau and/or Google Data Studio.You care about good design and user experience and have excellent communication skills. Prior experience building APIs for web applications, familiarity with metrics-driven and application monitoring are a plus. If this sounds like you, we’d love to talk to you.
Jun 24, 2019
Full time
SoundCloud is the world's leading audio platform, allowing everyone to share and discover unique content anywhere, anytime, on the web and on mobile.
Internal Tools is a small team based in Berlin who work on enabling, automating, and improving the workflows of SoundCloud’s Community Operations team. Our software and ingenuity help the Community Operations team provide customer support to millions of users via email, our help center, our community forum, and social media channels. To continue enabling the Community Operations team, and to help them scale their efforts, we are looking for a compassionate person to build and maintain internal support tools.
You are an experienced web programmer who is passionate about helping others in the workplace. You enjoy analyzing workflows, are able to see how to improve them, and can build or extend tools to implement the improvements. You can assess the impact of different improvements against each other to determine the priority of implementing them.
You will identify areas where we’re underutilizing existing resources and missing key capabilities. From our custom-built user administration system, to integrating with our third-party self-service help site (Zendesk) and community forum, to designing and building ways to measure and improve productivity, you’ll be responsible for the technology that keeps our Community Operations team working efficiently.
You will have an opportunity to work on various projects that are typically built in Ruby and JavaScript, though you will be free to choose the languages and off-the-shelf resources you see fit.
You’ll have a least 3 years of software development experience, including having worked on an active production web application. You are comfortable writing modern JavaScript, and have solid knowledge of SQL and testing principles. You should be able to design and extract data from Web APIs so it can be consumed by reporting tools such as Tableau and/or Google Data Studio.You care about good design and user experience and have excellent communication skills. Prior experience building APIs for web applications, familiarity with metrics-driven and application monitoring are a plus. If this sounds like you, we’d love to talk to you.
SoundCloud is the world's leading audio platform, allowing everyone to share and discover unique content anywhere, anytime, on the web and on mobile. We're currently seeking a product engineer with a frontend focus to support us and help us grow here in Berlin.
You have a background in web development and JavaScript, experienced with React or other Javascript application architectures. Experience in developing for the server would be desirable, for example, with Ruby, NodeJS or Scala. You have a keen interest in creating polished user interfaces by working closely with designers, and producing high quality code with an emphasis on automated testing. You are interested in solving problems that you can connect to business value, and are excited by the opportunity to work with cutting-edge browser capabilities and new technologies such as ES2015+, Typescript and React Native.
More broadly, you are a smart, engaging person who cares about solving business problems across multiple code bases and can help our team keep a robust but sustainable pace. You have the maturity and skill that comes with practical, hands-on technical experience, you understand the importance of balancing technical debt with delivery, and you have the confidence to express your opinions but the humility to learn from your experience. You have pair-programmed or have some interest in trying it. A formal computer science degree is not necessary: we're interested in your skills and attitude, not your degree.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to talk to you.
Diversity at SoundCloud:
SoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization; they help us build a social platform and global community where anyone can create, discover, and share sounds. We acknowledge the challenges in our industry, and strive to develop an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute.
Jun 24, 2019
Full time
SoundCloud is the world's leading audio platform, allowing everyone to share and discover unique content anywhere, anytime, on the web and on mobile. We're currently seeking a product engineer with a frontend focus to support us and help us grow here in Berlin.
You have a background in web development and JavaScript, experienced with React or other Javascript application architectures. Experience in developing for the server would be desirable, for example, with Ruby, NodeJS or Scala. You have a keen interest in creating polished user interfaces by working closely with designers, and producing high quality code with an emphasis on automated testing. You are interested in solving problems that you can connect to business value, and are excited by the opportunity to work with cutting-edge browser capabilities and new technologies such as ES2015+, Typescript and React Native.
More broadly, you are a smart, engaging person who cares about solving business problems across multiple code bases and can help our team keep a robust but sustainable pace. You have the maturity and skill that comes with practical, hands-on technical experience, you understand the importance of balancing technical debt with delivery, and you have the confidence to express your opinions but the humility to learn from your experience. You have pair-programmed or have some interest in trying it. A formal computer science degree is not necessary: we're interested in your skills and attitude, not your degree.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to talk to you.
Diversity at SoundCloud:
SoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization; they help us build a social platform and global community where anyone can create, discover, and share sounds. We acknowledge the challenges in our industry, and strive to develop an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute.
What's next in music happens on SoundCloud first. As the world’s largest open audio platform, SoundCloud is powered by a connected community of creators, listeners and curators who share, discover and influence what’s new, now and next in music and audio. We are looking for backend engineers to join our growing technology organisation!
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.
You have solid backend engineering skills and are motivated to work in these areas. You’re proactive and have experience collaborating closely with other teams. You enjoy crafting simple solutions to complex engineering problems and are able to communicate them to product managers. You’re an independent thinker, but thrive in a tight-knit team. You’re committed to the products you work on.
If this describes you, we’d love to chat!
Prior experience with microservices, JVM languages, automated testing, and continuous delivery are all highly valued. Scala is the main language we use, so you are either already proficient in it or excited to learn. Experience in technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and data processing pipelines is a plus.
We're currently hiring for multiple teams with different missions, technologies and challenges; and we will discuss potential teams with you to figure out the best fit together.
Jun 24, 2019
Full time
What's next in music happens on SoundCloud first. As the world’s largest open audio platform, SoundCloud is powered by a connected community of creators, listeners and curators who share, discover and influence what’s new, now and next in music and audio. We are looking for backend engineers to join our growing technology organisation!
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.
You have solid backend engineering skills and are motivated to work in these areas. You’re proactive and have experience collaborating closely with other teams. You enjoy crafting simple solutions to complex engineering problems and are able to communicate them to product managers. You’re an independent thinker, but thrive in a tight-knit team. You’re committed to the products you work on.
If this describes you, we’d love to chat!
Prior experience with microservices, JVM languages, automated testing, and continuous delivery are all highly valued. Scala is the main language we use, so you are either already proficient in it or excited to learn. Experience in technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and data processing pipelines is a plus.
We're currently hiring for multiple teams with different missions, technologies and challenges; and we will discuss potential teams with you to figure out the best fit together.
Who we are
Engine collaborate with leading brands and agencies to produce engaging, carefully crafted digital experiences and tools including websites and apps. From our Somerset studio we work for a range of leading creating agencies and international brands such as Nike, Red Bull, Made Thought and Studio.Build - with a particular focus on architecture, design and independent music.
We tailor simple solutions to often complex problems. The majority of our work is bespoke and hand made. The quality of finish is essential and we take pride in achieving great outcomes for our clients, with most of our work coming from referral.
We’re looking for
An experienced coder with an appreciation and understanding of good design
Demonstrable working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP
Experience with REST APIs, hybrid app development and Adobe suite desirable
Able to scope and prototype projects
Knowledge of modern web servers, version control and deployment
Understanding of data design, strong mathematical ability and attention to detail
Articulate, strong interpersonal skills and ability to clearly convey ideas.
Passion for music, design and technology a bonus
We’re offering
Competitive salary and benefits package
Opportunity to produce work for interesting and high profile clients
Involvement in every step of a project, from brief to launch
Flexible working with provision for research or personal projects
Best available hardware and software for the job
Light, modern and sociable workspace in Frome, Somerset
Ten minute walk from train station with on-site parking and cafe
To apply, please apply with a CV along with any examples of your work or for an informal chat about the role please call us on 01373 800420.
Jun 18, 2019
Full time
Who we are
Engine collaborate with leading brands and agencies to produce engaging, carefully crafted digital experiences and tools including websites and apps. From our Somerset studio we work for a range of leading creating agencies and international brands such as Nike, Red Bull, Made Thought and Studio.Build - with a particular focus on architecture, design and independent music.
We tailor simple solutions to often complex problems. The majority of our work is bespoke and hand made. The quality of finish is essential and we take pride in achieving great outcomes for our clients, with most of our work coming from referral.
We’re looking for
An experienced coder with an appreciation and understanding of good design
Demonstrable working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP
Experience with REST APIs, hybrid app development and Adobe suite desirable
Able to scope and prototype projects
Knowledge of modern web servers, version control and deployment
Understanding of data design, strong mathematical ability and attention to detail
Articulate, strong interpersonal skills and ability to clearly convey ideas.
Passion for music, design and technology a bonus
We’re offering
Competitive salary and benefits package
Opportunity to produce work for interesting and high profile clients
Involvement in every step of a project, from brief to launch
Flexible working with provision for research or personal projects
Best available hardware and software for the job
Light, modern and sociable workspace in Frome, Somerset
Ten minute walk from train station with on-site parking and cafe
To apply, please apply with a CV along with any examples of your work or for an informal chat about the role please call us on 01373 800420.
