SoundCloud empowers artists, tastemakers and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is a creator-first platform helping artists build and grow their careers by providing them with the most advanced tools, services, and resources. With over 4x the music catalog of every other major streaming platform, spanning 40+ million artists across 190+ countries, SoundCloud is where emerging artists find their sound, hidden gems are discovered, and music culture is shaped in real time.
SoundCloud is looking for a software engineer to join our Media Streaming Team, with a mission to operate a media streaming platform at global scale, delivering the best possible audio experience to creators, listeners, and partners alike. We are handling petabytes of data and gigabytes per second of traffic. You will join a tightly-knit team where you will help shape how millions of people experience music.
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Key Responsibilities:
• Contribute to building, scaling and maintaining backend APIs and services that serve millions of users
• Collaborate closely with Android, iOS, web, and full-stack engineers to deliver seamless end-to-end media experiences
• Ensure performance, scalability, and maintainability of SoundCloud’s services
• Debug complex issues across systems, ensuring a consistent experience for users globally
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and roadmap planning
• Be part of on-call rotation to ensure the reliability and availability of SoundCloud’s systems
Experience and Background:
• 4+ years of experience in building and operating large-scale backend or distributed systems
• Proficiency in Go
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform
• Experience with…