Ph3ABOUT MUSIXMATCH: /h3pMusixmatch is the leading music metadata company, featuring the world’s largest lyrics catalog and a community of over 80M contributors. Musixmatch is the trusted global partner of companies like Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, Meta, Google, MTV, Shazam, Vevo, Tidal, Snapchat and has a partnership with more than 100,000 music publishers including Sony/ Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell, Kobalt, BMG Rights, and the Harry Fox Agency. /ppWe are a bunch of creatives who care about our work and what we do. We believe that participation and collaboration are key to getting things done well. We are looking for tech‑savvy people who are eager to learn in a fast‑paced environment, who have an international outlook on life, and who love taking on new challenges. /ph3Position: /h3pWe are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and help develop and maintain the Core Platform at Musixmatch, which serves as a central point of contact for both our backend services and frontend applications. /ppYour main focus will be to build a reusable and extensible ecosystem that enables faster and more efficient delivery across the Core Engineering team. Your work will have a significant impact on our engineers, customers, and end users. /ph3What you will do: /h3ulliBuild and improve our backend systems that power our services and applications. /liliDesign, develop and deploy new features, APIs and databases with high availability, low latency and scalability in mind. /liliBuild and operate infrastructure and deployment pipelines. /liliCollaborate closely with other engineers and become a point of reference within an autonomous, multi‑functional team. /liliPush to continuously improve our engineering practices and experience. /li /ulh3Requirements: /h3ulliYou are proficient in JavaScript and have solid knowledge of backend development in Node.js. /liliYou have an advanced understanding of the main architectural patterns, styles and models to build robust APIs, such as REST, microservices and serverless computing. /liliYou have an advanced understanding of both relational and non‑relational databases and you are comfortable doing query optimizations as well as solving scalability and reliability problems related to databases. /liliYou are comfortable processing and analyzing large data sets. /liliYou are experienced working with modern infrastructure and tools, and you are interested in keeping up with current best practices. /liliYou are comfortable running your software in CI/CD environments. /liliYou are familiar with Linux/Unix shell scripting. /liliYou are proactive and you are willing to take initiative and to give direction to the team. /liliYou are pragmatic and understand that speed is often as important as quality when getting things done in a fast‑paced environment. /liliYou are hard‑working and willing to get your hands dirty. No matter what, you always strive to get the job done also by stepping out of your work remit if needed. /liliYou are fluent in English. /li /ulh3Nice to have: /h3ulliFamiliarity with AWS services, such as DynamoDB and S3. /liliExperience with Couchbase. /liliExperience with Docker and Kubernetes. /liliExperience with TypeScript and GraphQL. /liliExperience with PHP and Mezzio framework. /li /ulh3WHAT WE OFFER: /h3ulliFlexible holiday plan /liliRemote working, flexible schedule /liliHome office setup /liliTop‑class tech and equipment /liliCompany‑wide retreat once per year /liliExposure to all parts of the business — your work actually matters! /li /ulh3DISCLAIMER: /h3pDue to the significant amount of applications we receive, unfortunately, it is not possible to answer every applicant, thus if you have not received a response from us, please be patient. We assure you that we will contact you should you be selected to move forward in the recruitment process. We would therefore like to thank all applicants for their interest and time. /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr