Senior Backend Engineer - Media Streaming

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. Key Responsibilities: Lead the end-to-end development, optimization, and scaling of the media pipeline Design and maintain systems that process petabytes of data and support high-throughput traffic, ensuring an exceptional playback experience Build simple, elegant, and maintainable software with a strong focus on performance and user experience Architect and develop backend services using Go and cloud-native technologies Contribute actively to a culture of learning, curiosity, and continuous improvement Collaborate effectively within a distributed, hybrid team, demonstrating strong written and verbal communication skills Background & Experience: Proven experience in building and scaling backend systems using Go; experience with Scala or other programming languages is a plus Strong knowledge of media streaming technologies, audio/video codecs, streaming protocols (e.g., HLS), and transport container formats is highly desirable Hands-on experience in designing and maintaining microservices architecture, including databases, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines Deep understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS (S3, ECS, Lambda, CloudFront), along with experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform Skilled in ensuring high availability, performance, and effective monitoring of distributed systems. Familiarity with content protection and encryption technologies (e.g., DRM) A strong sense of curiosity and a drive to learn new technologies and concepts, especially in the media streaming domain Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with flexibility and autonomy.

We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London) We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodating work from home We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone's voice, perspective and experience is respected and heard We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunities