Staff Software Engineer, Backend
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Who We AreUnitedMasters is building a marketplace that connects artists, brands and fans - empowering artists to earn and grow. UnitedMasters has taken the bold step of building a music distribution service that, radically, puts artists first - disrupting the legacy music business by letting up-and-coming artists distribute their music directly to fans through streaming services while maintaining ownership of their master recording rights and up to 100% of royalties. Through the combination of UnitedMasters' music distribution platform and its deep ties to brands, UnitedMasters enables independent artists and change-makers to grow and earn unlike any other platform.The UnitedMasters team is made up of musicians, marketers, engineers, and storytellers with backgrounds from YouTube, SoundCloud, Pandora, Facebook, Uber, Dropbox, Complex, VICE, and more. We work hand in hand with the award-winning creative teams that forge those innovative partnerships at Translation (our in-house creative advertising agency).We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Backend to join UnitedMasters! Please note that this is a Hybrid role: two days in office and three days remote.What You'll DoWork with product management and other engineering teams to design, build and operate UnitedMasters' current and next-generation products including, order/subscriptions, royalty payments, and the artist services application. Take the lead on major projects that impact the most important goals of the organization.Understand the platform needs of other functional areas, and provide design and development guidance as required.Understand the needs of users and build products that are intuitive and easy to use.Break down complex product tasks into iterative milestones with a focus on rapid experimentation.Advocate for best practices to produce reliable, maintainable, and fault-tolerant software.Help design system architectures to improve performance and scalability.Mentor other engineers and help build a high-performance engineering team.Lead by example in raising the bar on engineering practices and code quality.Participate in our cross-functional on-call rotation, responding to incidents, tuning alerts, and contributing to our repository of runbooks.Knowledge, Skills and AbilitiesAbility to write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability.Ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts to designers, support, and other engineersStrong understanding of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, programming languages, distributed systems, and information retrievalExperience architecting data storage layers in SQL and no SQL stores.Expertise in concepts like web services, SOA, RPC (GraphQL, REST, gRPC, Thrift) and API design.Good knowledge of common algorithms, data structures and design patterns.Ability to take ambiguous requirements in complex domains and distill them down into actionable tasksExperience diagnosing root causes of and contributing to the resolution of production outages.Minimum Qualifications8+ years of experience building scalable web apps with Python, Node, or similar technologies -- e.g., Ruby, Go, C, or Java.Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, related field or equivalent related professional experience Preferred QualificationsExperience with Python web frameworks such as Flask & Django. Experience with relational databases, especially Postgres.Experience with document stores (MongoDB, DocumentDB).Experience designing and building web applicationsA passion for music and genuine curiosity about the inner workings of the music industryAbout UnitedMasters, Inc.UnitedMasters Inc. represents the creative solutions company, Translation, and the leading software and services platform for independent creators, UnitedMasters. UnitedMasters enables ownership, exposure, and new paths for financial return for independent creators, while Translation helps brands leverage the power of contemporary culture to achieve transformational growth. Combined, UnitedMasters, Inc. is the world's leading marketplace for cultural capital, connecting independent artists and brands to realize a future in which all creators own their future. Backed by Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz, and Apple, UnitedMasters, Inc. is reimagining how brands and artists come together to tell their stories, build profitable growth, and push culture forward.Salary Hiring Range: $220,000 - $250,000Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide (e.g. bonus, stock options, 401(k) match, etc.)Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description, however we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.The salary range above is for the NY/CA. As a company, we have a location based strategy, which means the salary range could be lower or higher than this if the role is hired in another location.#LI-HYBRID