Principal Backend Engineer (Music Discovery Platform)

Location: 100% remote within the United States, with availability during typical continental US business hours; travel up to 5% domestically and internationally.

Salary: $125,250–$183,700 per year, with other compensation potentially available depending on the position.

Company

hirify.global develops connected technology platforms and audio, automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation solutions.

What you will do

• Architect and develop scalable, secure APIs for music catalog, recommendation, and search capabilities.
• Design data models and integrate third-party music metadata providers, streaming services, and analytics platforms.
• Lead backend engineering efforts by setting coding standards, reviewing code, and mentoring junior engineers.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and data teams to define API contracts and deliver data-driven user experiences.
• Optimize backend performance for low latency and high availability.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and other observability capabilities while evaluating technologies that improve system capabilities.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience developing backend services.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js, Python, Go, or similar backend languages.
• Deep understanding of API design, microservices architecture, and cloud-native development.
• Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, and Azure.
• Expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, serverless architectures, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL and BigQuery, caching strategies, and message queues such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.

Nice to have

• Experience with machine learning pipelines, recommendation engines, and production machine learning workloads.
• Experience with audio music streaming services, music metadata standards, music theory, audio fingerprinting, or digital signal processing.
• Familiarity with C# and .NET technologies.
• Open-source contributions or technical blogs.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work schedule with a focus on work-life integration and collaboration.
• Wellness benefits, paid vacation and holidays, paid sick leave, and paid bonding and caregiver leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans, fertility support, adoption assistance, HSA/FSA, disability coverage, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match and tuition reimbursement.
• Professional development through hirify.global University, leadership academies, and course programs.
• Employee discounts on hirify.global products and access to a recognition and rewards program.

Hiring process

• Successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen is required as a condition of employment.