Lead Engineer

WELCOME TO UTOPIA

Music is incredible. It can excite hundreds, and unite thousands. But as an industry, it has been slow, complicated, and disparate. While the tech world has moved into the future, the music industry continues to be shaped by inefficient systems of the past. At Utopia we believe there is a better way. Which is why today we are setting out to transform the entire industry; creating new revenue streams, consolidating the data and decluttering the admin. Unlocking the industry’s full potential by unifying it all in one truly holistic space. Some might call that a Utopia.

Funnily enough, so do we. Welcome to Utopia. Where music lives.

WHAT UTOPIANS DO

The open secret is that the music industry is struggling with the very basics of music accounting: What was played, when and where? Who should get paid and how much?

Utopia Music is bridging the data gap by connecting global consumption, accurate metadata, and fast payments to an industry-wide trust platform. Our goal is to unlock creative value and enable Fair Pay For Every Play to make a better world for Music. The solutions we offer do not threaten to usurp the role of industry incumbents - it is about bringing transparency in the industry and supporting efficient royalty collection for all.

THE ROLE

We work in cross-functional (product, engineering, data, design) product teams that owns the end to end outcome, objective and metrics of the product. You’ll be working on Utopia products built on the Utopia big data platform. We work full-stack including the product infrastructure and user experience. We work in an agile way using Scrum, and take a holistic approach to product creation from data to robust backend and customer experience. At Utopia we will constantly make sure you as an individual and a developer are learning and growing by daily knowledge transfer, and by making sure that you have a growth path tailored to you.

Depending on your experience and strengths, we will find the right role for you in the new team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Provide technical leadership/direction for the team
- Work closely with the Engineering Manager, Product Manager and Data & UX leads to develop the technical design and solutions
- Make technical decisions aligned with the rest of the organization and evaluate incoming requests
- Define overall architecture and maintain architectural roadmap for the cross-functional team
- Collaborate with other developers to share knowledge, best practices, useful technology, and opportunities for cross-project system design / solutions.
- Collaborate with the other leads to set the overall technical requirements
- Make sure that tasks are completed as specified and creative solutions provided by other engineers lead to desired and visible outcomes




REQUIREMENTS

- Several years of professional hands-on experience in developing large-scale cloud and Web based software systems
- Strong sense of code quality and code craftsmanship
- A hands-on advisor with a genuine interest in making your product shine
- You are a passionate programmer and good problem solver
- You have a natural drive to constantly learn and share the knowledge you’ve already gathered
- Familiarity with Google Cloud and CI/CD skills
- Having experience working with Node.js, TypeScript and React is a priority
- Knowing MongoDB or SQL is needed
- Knowing Java, Golang, Next.js and Nest.js is a plus
- Experience with microservice architecture is a plus as well
- Experience from Financial Industry as a Bank or Payments are highly valued but not mandatory
- Good communications skills, fluency in English.
- Good self organisation skills and strong personal integrity.




WHAT WE OFFER

- Great atmosphere - we live, love & breathe music & tech!
- Working in an impact oriented team and inclusive company culture.
- An experienced team to learn from, with proven track records in multiple startups and big tech companies.
- Our flexible remote policy provides Utopians the freedom to work either from one of our inspiring offices or from home.
- We celebrate being an international and multicultural company.
- Competitive benefits; packages depend on location. You’ll be given more details on this during the interview process.
- We are supporting work permits for employees that have already moved to our locations from countries outside the EU.




THE HIRING PROCESS

- You send us your CV and a cover letter in English.
- We invite you for an introductory video call to get to know you better and share more about us.
- You get the technical test and unlimited time to send us your solution.
- Our lead developers evaluate it and we provide you with the feedback.
- You meet our lead developers for the technical interview.
- You meet the hiring manager for the culture fit interview.


UTOPIANS

As we want to bring transparency, trust, and clarity to the music industry we serve, we know a change comes from within. Utopia is a transparent, trust-based organization striving to have clarity in thinking and doing what we set out to do.

We execute urgently and innovate to grow faster. We ship things that make a difference today, so we can make them better tomorrow. We embrace fairness and are all accountable.

Strictly diverse and inclusive. We are an equal opportunity employer.

We celebrate our diverse backgrounds and we welcome everyone who identifies with the above to apply. Welcome to Utopia - Where Music Lives!

We’re eager to meet You! :)