Senior Full Stack Engineer (Node.js/Scala, React.js)

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 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. It's a Senior Full Stack role with a potential to be a Lead in the near future.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Implement, test and support the backend and frontend technical modules
- Support the technical leader in designing and building the global architecture, and in picking the rights tools, libraries and frameworks
- Provide technical solutions to business requirements
- Collaborate and work closely with other developers, product and design team to understand better the end-user requirements
- Ensure the availability of the system.
- Be part of the overall application lifecycle with particular focus on improving its technical architecture and user experience
- Follow agile development methodologies


REQUIREMENTS

We are not dogmatic about tech stack and we welcome experienced developers with different skills. Our stack is Golang and Node.js though and we’ll require you to solve a case and show us your understanding of one of the mentioned technologies.

You are a passionate and skilled developer that already has a minimum of 5 years of experience.

- Proficiency working with Node.js and Scala. Experience with Golang is a plus
- High quality code is even more important to you than the Force.
- You love to learn and you love to share your knowledge.
- Preferably you’ve worked with MongoDB and/or SQL.
- Experience with TypeScript and React. Knowing ES6, redux, Next.js and Nest.js is a plus.
- Familiarity with Google Cloud and CI/CD skills are highly valued.
- Experience with big data is highly valued
- 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 in English
- We invite you for an introductory video call with the Talent Acquisition team 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! :)