Senior Software Engineer

At Epidemic Sound, we make soundtracking content simple and inspiring with unlimited access to music and sound effects. Headquartered in Stockholm, with offices all over the world, we are a force of over 500 on a mission to soundtrack the world. Our innovative licensing model paves the way for creators - from YouTubers to small businesses to the world’s most recognizable brands such as Netflix, Redbull and BBC - to use sound to enhance their content while simultaneously supporting artists both financially and creatively. Epidemic Sound music is heard 2 billion times a day on YouTube alone and is recognized as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies by the Financial Times. Epidemic Sound is backed by EQT, Blackstone, Creandum, Atwater Capital to name a few.

We are looking for a…

Senior Software Engineer within the Catalyst domain, playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of our engineering platform. As a key contributor, you will be instrumental in developing central capabilities that support a diverse range of areas, enabling other engineering teams to accelerate and be efficient. Your collaboration with other tech teams is crucial to ensuring the stability and performance of our applications, all while mentoring a culture of self-driven problem-solving.

Team Overview:

The team called Client Infrastructure is on a mission to develop central capabilities that support other developers, accelerate app development, and ensure overall system stability and performance. We cultivate a culture of self-driven problem-solving to enhance the working experience for our teams.

As a Senior Software Engineer in the Catalyst domain, you'll be at the heart of collaboration, working closely with product teams, infrastructure teams, and various departments. This role serves as a bridge between product development and infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration and collaboration. You will be the driving force behind the development of central capabilities, contributing to ongoing technical projects, cloud platform work, and application development.

Daily Activities:

- Design and implement scalable backend systems.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to tackle daily technical challenges.

- Ensure system stability through ongoing monitoring and optimization.

- Participate in daily stand-up meetings, providing updates and addressing blockers.

- Contribute to ongoing projects with coding tasks and feature optimization.

About you

We are seeking an adaptable and proactive Senior Software Engineer who thrives in a culture of innovation and self-driven problem-solving. The ideal candidate should demonstrate a customer-oriented approach, both for external clients and internal team collaboration.

In a bulleted list you have:

- Demonstrated adaptability and flexibility in various work scenarios.

- Proactive mindset and initiative in problem-solving.

- Eagerness to learn and stay updated with evolving technologies.

- Customer-oriented approach, both for external clients and internal team collaboration.

Requirements: Technical skills:

- Senior Software Engineer with SRE/DevOps experience in Terraform, Kubernetes (k8s), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

- Proven experience in designing and implementing scalable and performant systems.

- In-depth understanding of the full request/response lifecycle, including DNS, load balancing, and standard web framework concepts like middlewares, with a focus on HTTP.

- Expertise in at least one of the following programming languages: Python/Django, Go, Kotlin/Spring-Boot, Java/Spring-Boot.

Bonus Skills:

- Auth2/OIDC/SAML

- Edge Computing/CDN (Fastly or similar)

Equal Opportunity Employer

We believe that bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives makes for a healthy workplace, a more successful business and a better world. We value diversity and encourage everyone to come and soundtrack the world with us.

Application

Do you want to be a part of our fantastic team? Please apply, in English, by clicking the link below.