Senior Back-End Engineer

*Must be based and eligible to work in Argentina or Hungary

About BeatStars

Since 2008 BeatStars has been the pioneering and go-to online music marketplace to connect millions of recording artists and music producers worldwide. BeatStars is also the leading artist discovery tool for all the major and independent labels. Most recently, BeatStars partnered with Sony Publishing to launch its publishing arm on the platform.

Now, with over 3 million monthly active users, we've paid over $200M to our creator community. We continue to support independent musicians with the tools, community, opportunities, and education they need to earn a living doing what they love.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Back-end Engineer, you’ll be responsible for creating, maintaining, testing, and debugging the entire back end. This includes the core application logic, databases, data and application integration, API, and other back-end processes. You will be asked to show a strong sense of ownership, agility, and creativity.

Responsibilities:

• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
• Developing ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
• Recording data and reporting it to leadership.
• Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong skills in Java 8+, SpringBoot, Docker, SpringCloud, and other Spring components.
• Experience with Docker and AWS components (DymanoBD, Lambda, Kenesis, SQS, SNS, and other AWS offered Services)
• Experience with NoSQL (preferably DynamoDB), MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, ElasticSearch
• Development experience using TDD and BDD framework
• Build and release process using Git, Jira, Gradle or Maven, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
• Graphql is a plus 
• Previous experience with ETL, data lakes, and or data analysis (preferably with Amazon Redshift ).
• Good English, Speaking and Writing Level

This role might be for you if:

• You are a team player. You understand that flying solo is a limiting and isolating choice and know that making your team look good works far better than creating a one-man show.
• You respond quickly and appropriately to the needs of others.
• You have a knack for explaining complicated things simply.
• You are an out-the-box thinker when it comes to finding solutions to problems.
• You will blow us away with your work ethic, your passion, your integrity, your attitude, and your energy!

Benefits

We're a small and growing team working together closely and operating with complete autonomy and freedom. This means you will have a direct impact on any project that you work on and your success will be felt across the company. Some other perks include:

• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and generous contribution for dependents - effective 1st day of hire!
• FSA/HSA
• 20 PTO days (+5 Days at 4 years tenure) and Routine sick days
• 10 Company Observed Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
• Daily Meditation Session hosted by the CEO
• $250 Remote work reimbursement at hire and $100 annual remote work refresh
• 8 weeks of parental leave paid at 100%
• Company-sponsored Short Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits (LTD, Accident, Additional Life, and 401k)
• Flexible work hours
• $70-month tech reimbursement
• $100/month Wellness Program through JOON
• Company observed Self-Care Days (4x per year)
• Virtual social events and a sense of community (even online)
• Global Recognition and Anniversary Program