Staff Engineer

Staff Engineer

UK/EMEA

Company Profile

Songtradr is the world’s largest B2B music technology company, offering end-to-end music licensing, rights management, and direct-to-fan solutions. Through strategic acquisitions like MassiveMusic and Bandcamp, Songtradr empowers music creators and enables brands to connect with audiences through the power of music.

Learn more at
www.songtradr.com.

Team

Bandcamp is the world’s largest online record store and music community where passionate fans discover, connect with and directly support the artists they love. With the majority of revenue going directly to artists, Bandcamp fosters a communal experience with music discovery, where artists and fans support each other in a vibrant ecosystem. Bandcamp artists and labels release and sell a broad range of music products, including digital and physical records, vinyl, apparel and merchandise.

Learn more at https://bandcamp.com/ and follow on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok

Job description

Bandcamp is looking for a Staff Engineer to join our small-but-mighty feature engineering team. The feature engineering team is responsible for all aspects of fan and artist experience. The team is always building and refining its work and it ships multiple products and features every year.

Main Job Duties

As a Staff Engineer, you will collaborate with other engineers, product management and design to clarify specifications and build high quality, well-tested software that delivers an excellent user experience. As a senior staff member, you will be directly responsible for product delivery, scheduling and architecture. You will also work directly with partners from across the business to understand and meet their needs.

This role requires a balance of teamwork and independent initiative. You thrive in cross-functional team settings while also demonstrating the ability to own projects from kickoff to deployment with little supervision. You will be expected to communicate effectively with teammates while making autonomous decisions when needed. You combine technical expertise with a self-motivated approach and a genuine passion for Bandcamp's mission of supporting independent music.

Required experience

• 10+ years of front- and back-end programming and software architecture experience, building consumer software products, preferably in a marketplace context.
• Team leadership and demonstrated communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to process improvement and quality.
• Programming experience in Ruby or a similar high-level language like Python, C# or Java. This position requires you to become an expert at Ruby if you do not already know it.
• Front-end development experience using Vue or similar technologies like React. This position requires you to become an expert at Vue if you do not already know it.
• Relational database expertise; demonstrated expertise writing SQL and building schemas that run quickly in real-time. This position requires you to become an expert at MySQL if you aren’t already one.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Your working hours must have 4 hours of overlap with US central time.
• You must have the ability to attend and participate in a daily standup meeting at 11:00am US central time.
• You must be willing and able to learn and work with a large legacy codebase.

• Linux or macOS command-line expertise, including use of z-shell or bash.
• An eye for—and focus on—user experience.
• Past payments integration experience with Stripe, Paypal or other payment processing systems.

Our Three Core Values

Lead with Music

It’s our compass and our passion. We champion creativity by putting artists, brands and fans first, balancing artistic integrity with bold commercial ambition.

Perform as One Band

United by purpose and trust. We aim high, knowing that collaboration, community, and doing it for the right reasons drives success for everyone.

Own Your Voice

We listen deeply and speak honestly. We value time, welcome diverse perspectives, and keep the rhythm of open, transparent communication alive.

Employment

Full time. What do you get in return? Inspiration, knowledge, career development, on top of our financial package. You’ll also be working with an international bunch of remarkable musically-infused individuals. 

On this note, please know that Songtradr is an equal opportunities employer. Applicants will not be excluded on the grounds of sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, race, marital status, diversity of thought, disability, age, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. And if you need any specific adjustments to be made throughout our recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. 

If after reading this you know this is the perfect role for you, please apply via THIS LINK and make sure you include your resume and a brief summary of the professional achievement you are most proud of to date. 



We look forward to hearing from you!