Backend Engineer

We are looking for an experienced backend engineer to join our team, focusing on developing services tailored for artists. This role involves building solutions that enable artists to distribute their tracks across various streaming platforms, connect with fans beyond BandLab through alternative channels, and receive feedback from professional musicians. These artist services play a key role in driving BandLab’s revenue growth and are part of our Monetization stream.

As a backend engineer, you will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and both backend and frontend engineers to conceptualize and develop new features for our expanding user base. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing web services that impact millions of users. This position offers an opportunity to grow in a dynamic environment that values knowledge-sharing and code review while working as a part of a high-performing and motivated backend team.

We are a diverse and distributed team, where some roles are tied to particular regions or time zones to ensure effective connection and collaboration during work hours. If you’re considering this role as a remote opportunity outside of Singapore, please note that we operate within the GMT+2 to GMT+9 time zones. If you’re based outside of this range, you’ll need to adjust your schedule to align with the team’s working hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Software development based on high-level requirements: estimating, designing, developing, code review, performance optimization, documentation, monitoring, bug fixing
• Communicate with other teams during the analysis and development stages
• Collaborate with the backend team members on the design and implementation stages
• Prepare infrastructure and deployment plans to bring features alive
• Develop and ship cloud-native applications
• Design and deploy cloud infrastructure
• Write unit, functional, and end-to-end tests
• Write understandable, testable, and maintainable code
• Develop new and maintain the existing features
• Improve scalability and performance of the existing services
• Work with a large codebase written in .NET C# and Node.js TypeScript

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• At least 5 years of software engineering experience
• Proficiency in at least one of .NET (C#/F#), Java, Node.js, Go
• Working experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience in building infrastructure in a cloud environment via IaC
• Understanding of RESTful web services, SOA, and microservices architecture
• Understanding of software engineering best practices including unit testing, continuous integration, continuous deployment, and source control
• Ability to work in a disciplined Agile environment with a commitment to appropriate engineering practices and regular delivery cycles
• Previous experience working in a product-based company

Nice-to-haves

• Hands-on experience with serverless technologies and techniques
• Previous involvement in high-load applications development
• Practical experience with CQRS and Event Sourcing
• Working experience with different payment providers like PayPal, Stripe, Paddle
• Working experience with Ledger databases

Location and Benefits

If you’re considering this role as a remote opportunity outside of Singapore, please note that we operate within the GMT+2 to GMT+9 time zones. If you’re based outside of this range, you’ll need to adjust your schedule to align with the team’s working hours.

Singapore HQ benefits:

• Healthcare, dental insurance
• Quarterly bonus
• Paid annual leave, sick leave, childcare leave, volunteer leave and maternity leave
• BandLab Technologies staff discount

Remote work benefits:

• Paid annual leave

About BandLab Technologies

BandLab Technologies is a company that designs and develops innovative tools and services for the next generation of music creators: global social music creation network BandLab, digital audio workstation Cakewalk, artist services platform ReverbNation and beat marketplace Airbit.

A division of Singapore-based Caldecott Music Group, which also owns Vista Musical Instruments and NME Networks, the company’s mission is to break down the technical, geographical and creative barriers for musicians and fans worldwide.

BandLab is the flagship product of BandLab Technologies, and a leading social music creation network with a global reach of over 100 million users and growing. Its cross-platform creative ecosystem offers everything from a next-generation digital audio workstation, to an advanced suite of creator tools and features, to niche artist services. BandLab empowers creators to make music and share their creative process with creators and fans on an unprecedented level.

Diversity and Inclusion: BandLab Technologies commits to fostering diversity and inclusion in all that we do. Regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or any other status protected by law, we offer applicants the equal opportunity to join, belong and flourish in our company.