Job Description

Our client is looking for a backend engineer. Their mission is to help more artists make a living from their music by empowering them with new ways to directly monetize, engage and grow their fanbase. Artists can drop new music, chat with fans and host live shows right from their phones, and anywhere in the world. They enable unique live music experiences for fans, with opportunities to connect with their favorite musicians and discover new music. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Collaborate with a small, tight knit team to develop a scalable backend infrastructure
• Create a realtime, interactive mobile music experience with video streaming, video capture, gamification, and chat
• Solve cutting edge technical challenges through a combination of past experience and independent, technological exploration
• Participate in all aspects of the project life-cycle, from design through release

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5+ years experience in JavaScript, Node, Express
• 3+ years working with JS ORMs (Sequelize or TypeORM)
• 2+ years experience with TypeScript and ES6+
• Experience building APIs in REST and/or GraphQL
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Strong foundation with unit testing
• Familiarity integrating with external APIs and SDKs
• Familiarity with asynchronous programming
• 4+ years of experience in software development life cycle. Agile in specific.

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience with NestJS
• Experience working within AWS