Lead Engineer
By leveraging modern technologies we are developing a new music ecosystem. Welcome to Utopia - Where Music Lives!
WELCOME TO UTOPIA
Music is incredible. It can excite hundreds, and unite thousands. But as an industry, it has been slow, complicated, and disparate. While the tech world has moved into the future, the music industry continues to be shaped by inefficient systems of the past. At Utopia we believe there is a better way. Which is why today we are setting out to transform the entire industry; creating new revenue streams, consolidating the data and decluttering the admin. Unlocking the industry’s full potential by unifying it all in one truly holistic space. Some might call that a Utopia.
Funnily enough, so do we. Welcome to Utopia. Where music lives.
WHAT UTOPIANS DO
The open secret is that the music industry is struggling with the very basics of music accounting: What was played, when and where? Who should get paid and how much?
Utopia Music is bridging the data gap by connecting global consumption, accurate metadata, and fast payments to an industry-wide trust platform. Our goal is to unlock creative value and enable Fair Pay For Every Play to make a better world for Music. The solutions we offer do not threaten to usurp the role of industry incumbents - it is about bringing transparency in the industry and supporting efficient royalty collection for all.
THE ROLE
We work in cross-functional (product, engineering, data, design) product teams that owns the end to end outcome, objective and metrics of the product. You’ll be working on Utopia products built on the Utopia big data platform. We work full-stack including the product infrastructure and user experience. We work in an agile way using Scrum, and take a holistic approach to product creation from data to robust backend and customer experience. At Utopia we will constantly make sure you as an individual and a developer are learning and growing by daily knowledge transfer, and by making sure that you have a growth path tailored to you.
Depending on your experience and strengths, we will find the right role for you in the new team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide technical leadership/direction for the team
- Work closely with the Engineering Manager, Product Manager and Data & UX leads to develop the technical design and solutions
- Actively contribute to the product creation process
- Make technical decisions aligned with the rest of the organisation and evaluate incoming requests
- Define overall architecture and maintain architectural roadmap for the cross-functional team
- Collaborate with other developers to share knowledge, best practices, useful technology, and opportunities for cross-project system design / solutions.
- Collaborate with the other leads to set the overall technical requirements
- Make sure that tasks are completed as specified and creative solutions provided by other engineers lead to desired and visible outcomes
REQUIREMENTS
- Proficiency and hands-on experience in developing large-scale cloud and Web based software systems
- Strong sense of code quality and code craftsmanship
- A hands-on advisor with a genuine interest in making your product shine
- Experience with microservices architecture
- You are a passionate programmer and good problem solver
- You have a natural drive to constantly learn and share the knowledge you’ve already gathered
- Familiarity with Google Cloud and CI/CD skills
- Having experience working with Node.js, Golang, TypeScript and React is a priority
- Knowing MongoDB or SQL is needed
- Familiarity with Next.js and Nest.js is a plus
- Good communications skills, fluency in English.
- Good self organisation skills and strong personal integrity.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Great atmosphere - we live, love & breathe music & tech!
- Working in an impact oriented team and inclusive company culture.
- An experienced team to learn from, with proven track records in multiple startups and big tech companies.
- Our flexible remote policy provides Utopians the freedom to work either from one of our inspiring offices or from home.
- We celebrate being an international and multicultural company.
- Competitive benefits; packages depend on location. You’ll be given more details on this during the interview process.
THE HIRING PROCESS
- You send us your CV and a cover letter in English.
- We invite you for an introductory video call to get to know you better and share more about us.
- You get the technical test and unlimited time to send us your solution.
- Our lead developers evaluate it and we provide you with the feedback.
- You meet our lead developers for the technical interview.
- You meet the hiring manager for the culture fit interview.
UTOPIANS
As we want to bring transparency, trust, and clarity to the music industry we serve, we know a change comes from within. Utopia is a transparent, trust-based organization striving to have clarity in thinking and doing what we set out to do.
We execute urgently and innovate to grow faster. We ship things that make a difference today, so we can make them better tomorrow. We embrace fairness and are all accountable.
Strictly diverse and inclusive. We are an equal opportunity employer.
We celebrate our diverse backgrounds and we welcome everyone who identifies with the above to apply. Welcome to Utopia - Where Music Lives!
We’re eager to meet You! :)
- Department
- Engineering
- Role
- Lead Developer
- Locations
- Stockholm
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Colleagues
Stockholm
Perks & Benefits
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🏋️♀️ Active work space
At the Stockholm office we have a ping pong table and a gym in the basement and people are encouraged to use them both. We also have a generous wellness grant for anyone who prefer to do other things. -
☕️ Breakfast every morning
Every morning we gather around the bar for breakfast. It is of course voluntary but the coffee is great. -
👾 A bunch of nerds
We love what we do and we do what we love. So there will be a lot of interesting discussions going on about pretty much anything connected to music or tech and a lot of Star Wars references to acompany those. -
🏰 A little here and a little there
We love to work together. Where exactly that is at the moment is less important.
Work @ Utopia
Do you like to work in teams with a lot of individual responsibility? Yes, we know it sound cliché but this is also how it actually is.
Every morning after breakfast we gather in our teams to plan the day, assign tasks to kickstart the days. Agile, fast and inventive is how we like it. That also gives us room to pair up or hold a workshop if we need help in finding the best solution.
A helping hand and a good coffee might just be what we need to get things done.
About Utopia Music
Utopia exists for the love of music. A deep rooted belief that success in innovating an entire industry can only be achieved by looking holistically at the music industry value chain. By leveraging modern technologies we are developing a new music ecosystem. We want to help everyone from PROs to Publishers, Artists to A&R by creating new revenue streams, consolidating data and decluttering the admin.
Lead Engineer
By leveraging modern technologies we are developing a new music ecosystem. Welcome to Utopia - Where Music Lives!
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