Senior Backend Engineer - Reporting and Insights

3 Months ago • All levels • Backend Development • $150,000 PA - $170,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

SoundCloud is forming a new Reporting & Insights Team and seeking a Senior Backend Engineer. This role focuses on building and maintaining systems that handle the revenue side of subscriptions and purchases across iOS, Android, and web platforms. The engineer will work closely with Backend, Accounting, and Finance teams to provide technical expertise for revenue-related financial systems. This involves building a new system for secure data flow for revenue tracking and reporting to directly impact financial reporting capabilities and improve revenue management processes.
Must have:
  • Design and implement backend infrastructure for payment processors and revenue systems.
  • Collaborate with Accounting and Finance teams to understand requirements.
  • Develop and maintain data transformation and validation processes for accurate revenue data.
  • Build and manage APIs and webhooks for data exchange.
  • Integrate third-party systems and manage data transformations.
Good to have:
  • Experience with big data and databases like BigQuery.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, K8s).
  • Understanding of financial data and collaboration with non-technical finance teams.
  • Experience with monitoring and alerting systems.
Perks:
  • Comprehensive health benefits.
  • Robust 401k program.
  • Employee Equity Plan.
  • Generous professional development allowance.
  • Creativity and Wellness benefit.
  • Flexible vacation and public holiday policy.
  • 16 paid weeks for all parents.
  • Snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office.

Job Details

SoundCloud empowers artists and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers by providing them with the most progressive tools, services, and resources. With over 400+ million tracks from 40 million artists, the future of music is SoundCloud.
 
SoundCloud is forming a new Reporting & Insights Team and seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join the team. Soundcloud’s subscriptions systems connected to various payment processors and subscription management platforms such as Apple, Google, Adyen, and Recurly. This role will focus specifically on building and maintaining systems that handle the revenue side of subscriptions and all purchases across iOS, Android, and web platforms. There will be a strong emphasis on revenue reporting, revenue recognition, and financial integrations related to income streams. You will work closely with Backend, Accounting and Finance teams to provide dedicated technical expertise for revenue-related financial systems and integrations. You will be building a new system that ensures seamless and secure data flow for revenue tracking and reporting.  This is an opportunity to directly impact our financial reporting capabilities and contribute to the efficiency of our revenue management processes.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and implement the backend infrastructure necessary to integrate with our payments processors,  revenue systems and data pipelines
  • Work closely with the Accounting and Finance teams to understand their requirements and ensure technical alignment with financial reporting needs
  • Develop and maintain data transformation and validation processes to ensure accurate and consistent revenue data transfer between vendors, our internal systems and our ERP systems
  • Build and manage APIs and webhooks to facilitate data exchange between our payment processors and our existing systems
  • Refine and optimize existing data pipelines to accommodate the integration of vendors and enhance overall revenue data processing efficiency. Work with the Data/Insights team to ensure revenue data is properly reflected in overall data stores
  • Identify and resolve complex issues in data flow and system integration to ensure data integrity
  • Develop and implement monitoring and alerting systems to ensure the ongoing stability and reliability of the revenue reporting system.

Experience and Background:

  • Proven experience in designing and implementing complex backend systems
  • Being responsible for the systems you build, from planning and implementation to monitoring and improvement
  • Understanding of revenue recognition principles and processes, and experience working with revenue management systems
  • Strong proficiency in building and integrating REST APIs and webhooks
  • Experience in integrating third-party systems and managing data transformations
  • Experience in working with big data and databases like BigQuery to help compile and visualize reporting data
  • Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, K8s) and their application in scalable data systems
  • Ability to understand and work with financial data and collaborate with non-technical finance teams
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues
  • Experience with monitoring and alerting systems, with a commitment to ensuring data accuracy and system stability
  • Willingness to participate in on-call rotations and ensure high availability and reliability of critical revenue systems.

The salary range for this role is $150,000 - $170,000 annually. The final salary offered will be determined based on relative experience, skills, internal equity, and location. We also offer a generous total rewards program - read more about additional benefits and perks below!

About us:

  • We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London)
  • We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodating work from home
  • We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone’s voice, perspective and experience is respected and heard
  • We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunities

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources
  • Robust 401k program
  • Employee Equity Plan
  • Generous professional development allowance
  • Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
  • Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
  • 16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children
  • Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SoundCloud

SoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization; they help us lead what’s next in music by understanding and empowering our creators and fans, no matter their identity. We acknowledge the challenges in the music industry, and strive to influence an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute respectfully and thrive, especially the historically marginalized communities that many of our creators, fans and SoundClouders identify with. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment at SoundCloud for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, migration background, national origin, age, disability status, or care-giver status.

At SoundCloud you can find your community or elevate your allyship by joining a Diversity Resource Group. Diversity Resource Groups are employee-organized groups focused on supporting and promoting the interests of a particular underrepresented community in order to build a more inclusive culture at SoundCloud. Anyone can join, whether you share the identity or strive to be an ally.

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