Senior Full Stack Engineer

DISCO; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A music and media workflow company is looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to lead the design and implementation of scalable architectures and APIs. Candidates should have over 7 years of engineering experience, expertise in Python and Django, and be able to work collaboratively across teams. The position offers remote work flexibility, a competitive salary, and a supportive team environment. Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter for this exciting opportunity.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Office set up allowance

Annual learning and development allowance

25 days of paid vacation leave per year

Paid sick leave

Paid Parental Leave

Company laptop

Monthly internet allowance

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on engineering experience across front end and back end.
• Demonstrated expertise with Python and Django, including the Django REST Framework.
• Expertise in designing and developing RESTful APIs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement new, scalable features that meet the needs of DISCO and our customers.
• Write clean, scalable, high-quality code, with unit tests and integration tests.
• Help more junior engineers grow in the business through mentoring.

Skills

Python

Django

RESTful APIs

React.js

Next.js

English (written and spoken)

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Job description

What is DISCO?

DISCO is the industry standard for managing, organising and sharing music and other media. We make music and media workflow fast, intuitive and simple, directly connecting people and their work to save time. Today we count UMG, Sony, Warner Music, Netflix, Amazon among our customers, and over 250,000 people interact with DISCO each month. Our customers are super passionate about our product.

Location

Remote, United Kingdom

Role

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer on the DISCO team, you will lead the design and implementation of robust and scalable architecture, build comprehensive and secure APIs, and find elegant solutions to complex problems. Ultimately, you will have a huge impact on the architecture, design and technology stack of our application.

The ideal candidate will employ strategic thinking, collaborate with cross‑functional teams and possess advanced knowledge of software engineering principles. If you are a Senior Full Stack Engineer, who has a passion for quality, prides themselves on being a resourceful and adaptive learner of new technologies, enjoys working collaboratively, and can help us drive our vision forward, this role is for you! We’re not heavy on rule books, at DISCO you will be trusted to work in the way that works best for you.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross‑functional teams to develop and implement new, scalable features that meet the needs of DISCO and our customers
• Help translate product specs and business requirements into buildable tasks for the development team
• Ensure application security and assist with information security compliance initiatives
• Lead incident response in a production environment
• Cover on‑call rotation during UK business hours
• Champion initiatives to address existing technical debt and ensure new code avoids it wherever possible
• Write clean, scalable, high‑quality code, with unit tests and integration tests
• Review and constructively critique pull requests
• Contribute to deployment processes and the developer experience
• Influence the engineering team to adopt best practices and design scalable applications
• Help more junior engineers grow in the business through mentoring, technical coaching and collaborative learning.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands on engineering experience across front end and back end
• Demonstrated expertise with Python and Django, including the Django REST Framework
• Demonstrated expertise in applying shift left security principles
• Expertise in designing and developing RESTful APIs
• Proficient with React.js and Next.js
• Experience working with modern design systems and front end tooling
• Available to work three 2 hour blocks per fortnight outside of UK business hours to support collaboration with the team in Australia, with flexible time in lieu provided
• Fluent in written and spoken English

Nice to haves

• Bachelor's and or Master's in Computer Science or comparable knowledge and experience
• Experience responding effectively to production issues of a heavily used application
• Experience working with relational databases, we use PostgreSQL
• Experience developing for cloud platforms like AWS, GCP and Azure
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform
• Experience with OpenSearch or other search solutions
• Experience in DevOps and site reliability
• Experience in a startup business
• Experience working in a remote development team

At DISCO, our employees have told us what benefits mean the most to them, and we've listened. So as a DISCO employee, you will work remotely from home (or a co‑working space) whilst being supported by a friendly and fun international team.

In addition, you will receive:

• A competitive salary in a fast growing startup
• Office set up allowance
• Annual learning and development allowance
• 25 days of paid vacation leave per year
• Paid bank and public holidays as outlined in our Leave Policy
• Two weeks of paid sick leave per year
• Paid Parental Leave
• A company laptop
• Monthly internet allowance or reimbursement
• Autonomy to manage your work flexibly in a high trust environment

To apply for this incredible position, please submit your resume along with a cover letter.

DISCO is an equal‑opportunity employer. In addition, we will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals who have disabilities. If you require any reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, please note this in your cover letter and we will reach out to you.

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.