Senior Backend JavaScript Engineer

Musixmatch; Bologna; In loco; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading music metadata company in Bologna is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to develop and maintain their Core Platform. You will build robust APIs, work on high availability systems, and collaborate closely with a multi-functional team. The ideal candidate should have advanced understanding of architectural patterns, databases, and fluent English skills. The position is full-time and offers a flexible holiday plan, home office setup, and top-class tech.

Servizi

Flexible holiday plan

Home office setup

Top-class tech and equipment

Company-wide retreat once per year

Exposure to all parts of the business

Competenze

• Advanced understanding of the main architectural patterns to build robust APIs.
• Comfortable processing and analyzing large data sets.
• Fluent in English.

Mansioni

• Build and improve backend systems that power our services.
• Design, develop, and deploy new features with high availability.
• Collaborate closely with engineers in a multi-functional team.

Conoscenze

Advanced understanding of architectural patterns

Advanced understanding of databases

Comfortable with large data sets

Experience with CI/CD environments

Familiarity with Linux/Unix shell scripting

AI-assisted software development

Proactive and willing to take initiative

Speed and quality balance

Hard-working attitude

Fluent in English

Strumenti

AWS services

Couchbase

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

GraphQL

PHP and Mezzio

Descrizione del lavoro

Musixmatch is the leading music metadata company, featuring the world’s largest lyrics catalog and a community of over 80M contributors. Musixmatch is the trusted global partner of companies like Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, Meta, Google, MTV, Shazam, Vevo, Tidal, Snapchat and has a partnership with more than 100,000 music publishers including Sony/ Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell, Kobalt, BMG Rights, and the Harry Fox Agency.

We are a bunch of creatives who care about our work and what we do. We believe that participation and collaboration are key to getting things done well. We are looking for tech‑savvy people who are eager to learn in a fast‑paced environment, who have an international outlook on life, and who love taking on new challenges.

Position

Senior Backend Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and help develop and maintain the Core Platform at Musixmatch, which serves as a central point of contact for both our backend services and frontend applications. Your main focus will be to build a reusable and extensible ecosystem that enables faster and more efficient delivery across the Core Engineering team. Your work will have a significant impact on our engineers, customers, and end users.

What you will do

• Build and improve our backend systems that power our services and applications.
• Design, develop and deploy new features, APIs and databases with high availability, low latency and scalability in mind.
• Build and operate infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
• Collaborate closely with other engineers and become a point of reference within an autonomous, multi‑functional team.
• Push to continuously improve our engineering practices and experience.

Requirements

• Advanced understanding of the main architectural patterns, styles and models to build robust APIs, such as REST, microservices and serverless computing.
• Advanced understanding of both relational and non‑relational databases and comfort with query optimizations and scalability and reliability problems related to databases.
• Comfortable processing and analyzing large data sets.
• Experience working with modern infrastructure and tools, and interest in keeping up with current best practices.
• Comfortable running software in CI/CD environments.
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix shell scripting.
• Comfortable with AI‑assisted software development.
• Proactive and willing to take initiative and give direction to the team.
• Pragmatic, understanding that speed is often as important as quality in a fast‑paced environment.
• Hard‑working and willing to get your hands dirty, stepping out of your remit if needed.
• Fluent in English.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with AWS services, such as DynamoDB and S3.
• Experience with Couchbase.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with TypeScript and GraphQL.
• Experience with PHP and Mezzio framework.

What We Offer

• Flexible holiday plan
• Home office setup
• Top‑class tech and equipment
• Company‑wide retreat once per year
• Exposure to all parts of the business, your work actually matters!

Disclaimer

Due to the significant amount of applications we receive, unfortunately, it is not possible to answer every applicant, thus if you have not received a response from us, please be patient. We assure you that we will contact you should you be selected to move forward in the recruitment process. We would therefore like to thank all applicants for their interest and time.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Entertainment Providers