Audius | Backend Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE | Full Time
Audius is a decentralized, community-owned, and artist-controlled music-sharing protocol. Audius provides a blockchain-based alternative to SoundCloud to help artists monetize their work and distribute it directly to fans. The company building Audius has been backed by General Catalyst, KPCB, Lightspeed, and Pantera. And we launched last week! For more about the project, see audius.co and audius.org
We are seeking backend engineers to help architect and build the Audius protocol. You are a collaborative, team player that enjoys working on small teams and solving big problems. You are open to experimenting to come up with novel innovative solutions, have the tenacity and drive to solve problems, and don’t give up easily.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, architect and build the Audius protocol
* Develop the set of services that run on the decentralized Audius ecosystem
Skills and Experience
* 3+ years of software engineering experience
* At least 1 year of experience building web services using Python, Go, or NodeJS
* Experience building distributed systems on platforms such as Docker or Kubernetes
* Great interpersonal and communication skills within a small team
Bonus Points
* Experience working with a start-up
* Previous experience with Blockchain
* Interest in music
If interested, email us! careers+REDACTED_EMAIL
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