Description & Requirements Principal Backend Engineer - Music Discovery Platform - Roon About the Role In this role, y ou'll architect and build APIs that enable seamless music search, recommendation, personalization, and user interaction . Your work will ensure users can seamlessly discover the music they love by driving backend services that deliver high-quality, accurate data to our product teams reliably. You will collaborate closely with your colleagues in the Data Team and the broader Harman Software Experiences organization, contributing to developing and deploying data-driven features that enhance the user experience.
What you will Do: - Architect and develop robust, scalable, and secure APIs for music catalog, recommendation, and search.
- Design data models and manage integrations with third-party music metadata providers, streaming services, and analytics platforms.
- Lead backend engineering efforts , setting coding standards, reviewing code, and mentoring junior engineers.
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and data teams to define API contracts and deliver seamless user experiences.
- Optimize performance of backend services, ensuring low latency and high availability.
- Implement observability tools for monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system reliability.
- Drive technical innovation , evaluating new technologies and frameworks to improve development velocity and system capabilities.
What you need to Be Successful: - 10 + years of backend services development
- Technical Skills: Strong understanding of modern backend development tools.
- Strong proficiency in Node.js, Python, or Go or similar backend languages.
- Deep understanding of API design , microservices architecture , and cloud-native development
- Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, and Azure
- Deployment Technologies: Expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, and Serverless architectures.
- CI/CD: Proficient with automated pipelines for continuous build and integration systems.
- Experience with databases ( e.g., Postgre SQL, Big Query ), caching strategies , and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- Familiarity with music metadata standards , recommendation systems, or audio streaming APIs is a plus.
Bonus Points if You Have: - Experience with machine learning pipelines or recommendation engines (strongly desired)
- Experience working with machine learning workloads in production
- Experience working with audio music streaming services
- Knowledge of music theory , audio fingerprinting , or digital signal processing .
- Familiarity with C# and . NET based technologies.
- Contributions to open-source projects or technical blogs.
- A passion for delivering top-notch audio experiences to users and an interest in the audio technology domain
What Makes You Eligible: - You must be available for meetings and team interaction during typical continental US business hours.
- Be willing to travel up to 5%, domestically and internationally .
- Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment
What We Offer - Competitive wellness benefits and 401K Retirement Savings plan.
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities.
- Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work-life integration and collaboration in a global environment.
- Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University's business and leadership academies and extensive course catalog.
- Access to employee discounts on world-class HARMAN products (JBL, Harman/Kardon, etc.).
- "Be Brilliant" employee recognition and rewards program.
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Pay Transparency
$ 134,250 - $ 196,900
Dependent on the position offered, other forms of compensation are also available, such as bonuses or commission.
Pay is based on a wide range of factors, including, without limitation, skill set, experience, training, location, and business need. While the above range is a reasonable estimate of the wage range for this position, please note the disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographical differential associated with the location where the position may be filled.
BenefitsHARMAN is interested in the health and wellbeing of you and your family and offers a range of benefits designed to support your needs for holistic wellbeing. Benefits and perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with HARMAN, and may include paid vacation and holidays, paid sick leave, volunteer leave, and paid bonding and care giver leave. Employees may also be eligible to participate in comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, fertility support and adoption assistance, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan with employer match, short and long term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.
