Staff Software Engineer Backend
Sound.xyz was a platform for artists and collectors. It is now offline as of January 16, 2026; collected music and metadata remain available through onchain and decentralized storage.
Funding history
About Sound.xyz
Sound.xyz states that it shut down its platform on January 16, 2026 to focus on Vault. Artists can still claim remaining funds from the Sound contract through Splits, while collectors’ proof of support remains onchain and music and metadata remain in decentralized storage.
Skills
About the Role
Lead technical direction while contributing as an individual contributor. Architect backend projects, design product-focused API layers, improve performance and reliability, and support blockchain data pipelines, CI/CD, logging, metrics, NFTs, splits, governance, and membership features.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience writing production software
- Live between GMT-8 and GMT-5 (North American timezones)
Responsibilities
- Set technical direction and guide engineering vision
- Architect critical systems and anticipate scaling challenges
- Design, build, and improve core backend infrastructure
- Design and develop product-focused API layers for internal and external use
- Act as a player-coach and champion code quality and developer experience
- Improve real-time blockchain data pipelines
- Improve CI/CD, deployment, logging, metrics, and service health visibility
- Develop backend application development best practices
- Mentor and train other engineers
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Mental health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Work-from-home / remote office stipend
- Team offsites