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Senior Backend Engineer (m / f / d) – Royalty Calculation
- Germany / UK / Spain – Remote or Hybrid role at ICE.ICE is a purpose-driven organization, founded by rightsholders, for rightsholders. We support songwriters by enabling societies and publishers to accurately compensate them when their work is used internationally. Operating at the intersection of technology, music, and data, we have paid billions to rightsholders since 2010, processing trillions of streams and distributing over €1bn in royalties annually.Our team builds scalable, event-driven services in the domain of royalty processing, emphasizing rapid release cycles, code quality, and collaboration. Our tech stack includes Scala, Kafka, Pulumi, AWS, GitHub Actions, and DataDog.Role Overview:
You will be central to delivering music royalties to musicians, composers, and publishers by developing and maintaining our royalty processing engine. Candidates should be based in the UK, Germany, or Spain or have the right to work there. We value passion for product development, collaboration, and impact in the music industry.Key Responsibilities:
Drive the full lifecycle of applications from analysis to operations.Ensure deliverables are operational, following 'You build it – you run it' principle.Collaborate closely with developers, business, and product teams.Coach and mentor colleagues.Requirements:
Experience with scalable, resilient, service-oriented architectures.Knowledge of Domain-Driven Design and event-driven architectures (Kafka).Experience with large-scale data systems and databases (relational and NoSQL).Proficiency in JVM languages such as Java and Scala.Experience with AWS/ECS, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.What We Offer:
Competitive benefits based on location.Flexible working arrangements.Health initiatives, training, industry events, and social activities.Inclusive environment welcoming candidates of all backgrounds.
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