API Engineer

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🕒 January 30

🌐 United Kingdom, United States – Remote

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 £90k - £140k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

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DistroKid

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2013

👥 B2C

☁️ SaaS

💰 Venture Round on 2021-08

Music • B2C • SaaS

DistroKid is a digital music distribution service that provides musicians with a simple way to upload and distribute their music to major streaming platforms and online stores like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, YouTube, and more. It offers unlimited uploads for a low annual fee, allowing musicians to keep 100% of their earnings. DistroKid is known for its fast distribution times and unique features that support artists' promotional needs, such as Hyperfollow pages, playlist submissions, and video creation tools. The service caters to a wide variety of musicians, including solo artists, bands, producers, and labels, making it a popular choice among independent artists looking to maintain control over their music distribution.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable REST and GraphQL APIs that assist internal teams and external partnerships • Establish and document API design standards, patterns, and best practices across the organization • Lead technical design discussions and architecture decisions for new integrations and partnership opportunities • Build and support APIs for emerging integration opportunities, including AI/LLM tools and Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementations • Implement secure authentication and authorization systems, including OAuth integrations • Collaborate with other teams to understand API requirements and deliver robust solutions • Review code and provide technical guidance to team members and engineers across the organization • Own the API roadmap and prioritize work to support development velocity and business needs • Ensure APIs are well-documented, versioned appropriately, and maintain backward compatibility • Build and maintain API testing frameworks and automation • Respond to technical requirements from partnership teams and third-party integrators • Work with AWS services to build resilient, scalable API infrastructure • Contribute to reducing technical debt and improving consistency across existing APIs

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on API development • Expert-level knowledge of REST API design principles and experience with GraphQL • Proven experience designing and building APIs for partnerships, integrations, or third-party developers • Proficiency in at least one of: Java, PHP, Ruby, Python or ColdFusion • Strong understanding of authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys) • Experience with AWS services and cloud-native API development • Track record of establishing API standards, documentation practices, and design patterns • Experience leading technical projects or teams and mentoring other engineers • Strong understanding of API versioning, backwards compatibility, and deprecation strategies • Excellent communication skills and ability to work with non-technical stakeholders • Experience with API testing frameworks and test automation • Self-directed and able to work independently in a remote environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Retirement plans (401k, SIPP, etc.) • Health insurance • Generous paid time off • Parental leave • Home office allowance • Flexible work schedules • Paid and discounted subscriptions • Regular engagement activities