Principal Backend Engineer – Music Discovery Platform

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $125.3k - $183.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🔙 Backend Engineer

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HARMAN International

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1980

🚘 Automotive

🔧 Hardware

🤝 B2B

Automotive • Hardware • B2B

HARMAN International is a global technology company that designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers and enterprises. The company is best known for audio and infotainment brands (e. g. , JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG) and for providing connected car systems, automotive electronics and professional audio solutions. HARMAN operates across product design, hardware manufacturing and integrated software/systems for automotive and commercial customers.

📋 Description

• 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 by 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 backend service performance for low latency and high availability • Implement observability tools for monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system reliability • Evaluate new technologies and frameworks to improve development velocity and system capabilities • Contribute to data-driven features within the Data Team and broader Harman Software Experiences organization

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of backend services development • 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 • Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, and Azure • Expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, and serverless architectures • Proficiency with automated CI/CD pipelines • Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL and BigQuery • Experience with caching strategies and message queues such as Kafka and RabbitMQ • Familiarity with music metadata standards, recommendation systems, or audio streaming APIs is a plus • Experience with machine learning pipelines or recommendation engines is 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 • Willingness to travel up to 5%, domestically and internationally • Availability for meetings and team interaction during typical continental US business hours • Successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive wellness benefits • 401K Retirement Savings plan • Inclusive and diverse work environment • Flexible work schedule and work-life integration • Career development opportunities • Professional development through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies and extensive course catalog • Tuition Reimbursement • Employee discounts on HARMAN products • “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program • Paid vacation and holidays • Paid sick leave • Volunteer leave • Paid bonding and caregiver leave • 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