Senior Software Engineer II (Remote - US)

Senior Software Engineer II

Location: Remote - US

Position Overview:

Splice is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to help define the architecture and drive implementation changes across multiple backend services that power Splice’s next-generation products. This role involves translating large-scale architectural changes into manageable, incremental outcomes that provide ongoing customer benefits. You will operate on multiple levels, from defining and socializing high-level system architecture to direct API implementation and instrumentation, advocating for system designs and APIs that make "The right thing, the easy thing," and driving solutions that are both technically and organizationally scalable.

Responsibilities:

• Include customer experience when discussing engineering solutions and tradeoffs.
• Investigate and provide clarifying guidance for areas of significant uncertainty.
• Own the delivery of complex projects that span multiple domains and teams.
• Identify areas for team- and organization-wide improvement and propose solutions.
• Regularly seek mechanisms to ensure that deliverables meet or exceed quality standards.
• Provide mentorship and give candid and respectful feedback on how to improve our engineering practices.
• Help manage cross-team commitments, track their progress, and relate that to the overall delivery roadmap to help prioritize the team’s work.
• Be flexible and readily adapt to change.
• Look for personal growth opportunities and continuously seek ways to improve.

Job Requirements:

• Relevant work experience building and evolving production software using Go and Python.
• Experience leveraging SaaS and cloud provider primitives to their fullest potential.
• Experience working with payment systems such as Stripe or Recurly and understanding how to leverage their capabilities.
• Ability to work backwards from the customer experience.
• Several years of experience working with RDBMS such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, and crafting performant SQL queries.
• Shared vision to enable artist creativity and continue Splice's path to becoming the most iconic music company in the world.
• Comfortable having build-versus-buy tradeoff conversations.
• Self-directed towards generating excellent work outcomes.
• Ability to ensure shared understanding about the definition of done.
• Bias towards action and experimentation.
• Focus on quality over quantity.
• Comfortable, or even prefer, working across technical stacks.

About Splice:

Splice is a creative platform for people who make music. Serious producers choose Splice Sounds to bring their ideas to life. A subscription to Splice inspires and accelerates creative success for digital music creators with an industry-leading catalog of sounds and samples and an expanding AI stack. With a rent-to-own marketplace of DAWs and plugins, the Splice experience seamlessly integrates into any music production workflow, regardless of DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Via Splice, an unparalleled team of sound designers and sample creators are fueling the success of a growing global community of chart-topping producers, students, and DIY creators.

How Splice Works:

At Splice, DISCO is a rallying cry for collaboration, accountability, and unity within our organization; Direct, Inclusive, Splice Together, Creator Centric, and Optimistic. Our shared success depends on our ability to support one another, work well together, and communicate directly. By embracing flexibility and a unified approach, we can navigate anything that’s thrown at us. Splice embraces a culture of remote work, with colleagues showing up from across the US and the UK. To ensure effective teamwork, we have regular communication, including Town Halls, departmental all-hands, and get-togethers. When you join Splice, you join a network of colleagues, peers, and collaborators.