Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DistroKid helps artists share their music with the world and supports millions of independent artists through streaming distribution tools. The API Engineer will design, build, scale, and operate high-scale backend systems and APIs that support integrations, partnerships, streaming platforms, third-party services, and emerging AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of high-scale backend systems and APIs that power DistroKid’s core platform
• Architect and evolve distributed systems on AWS to handle high throughput, reliability, and performance
• Work across backend, infrastructure, and DevOps boundaries from API design to deployment and system operations
• Design and integrate with enterprise-grade systems and external platforms to support high-scale workflows
• Guide technical design decisions for elaborate systems (data models, service boundaries, scaling strategies, failure handling)
• Write production code and remain actively involved in building and improving systems
• Improve system observability, reliability, and performance at scale
• Partner closely with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into robust technical solutions

Skills

• * 10+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments
• * Solid, recent hands-on coding experience (this is not a pure design/management role)
• * Deep experience with AWS (compute, storage, networking, scaling, etc.)
• * Demonstrated experience designing and operating high-scale distributed systems
• * Extensive experience with API design and system architecture in involved environments
• * Experience working across infrastructure and application layers (DevOps, deployment, reliability, etc.)
• * Experience with enterprise integration platforms (e.g., AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management, MuleSoft, Apigee, Kong, or similar) or building/operating large-scale integration layers
• * Aptitude to own systems end-to-end from architecture to implementation to production operation
• * Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making critical technical judgements
• * Experience with high-throughput systems, event-driven architectures, or data pipelines
• * Background in platform or infrastructure engineering
• * Experience in high-growth or scaling product environments

Benefits

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

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