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London, United Kingdom£130k-£170k + Equity

Lead Full-Stack Engineer at innovative music tech platform

Are you a Lead Full-Stack Engineer passionate about real-time collaboration and massive scale? Join an innovative music tech platform to architect and build the future of music creation. You'll own the core multiplayer primitives, sync models, and scale a delightful experience from hundreds of thousands to millions of users, fundamentally changing how people make music together.

Overview

Role overview

Lead the architectural design and implementation of a real-time, collaborative music creation platform. You'll build core multiplayer primitives, define sync and conflict models, and scale the backend from hundreds of thousands to millions of users. This role offers the chance to shape the future of music interaction, delivering a stable and delightful experience at massive scale.

Company

About the company

innovative music tech platform

Responsibilities

What you will do

  • Implement core multiplayer primitives like presence, selection, and edit/playback states.
  • Write crisp React + TypeScript with Zustand, setting high bars for performance and feel.
  • Design robust sync and conflict models for a real-time collaborative environment.

Candidate profile

Who this is a fit for

  • 7+ years building complex, user-facing systems, including real-time/multi-user features.
  • Deep expertise in TypeScript, React, Node, with expert state architecture (Zustand) and optimistic UI.
  • Strong understanding of real-time transports (WebSockets, WebRTC) and consistency/conflict resolution (CRDT/OT).

What makes it remarkable

Why this role is remarkable

  • Own the architecture for real-time, collaborative music creation at massive scale.
  • Join a small, world-class team that ships fast and experiments boldly.
  • Contribute to redefining music creation, making it universal and engaging for billions.

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