Harman International

Harman International

Principal Backend Engineer

Texas, USA · Principal · full-time

Sponsorship not specified$134k-$197kDetected 47 days ago
PythonC#Node.jsBackend DevelopmentPostgreSQLBigQueryAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesCI/CDAPI DevelopmentKafkaRabbitMQMachine LearningLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • A Career at HARMAN As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better.

Responsibilities

  • 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, 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 performance of backend services, ensuring low latency and high availability.
  • Implement observability tools for monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system reliability.
  • Drive technical innovation, evaluating new technologies and frameworks to improve development velocity and system capabilities.
  • CI/CD: Proficient with automated pipelines for continuous build and integration systems.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of backend services development
  • Hands-on experience with
  • What you need to Be Successful: 10+ years of backend services development Technical Skills: Strong understanding of modern backend development tools.

Nice to have

  • A passion for delivering top-notch audio experiences to users and an interest in the audio technology domain

Skills

  • Strong understanding of modern backend development tools.
  • Strong proficiency in Node.js, Python, or Go or similar backend languages.
  • Expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, and Serverless architectures.
  • Experience with databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, BigQuery), caching strategies, and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
  • Familiarity with music metadata standards, recommendation systems, or audio streaming APIs is a plus.
  • Familiarity with C# and.
  • NET based technologies.
  • Contributions to open-source projects or technical blogs.
  • Be willing to travel up to 5%, domestically and internationally.
  • An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities.
  • Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work-life integration and collaboration in a global environment.
  • Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University's business and leadership academies and extensive course catalog.

Compensation

  • $134k-$197k

Benefits

  • Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment What We Offer Competitive wellness benefits and 401K Retirement Savings plan.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.

Equal opportunity

  • $ 134,250 - $ 196,900 HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.
  • Access to employee discounts on world-class HARMAN products (JBL, Harman/Kardon, etc.). "Be Brilliant" employee recognition and rewards program. #LI - Remote #LI-NW1 Salary Ranges: $ 134,250 - $ 196,900 HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.
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