Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SonicCritic is a direct-to-fan, privacy-first music streaming platform that enables artists to retain most of their subscription revenue. The Founding Engineer will build and own major parts of the platform, including streaming, playback, payout attribution, storage architecture, and future roadmap initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Core streaming and playback across web and iOS (React 18, TypeScript, Vite, Capacitor)
- The payout and attribution layer - the part that actually makes this different (Supabase/Postgres, Stripe Connect)
- A zero-egress storage architecture that keeps marginal streaming cost near zero (Cloudflare R2)
- Whatever the roadmap demands next; the surface area is wide and you'll shape it
Skills
- • Strong across the stack, comfortable owning features end to end
- • You've shipped production software and can move fast without leaving a mess
- • You want to be early and take real ownership, not slot into a team of forty
- • Bonus: you understand audio, or you care about the economics of how artists get paid
Benefits
- Meaningful equity — up to 5% for the right founding hire
- Direct partnership with the founder and a genuine say in technical direction
- Remote work option
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