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Does music move you the same as building technology? Are you looking to work on something to 
believe in? Our Engineering team is looking for you here at Discogs. 
 Location 
This is a remote position. Open to candidates located in OR, GA, CA, CO, ?D, A’, TY, ?W 
Who Are We
Discogs is the largest crowd-sourced, community-driven database of recorded music information 
in the world. Every day, millions of people use the Discogs Marketplace to connect, learn about 
music, and buy and sell vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes. As Discogs continues to grow, we are 
looking for bright, dedicated, creative, and highly motivated people to help us realize our mission to 
serve the music fan in everyone. Ge are relatively small, so individual contributions can have a large 
impact. Our value is placed on quality, critical thinking, and continuous improvement. Our teams 
work collaboratively but are distributed geographically and open-source tools are important to 
who we are and how we work. Ge value the experiences and skills each team member contributes 
to helping us serve our music community. 

 Who we are looking For 
The Senior Backend Engineer, Catalog acts as a senior member of a group of passionate 
engineers to help us create software and services for the Discogs catalog. As a technical 
subject matter expert, this role is instrumental in driving our catalog technology vision forward 
and evangeliHing development and testing practices that drives Discogs catalog transformation 
and growth strategies. Requires great ability to multi-task across projects as well as to adapt to 
di(erent areas of the code where previous knowledge, skills, and experience may not exist. This 
role provides strong technical leadership and mentorship to develop the capabilities of other team 
members. This role motivates and fosters collaboration across the teams. 
 

What you'll Accomplish 
 Acts in a senior-level capacity for the technical development and delivery of features within the 
Discogs catalog, coordinating with Product, UY, LA, and other teams. Provides senior-level technical expertise in evaluation, conceptualiHation, design and development of features. Develops 
and maintains software following an Agile/Scrum methodology. Participates at a senior level in 
the breakdown of stories into technical design and implementation tasks and participates in sprint 
planning and other scrum methodologies, including estimation and prioritiHation of development 
e(orts. Drives for continuous improvement in performance, scalability, extensibility, reliability, 
and usability of features. Gorks with privacy and security teams to ensure proper architecture 
and maintenance. Follows accessibility practices in the development of software. Communicates 
e(ectively with tech and non-tech members, and is capable of delivering feedback to peers and 
their lead. Coaches and mentors other engineers while still maintaining deep individual and 
team-level contributions. Exempli+es how to write and review code and act on data feedback to 
decide what to build next. Monitors and supports health of features in production. Develops a 
working knowledge of tertiary domains. 
 

What you'll Contribute 
 Bachelor0s degree %BA/BS8 from four-year college or university, or equivalent work experience. z9 
years related work experience. Preferred technical skills - required when noted. Ge will consider 
candidates who have some or all of these skills.: Python expertise %required8 Messaging technologies: Ka3a strongly preferred Data: MySLW, AGS RDS Service-oriented architecture: 5raphLW, 
REST ContaineriHation and Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Argo CD AGS technologies: EKS 
/ EC2, RDS Search: ElasticSearch Observability: DataDog, Sentry, New Relic, other Other tools: 
5itJub, I?RA, Slack, ConZuence Capable of delivering small-to-medium features all the way 
through from technical design to launch with no guidance. Thoroughly understands the business 
vision, mission, and strategy and how their code supports and a(ects business outcomes. Possess 
advanced knowledge in your specialiHation to be able to guide and mentor team members. Ability 
to e(ectively present information and respond to questions from stakeholders Gorking knowledge 
of taking a large complex project, breaking it down into sub-tasks, and completing those tasks as 
required. Shows initiative and seeks evidence in data to support ideas 
 

What we Provide 
 Competitive compensation: salary, plus performance-related bonus program 471%k8 with employer 
match 1776 company-paid medical and dental insurance bene+ts for you and your dependents 4 
weeks paid vacation, increasing based on tenure 1@ weeks paid leave for birth moms @ weeks 
paid parental leave, including for adoption Monthly wellness allowance Annual professional and 
personal development allowance Gork from home oVce set-up and expense allowances Flexible 
work location opportunities Employer matching toward charitable contributions 
 

What we Believe In 
Discogs' mission is to serve the music fan in everyone. We represent a diverse and inclusive 
community, and we are committed to serving our community with innovative and creative solutions. 
Ge know that innovation happens best when varying perspectives are embraced and integrated. 
Our global team respects our global community. 
Discogs is an Equal Opportunity Employer.