We're a company called Elk. A team of music lovers, ranging from violin makers and python magicians to computer PhDs and record label managers. We're based in Stockholm, but most of us work from wherever they are.

At the core of what we do is an OS for Audio called Elk Audio OS which is the fastest audio OS on the planet. On top of this, we've built an ecosystem for musicians called Elk LIVE. Elk LIVE enables musicians to play live and in sync together over the world wide web.

About the role

Do you want to be part of the next big thing in the music industry? We're in need of a talented backend developer who will play a fundamental role in upgrading our music service Elk LIVE. As always, you need to be a team player that knows how to work independently. You need to be creative, knowledgeable and you absolutely need to love music.

What you'll be doing

• Develop and maintain the backend services that are behind our Elk Live system
• Coordinate the deployment of the services together with our cloud engineer
• Work independently, but at the same time interact closely with other team members working on various aspects of the system (cloud, frontend, other backend services, real-time networking, DSP)

Skill & Requirements

• Strong programming skills
• 2+ years of industrial experience working in a team
• Good knowledge of modern web architectures, especially with respect to non-REST APIs (socket.io, JSON-RPC)
• Good Python knowledge and web-related frameworks
• Experience with one or more of the major cloud provider platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)

Good to have

• Experience with Flask web applications
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and monitoring
• Experience integrating third-party analytics tools and customer data platforms
• Experience working with advanced analytics tools
• If you have played in a band, produced beats in your bedroom, or anything related to music, that's a big plus.