Software Engineer

About the role

The Software Engineer role is a full‑stack position reporting to the Senior Software Engineering Manager, responsible for designing, developing and enhancing Vydia’s core platform. The engineer will build scalable, high‑quality features in a custom Ruby application, collaborate with product, design and engineering teams, and support customers, partners and internal users.

About the company

Vydia is an end-to-end music technology platform and services company that provides labels with infrastructure and tools for rights management, automated royalty accounting, advanced payments and performance analytics, enabling global publishing, distribution and monetization of audio‑visual content. It is a wholly‑owned subsidiary of gamma., an artist‑first multimedia platform.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred (not required).
• Professional experience developing and maintaining web‑based applications.
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language/framework (Ruby on Rails, Python, Node.js, Go, Java) and ability to learn new stacks quickly.
• Familiarity with modern frontend technologies (JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Vue, HTML/CSS) for full‑stack development.
• Experience building and maintaining scalable SaaS or enterprise web applications.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, OOP principles, design patterns, and scalability.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL or MySQL), including schema design and performance tuning.
• Experience integrating third‑party APIs and RESTful services.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and concepts such as serverless, object storage, managed databases.
• Knowledge of microservices, serverless architectures, or distributed systems.
• Experience with Git, collaborative workflows, and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Ability to write automated tests and deliver secure, reliable code.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and DevOps best practices.
• Experience with application monitoring, logging, observability, and performance optimization.
• Participation in code reviews and contribution to engineering best practices.
• Preferred: experience troubleshooting production issues and participating in on‑call support rotation.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across Engineering, Product, and Design.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, take ownership, and deliver high‑quality results.
• Fast, adaptable learner focused on user and customer experience.