Platoon Software Engineer - Backend
London, England, United Kingdom
Software and Services
The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionised entire industries! As part of Apple, Platoon is a creative artist services company that nurtures and builds the careers of independent artists. Platoon is best known for working at an early stage with emerging and established talent – including Ayra Starr, Jorja Smith, Billie Eilish, Yebba, Kwesi Arthur and Mr. Eazi – but are also working across genres such as Classical, Children’s Music, Dance and Electronic and Wellbeing music.
Description
Our team is looking for a Java software engineer to join our group. In this role you will be responsible for developing and expanding a platform and related tools where emerging artists gain insights and build their music careers.
Responsibilities of the role include:
* understanding of the existing system to a complete depth
* coding to a high and consistent standard, that you will help form
* contribution with innovation and ideas to engineering discussions
* helping the team improve the future architecture of the system
* debugging and troubleshooting of distributed applications
* excellent communication skills, and coordination with the internal engineering teams and external vendors
Minimum Qualifications
- 4 or more years of experience in building, maintaining, and debugging software
- Programming in Java or other Object Oriented language
- Experience designing and architecting distributed systems
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with platforms such as cloud infrastructure, orchestration and messaging systems
- Experience with Spring Boot or equivalent framework
- A solid understanding of relational databases, SQL, and data caching
- Familiarity with software testing and openness to gain more expertise
- Open to working across multiple timezones and geographies