[Remote] API Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DistroKid is a company that helps artists share their music with the world. As an API Engineer, you will be responsible for building and scaling the API infrastructure that connects millions of musicians to streaming platforms and third-party services, as well as developing cutting-edge AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of high-scale backend systems and APIs that power DistroKid’s core platform
• Architect and evolve distributed systems on AWS to handle high throughput, reliability, and performance
• Work across backend, infrastructure, and DevOps boundaries from API design to deployment and system operations
• Design and integrate with enterprise-grade systems and external platforms to support complex, high-scale workflows
• Lead technical design decisions for complex systems (data models, service boundaries, scaling strategies, failure handling)
• Write production code and remain deeply hands-on in building and improving systems
• Improve system observability, reliability, and performance at scale
• Partner closely with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into robust technical solutions

Skills

• 10+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments
• Strong, recent hands-on coding experience (this is not a pure design/management role)
• Deep experience with AWS (compute, storage, networking, scaling, etc.)
• Proven track record designing and operating high-scale distributed systems
• Strong experience with API design and system architecture in complex environments
• Experience working across infrastructure and application layers (DevOps, deployment, reliability, etc.)
• Experience with enterprise integration platforms (e.g., AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management, MuleSoft, Apigee, Kong, or similar) or building/operating large-scale integration layers
• Ability to own systems end-to-end from architecture to implementation to production operation
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making high-impact technical decisions
• Experience with high-throughput systems, event-driven architectures, or data pipelines
• Background in platform or infrastructure engineering
• Experience in high-growth or scaling product environments

Benefits

• Retirement plans (401k, SIPP, etc.)
• Health insurance
• Generous paid time off
• Parental leave
• Home office allowance
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid and discounted subscriptions
• Regular engagement activities

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