Why you'll love Musical AI
Perks That Matter to You
$164,930 - $231,770/year
Equity in a first-to-market company
Remote flexibility in Canada (9am-2pm Pacific for collaboration)
Work culture that celebrates speed and experimentation
How you'll thrive
Shape the product directly as part of a small engineering team
Work with founders who've built and scaled companies before
Embrace AI tools as essential to your workflow
Collaborate directly with the CTO on architectural decisions
Ship quickly, learn, and iterate based on results
Work in a culture where no one has an ego
Mentor developers as the team scales
Build meaningful technology that solves the licensing problem for AI learning
Are you our Principal Full Stack Engineer?
You bring the:
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Intellectual curiosity to question assumptions and explore new approaches
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Systems mindset to link technical decisions with business impact
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Low ego to make confident decisions and own it when you’re wrong
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Self-direction to jump into the next high-value task without waiting
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Adaptability to keep up with the pace of AI work
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Collaborative approach to work closely with a small team
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AI-first mindset to take advantage of tools that help you move faster
What to Expect
Technical Leadership
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Drive key architectural decisions for a scalable, multi-tenant platform.
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Establish engineering best practices, code standards, CI/CD, and review processes.
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Mentor developers; lead technical design reviews and interviews.
Core Development (Full-Stack)
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Frontend (React 18/Next.js)
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Build dashboards for rights holders and AI companies.
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Implement data analytics and visualization (D3.js/Chart.js or similar).
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Build responsive UI systems (Tailwind; component libs), with smooth UX (Framer Motion).
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Integrate auth and session flows (AWS Amplify/Cognito or equivalent).
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Backend (Node.js/Express or Python/FastAPI; GraphQL/REST)
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Design and implement REST/GraphQL APIs for transactions and data access controls.
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Build authentication and role-based multi-tenant authorization.
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Create reporting engines for usage analytics, royalty calculations, and financial reporting.
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Implement real-time features (WebSockets/subscriptions) for notifications and messaging.
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Build file flows for audio/metadata upload, download, and secure delivery.
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Strategic Planning & Operations
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Translate tech vision into quarterly OKRs, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.
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Balance feature velocity with tech-debt management, reliability, and cost.
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Make build-vs-buy decisions for vendors/third-party services and cloud components.
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Provide data-driven status to the CEO/execs and participate in product strategy.
Customer, Compliance & Partnerships
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Handle escalations requiring deep technical debugging and solutions.
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Lead security/compliance work: SOC 2, audit logging, data retention, and industry standards.
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Collaborate with Legal/Compliance on regulatory requirements (music/film industry).
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Manage relationships with cloud providers, GPU vendors, and security auditors.
Production Systems & Scale
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Design for millions of assets and real-time attribution at scale.
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Implement security, observability (metrics/logging/tracing), and incident response.
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Optimize performance and cost (including GPU, storage, and data egress)
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6-10+ years of professional software engineering with substantial full-stack product delivery.
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Proven experience owning complex features end-to-end across frontend, backend, and data.
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Background in one or more: high-scale data/real-time systems, media/content platforms, fintech/payments, or B2B marketplaces.
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Experience collaborating with product/design and interfacing with enterprise customers.
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Leadership experience mentoring others, leading designs, and influencing engineering standards.
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Your tool stack:
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Frontend: React 18, Next.js, Tailwind, Framer Motion, D3.js or Chart.js
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Backend: Node.js/Express or Python/FastAPI, GraphQL and REST, WebSockets
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Data: PostgreSQL, MongoDB or DynamoDB, Redis, vector databases for attribution
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Cloud: AWS (AppSync, Amplify/Cognito, S3, CloudFront, Lambda/ECS/EKS)
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Platform: Multi-tenant architecture, comprehensive audit logging
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CTO: align on tech vision; transition R&D innovations into production systems.
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Product & Design: prioritize features with clear success metrics and feedback loops.
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Sales/Customer Success: translate enterprise requirements and lead technical escalations.
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Legal/Compliance: ensure security audits and regulatory obligations are met.
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Step 1: A Google Meet conversation with Nicolas Gonzalez Thomas (CTO and hiring manager) to introduce the role and the company, and to explore your interest in the role, previous experience, and goals.
Step 2: A Google Meet conversation with Nicolas Gonzalez Thomas including a technical assessment. We’ll dive deeper into your previous experience, technical skills, and working style.
Step 3: A Google Meet conversation with Sean Power (CEO) and Matt Adell (COO) and focused on values alignment and the impact you’d like to make at Musical AI.
Step 4: If there is a mutual fit, we’ll move forward with an offer!
All applicants must live and be eligible to work in Canada.
In line with Accessibility Standards Canada, Musical AI provides employment accommodation during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please indicate this on your application and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any questions, suggestions or required documents regarding accessibility in a different format, please contact us directly. Generative AI is not used as part of our screening, candidate selection, or interviewing process.
In line with the Canadian Human Rights Act, we are committed to building an environment where everyone feels included, valued, and heard. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are an integral part of building ethical and safe AI technology, and it is our belief that they enable us to reach our goal of building technology that changes the world of music. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.
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Join us from the ground floor, help shape the product, and leave your mark on something that will change the music industry forever.
