About the job
About Hook Music
Hook Music is a pioneering social music platform, supported by elite investors, dedicated to revolutionizing music discovery, enhancing fan engagement, and fostering creator development. We transform beloved songs into interactive sounds, allowing fans and creators to reimagine music through simple, remix-friendly experiences that require no learning curve. By collaborating directly with artists, labels, and rights holders, Hook Music ensures that music is discovered, shared, and expressed in ways that honor and reward its creators. At Hook, music is not merely consumed , it is experienced, expressed, and personalized.
Role Overview
We are on the lookout for a talented Backend Engineer (Product & APIs) to design, develop, and scale the APIs and fundamental systems that drive Hook Music’s product experience across both mobile and web platforms. In this role, you will take ownership of the backend services that facilitate content creation, discovery, user profiles, social interactions, rights management, and much more.
As a product-oriented backend engineer, you will collaborate closely with frontend engineers, AI and recommendation teams, product managers, and designers to ensure our application is fast, reliable, and scalable. You will contribute to shaping system architecture, enhancing performance, and creating clean, extensible APIs that support rapid experimentation and growth.
Your Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that empower the Hook Music product.
Work closely with frontend engineers to establish and implement clean, efficient API contracts.
Architect systems that accommodate high-throughput content creation, media processing, and social interactions.
Optimize performance, reliability, and latency across core product flows.
Contribute to database design, schema evolution, and data modeling strategies.
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting mechanisms to ensure system health and observability.
Engage in technical design discussions to shape long-term backend architecture.
Support experimentation and rapid iteration by building flexible, modular systems.
