Senior Server-Side Swift & AWS Cloud Engineer

SongShift is redefining how music is experienced globally. As we expand our platform and scale to meet growing demand, we’re seeking a Senior Server-Side Swift & AWS Cloud Engineer to join our small, high-impact team. You’ll architect and optimize our cloud-native systems, with a strong emphasis on Server-Side Swift running on AWS. This role is a core technical position where your expertise will directly shape the reliability, scalability, and future of our platform.

Requirements

Server-Side Swift Development

• Architect and maintain backend services and APIs using Server-Side Swift, with a focus on high performance and reliability.
• Write and optimize AWS Lambdas in Swift to power SongShift’s core workflows.

Core Skills

• Design, implement, and manage distributed, serverless architectures on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, Step Functions, API Gateway, SQS, CloudFront, Route53, etc.).
• Build and manage multi-region active-active deployments to ensure availability, low latency, and fault tolerance.
• Develop disaster recovery strategies, data redundancy solutions, and backup workflows to safeguard user data.
• Familiarity with web technologies (JavaScript, Node.js, ReactJS, HTML, CSS) for occasional cross-stack contributions.
• Comfortable with on-call/incident response responsibilities.

iOS Engineering (Very helpful)

• UIKit experience is highly valuable, especially for understanding how our iOS app consumes APIs and for contributing to shared Swift codebases.
• Ability to troubleshoot and collaborate with mobile engineers on client-server integration issues.
• Familiarity with SwiftUI, Combine, and modern iOS patterns is a plus.

Soft Skills

• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in a remote-first team.
• Ability to take ownership of systems end-to-end, from design to operations.
• Able to switch seamlessly between different projects, technologies, and problem domains while maintaining focus and productivity.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary ($150,000-$250,000)
• Fully remote and flexible work environment
• Equipment budget