Who we are
At HEARD, we’re transforming the music industry. We are ‘Moneyball for music,’ automating critical decisions for music executives and their teams. We complement record labels’ smartest creative minds with data-driven automation that identifies and executes strategies for artist growth.
Music connects us all, moving us, shaping moments, and bringing people together. That’s why we’re passionate about helping artists—whether today’s chart-topping superstars or the industry’s rising stars—be HEARD.
Founded in 2020, from a passion for music and a drive to innovate, HEARD stays true to its roots as a scrappy startup backed by music-industry insiders. Our small team consistently has an outsized impact in the industry, driven by accountability, transparency, and curiosity. We believe in continuous improvement, approaching each day with humility and a genuine eagerness to learn and improve.
Our stack includes Node.js, Nx, React, Typescript, NATS, AWS, Snowflake, Python, and DBT.
Who You Are
HEARD is hiring a Senior Full-Stack Developer who will play a foundational role in shaping one of music’s most exciting new technologies.
As a senior member of our team, you will play a critical role designing, developing, and maintaining our core platform. You will work across the entire stack, ensuring a seamless, performant, and impactful product. You will collaborate closely with product owners, data stakeholders, and users to translate business requirements into robust and scalable technical solutions.
Your ability to manage engineering stories through the SDLC will be essential as we continue to power world-class record labels. Your expertise will contribute to the development of data-driven tools that empower our clients to make informed decisions in the ever-evolving music landscape.
Today, you’re a primary contributor on a small, nimble team. You seek empowering product ownership and a range of interesting technical challenges. You take pride in your work. You encourage simple architecture, readable code, and consistency. You’re scrappy and resourceful, knowing when to build and when to buy. You know how to be an effective tech lead, helping other developers ship with quality and pace. Your team says you encourage excellence, coach productivity, and manage with intention and empathy. Your stakeholders say you’ve worked hard to build trust, you’re pragmatic, and you care about business goals.
You value integrity, authenticity, and diversity—and so do we. You take initiative when you see opportunities for improvement. You foster meaningful relationships and contribute to crafting company culture.
What You’ll Do
- Technical planning - Work closely with product owners to translate product specifications and user requirements into thoughtful technical plans and tickets, fostering a collaborative and innovative development environment.
- Robust backend engineering - Design, develop, and deploy scalable and maintainable web applications and APIs using modern technologies and architectural patterns. We use Node, TypeScript, Nx, and more.
- Energized frontend development - Craft exciting, intuitive, and reliable user experiences using React, TypeScript, and the wealth of the open-source ecosystem.
- Data engineering - Collaborate with data stakeholders to design, develop, and deploy new models within HEARD’s data warehouse using DBT, SQL, and Snowflake. Manage data sources and integrations with the rest of HEARD’s core platform.
- Database design - Design and optimize database schemas to ensure data integrity, performance, and scalability, employing best practices for data modeling and querying. We use PostgreSQL, Prisma, and more.
- Code quality - Write clean, well-documented, and testable code, adhering to best practices and coding standards. Encourage the same from others via PR reviews, tooling, peer programing, and retrospectives.
- Technical leadership and mentorship - Provide technical leadership and guidance to other developers, fostering their growth, and promoting a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
- Savvy problem solving - Identify and resolve complex technical challenges, employing a strategic and analytical approach to ensure optimal performance, reliability, and security of the platform.
What You Bring
- 7+ years of production backend experience with Node.js and TypeScript
- 3+ years of production frontend experience with React and TypeScript
- Strong knowledge of relational databases
- Track record leading complex features through the SDLC
- Track record of excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Track record of self-sufficiency
- Knowledge and appreciation of software best practices
- Experience managing cloud infrastructure
- Presence 1 day a week in HEARD’s Boston office for collaboration and ideation, working alongside our CTO
Work Location & Benefits
🏡 Work Environment: Boston (Boston, 1-2 days in office) with a flexible, remote-friendly culture.
💡 Benefits:
- Employer-contributed medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Generous time off policy (because work-life balance matters)
Why This Role is Exciting
HEARD offers a continuous set of technical challenges, product ownership, and impact in a culture-rich company and industry. This is an opportunity to shape the present and future of music marketing. As Senior Full-Stack Developer, you will play a key role in designing and building the applications that power decision making for some of the world’s best record labels. You will enable artists to achieve industry-leading growth and be heard worldwide.
Whether you’re leading development of our next generation of new features, using creative thinking and our billions of data points to solve interesting problems for music executives, or coming up with ingenious ways to automate more of a record label’s workflow, we're confident you will grow and thrive at HEARD!