Senior Web Engineer - Payments

Berlin,London

SoundCloud empowers artists and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers by providing them with the most progressive tools, services, and resources. With over 400+ million tracks from 40+ million artists, the future of music is SoundCloud. 

We are seeking a seasoned and talented Senior Web Engineer with a strong background in payments, web development and JavaScript to join a focused feature team of three engineers. As part of the newly formed Revenue Group Web Team (REWE), you will own the web surfaces—desktop and mobile web—that bring SoundCloud's ads and payments products to life for millions of users. 

Your work will support us on our mission: deliver the web infrastructure and features that fuel SoundCloud’s revenue engine. Better ad experiences keep users listening longer. Seamless checkout flows drive subscription growth. Our work directly impacts both the health of the business and the experience of every SoundCloud fan and creator.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain user-facing web features that support ads, subscriptions, and creator commerce
  • Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and other web teams
  • Contribute to the development of new ad formats (display, video, audio pods) and ad experimentation frameworks
  • Develop and optimize checkout and payment flows that are secure, accessible, and conversion-driven
  • Participate in technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and roadmap planning
  • Ensure performance, scalability, and maintainability of SoundCloud’s web surfaces
  • Debug complex issues across systems and browsers, ensuring a consistent experience for users globally
  • Advocate for best practices in accessibility, testing, and front-end performance

Background and Experience:

  • 4–6 years of professional experience building modern web applications
  • Deep knowledge of TypeScript, React,  and modern web tooling (e.g., Next.js, Vite)
  • Ability to analyze and optimize web application performance, including identifying and addressing bottlenecks and implementing performance enhancements
  • Solid grasp of web performance, accessibility, and responsive design principles
  • Experience integrating payments, ads, or other complex third-party SDKs/APIs
  • A product-oriented perspective—you care about the “why,” not just the “how”
  • Experience with observability tools and techniques, such as logging, monitoring, and error tracking, to ensure high availability and performance
  • A collaborative mindset and strong communication skills

Bonus points for:

  • Experience with experimentation or A/B testing frameworks
  • Familiarity with ad tech or payments systems (Recurly, Adyen, etc.)
  • Experience contributing to large-scale web performance or monetization projects

About us:

  • We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London)
  • We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodate work from home
  • We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone’s voice, perspective, and experience is respected and heard
  • We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops, and enrichment opportunities

Benefits: 

  • Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • Generous professional development allowance
  • Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually 
  • 16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted, and foster children
  • We offer free German courses for all levels
  • Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office

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