
Mid-level Backend Dev for SaaS in the music industry at MelodyIQ. Location Information: Anywhere in the World. . . Headquarters:. Lisbon . URL:. . https://melodyiq.com/. . . We’re hiring a freelance mid-level backend developer to join our 100% remote, talented, energetic small team.. . At MelodyIQ, we build music analytics tools trusted by the world’s top record labels — Sony, Universal, Def Jam, Island Records, and more.. . The code you ship will directly shape how global campaigns are run for the world’s biggest artists like Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Calvin Harris.. . Role description. . You’ll start with daily maintenance and support tickets, then grow into deeper backend ownership — improving performance, fixing bugs, and building new features that matter.. . You’re reliable, detail-focused, and proactive: someone who can keep the lights on while making the system better every week.. . Commitment:. Minimum 4 hours per day, but ideally 6-8 hours per day.. . Contract:. Will start as month-to-month freelance, with the option to move to long-term hire if it’s a great fit.. . Timezone:. We’re prioritising candidates located between Europe and Australia, with at least 4 hours of daily overlap with Central European Time (ideal: Eastern Europe).. . What You’ll Do. . . Handle daily system maintenance and customer support tickets. . Debug and fix bugs in production with care and precision. . Improve reliability and performance of our backend systems. . Refactor existing Javascript code into TypeScript and clean up legacy code. . Build internal automations and tools to make life easier for the team. . Write and maintain tests that keep our systems fast and dependable. . Take part in database migrations, CI improvements, and dependency upgrades. . Monitor dashboards and proactively flag potential issues. . Ship pragmatic solutions, not over-engineered ones. . . Example Tasks You Might Work On. . . Upgrading our PostgreSQL instance. . Optimizing PostgreSQL queries. . Refactoring backend code from Javascript into TypeScript. . Setting up Grafana dashboards to monitor key metrics. . Reducing GCP costs through smarter infrastructure decisions. . Migrating GCP Gen1 to Gen2 cloud functions. . Improving CI/CD deployment processes. . Cleaning up old/unused database tables. . . Who We’re Looking For. . . 4+ years of experience as a backend or full stack engineer. . Strong written communicator (we’re async and remote-first). . Comfortable working autonomously day to day. . Trustworthy, conscientious, and detail-oriented. . Pragmatic: proud of your code but focused on simplicity and maintainability. . Curious and eager to learn, especially in a fast-moving SaaS startup. . Previous experience in fully remote async teams is a plus. . . Required technical skills. . . Very experienced at large PostgreSQL databases in a work setting. . Node. . Typescript / javascript. . At least basic React. . . Nice to have technical skills. . . Google cloud. . Experienced at React. . Redis. . Github actions. . Grafana/Prometheus. . . How to apply. . Please send an email that speaks directly to this position to join [at] melodyiq [dot] com with the subject line “Hire me MelodyIQ”.. . Please make sure to use that exact subject line in your email to show that you have fully read the application.. Note, the application link does not work - this is on purpose to avoid spam.. . We’d love to hear about yourself and why you think you’d be a good fit for our team. Tell us about something you’ve done, something that’s relevant to the kind of work we do, something that excites you.. . Be descriptive, but don’t feel the need to write a novel — 300 words or so should be plenty.. . We value authentic applications. Generic or AI-generated answers stand out easily, so please tell us in your own words about your experience. If you use AI tools to help draft, that’s fine — but we want to hear your voice and your real work.. . To apply:. . https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/melodyiq-mid-level-backend-dev-for-saas-in-the-music-industry.