Lead Backend Engineer (Budgets, Expense & Payments, PHP/Laravel)
Core
Lead backend engineer owning architecture, development, and scaling of backend systems tracking and managing finances for music projects, including integrations with third-party financial systems.
Role type
Senior, hands-on IC Lead Backend Engineer
Builds
Proprietary ERP systems for budgets, expenses, and payments serving musicians, record labels, and publishers
Domain
Music industry + Financial operations/ERP
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
PHP (vanilla + Laravel), relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL), API design, team leadership and mentorship, third-party financial platform integration, budgeting and expense workflow design, financial data security and compliance (SOC 2, SOX, GDPR/CCPA), automated testing (PHPUnit, Pest), data modeling and schema optimization
Preferred skills
Experience with BREX, NetSuite, Bill.com, modern data pipelines and data warehouses (Snowflake), pipeline orchestrations (Airflow), Python, DevOps practices (CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform), accounting principles and reconciliation workflows
Technologies
PHP, Laravel, MySQL, PostgreSQL, BREX, NetSuite, Bill.com, Snowflake, Airflow, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, PHPUnit, Pest
Responsibilities
Own architecture, design, and implementation of backend services and APIs for financial features. Build scalable, secure, and maintainable backend code using PHP. Develop and maintain integrations with third-party financial systems. Implement workflows to tie expenses, invoices, and payments to project budgets with role-based approvals. Drive backend performance, reliability, and compliance across financial data pipelines. Establish and enforce best practices in code quality, testing, database design, and deployment. Mentor and guide backend engineers. Collaborate cross-functionally with finance, product, and engineering teams. Contribute to technical strategy and long-term planning for backend architecture.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
