Tech Lead

At Musicow US, we are a diverse group of music enthusiasts, tech innovators, savvy investors, and dedicated team players. We believe that each individual talent brings our collection to new heights. Our values are centered around four core principles:

1. Passion for Music: Music is at the heart of everything we do. While technology and trends may change, our love for great artists and songwriters will remain constant.

2. Global Reach, Local Knowledge: Music is a universal language. We strive for success through communication and collaboration, and it can come from anywhere and reach everywhere.

3. Innovation and Vision: We strive to push the boundaries and create the future through insightful information and imaginative thinking.

4. Empowered by Diversity: Like the music we serve, we believe that our differences make us stronger. At Musicow, every talent can find a place to belong and grow their career.

At Musicow, promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is integral to our culture. We believe that fostering an inclusive workplace enhances contributions and growth opportunities for all. We encourage individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, including but not limited to age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other identity to apply.

Join us and enjoy the best of both worlds - advance your career with a leading global music investment platform while retaining the creative freedom of a nimble independent.

Job Title: Tech Lead, Musicow US

A Little Bit About Our Team

Musicow is the world's first platform to turn music copyrights into investable financial assets. We've launched a native mobile app powered by Security Token Offering (STO), allowing users to buy and trade fractional music rights just like stocks.

Now expanding into the U.S. market, we're looking for a hands-on Tech Lead who can both code and lead — someone who can build a local development team in Los Angeles, drive product growth, and turn complex financial services into intuitive user experiences.

As a
Tech Lead
at Musicow, you will be responsible for the following:

What You'll Do

• Lead and contribute directly to full-stack development across backend (Node/Nest or equivalent) and web (React/Next).

• Build and ship core product features across onboarding, identity verification, investment flows, funding/deposits, and user dashboards.

• Own end-to-end integrations with multiple third-party financial, compliance, and identity APIs.

• Investigate and resolve complex operational issues by analyzing logs, API responses, and event sequences across distributed systems.

• Design, build, and maintain internal tools (admin portals, dashboards, workflow automation) used by operations, compliance, finance, and support teams.

• Improve monitoring, observability, reliability, and system-wide error handling.

• Participate in architectural decisions involving scalability, system performance, data integrity, and regulatory constraints.

• Serve as a technical partner to product, operations, and leadership, translating high-level business and regulatory requirements into actionable engineering plans.

• Foster a culture of ownership, clarity, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration across U.S. and international engineering groups.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience, including years in a technical lead or leadership capacity.

• Strong full-stack engineering background:

• Backend: / NestJS or similar

• Web: React / or similar

• Experience integrating with third-party APIs (identity, payments, financial services, custody, compliance, or similar domains).

• Experience building or maintaining production systems in consumer applications or fintech.

• Experience building reliable, high-trust systems in regulated or security-sensitive environments.

• Excellent communication skills, especially when working across global or distributed teams.

• Authorized to work in the U.S

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fintech, payments, investments, or identity verification.

• Experience designing systems that satisfy regulatory, compliance, or audit requirements.

• Experience building internal admin tools and operational dashboards.

• Experience working within compliance-constrained or high-risk operational environments.

Perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA options, as well as:

• 100% coverage
• 100% 401(k) match on the first 10% of your contribution on eligible compensation
• Variety of ways to take advantage of time away from work including:
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
• 11 Paid Holidays (including Juneteenth and Good Friday)
• Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)

Don't be discouraged if you don't hear from us right away. We're taking our time to review all resumes and find the best people for Musicow.

Thanks for your interest in working for Musicow. We love it here and think you will, too.