Job Description
What is DISCO?
DISCO is the industry standard for managing, organising and sharing music and other media. We make music and media workflow fast, intuitive and simple, directly connecting people and their work to save time. Today we count UMG, Sony, Warner Music, Netflix, Amazon among our customers, and over 250,000 people interact with DISCO each month. Our customers are super passionate about our product.
Location
Remote, Australia
Role
As a Staff Full Stack Engineer on the DISCO team, you will lead the design and implementation of robust and scalable architecture, deliver high quality customer features, and find elegant solutions to complex problems. Ultimately, you will have a huge impact on the architecture, design and user experience of our application.
This role is a great opportunity to employ strategic thinking, collaborate with cross-functional teams and help us build a culture of software engineering excellence. If you are looking to step into a Staff Engineer role, have a strong focus on front end technology and architecture, have a passion for quality, are an adaptive learner of new technologies and enjoy working collaboratively, this role is for you!
Responsibilities
Work with cross-functional teams to develop and implement secure, scalable features that deliver an industry leading experience for our customers
Take an active leadership role in our front end guild and work closely with our platform team to drive front end technical strategy and vision
Set the standard for high quality front end engineering and be a champion for accessibility, usability and performance excellence
Lead technical planning and discussions for complex projects with a focus on delivering value in predictable increments
Advocate for good agile process within the team and assist in writing clear, actionable, estimated epics and user stories
Implement shift-left security principles and participate in security initiatives
Lead incident management and emergency response
Champion initiatives to address existing technical debt and ensure new features are delivered complete including testing, observability and monitoring
Review and constructively critique pull requests
Be an inspiration and mentor for more junior members of the team
Requirements
10+ years of hands on engineering experience across front end and back end
Deep expertise in React.js and Next.js
Expertise using and implementing modern design systems and front end tooling
Expert understanding of frontend architecture in large scale apps, routing, code splitting, performance and bundle size optimisation, semantic markup, HTML5, CSS3 and CSS pre-processors
Comfortable using AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) to accelerate delivery and able to critically review AI-generated code
Full stack software engineering experience, ideally with Django, Python and PostgreSQL
Fluent in written and spoken English
The right to reside and work in Australia
It would be a bonus if you have:
A Bachelors and/or Masters in Computer Science or comparable knowledge and experience
Experience responding effectively to production issues of a heavily used application
Experience configuring or extending AI-assisted development workflows
Experience in DevOps and site reliability
Experience in a startup business
Experience working in a remote development team
Benefits
At DISCO, our employees have told us what benefits mean the most to them, and we've listened. So as a DISCO employee, you will work remotely from home (or a co-working space) whilst being supported by a friendly and fun international team.
In addition, you will receive:
A competitive salary in a fast growing startup
Office set up allowance
Annual learning and development allowance
Paid Parental Leave
A company laptop
Monthly internet allowance or reimbursement
Autonomy to manage your work flexibly in a high trust environment
To apply for this incredible position, please submit your resume and cover letter.
DISCO is an equal-opportunity employer. In addition, we will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals who have disabilities. If you require any reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, please note this in your cover letter and we will reach out to you.
Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.
DISCO is the industry standard for managing, organising and sharing music and other media. We make music and media workflow fast, intuitive and simple, directly connecting people and their work to save time. Today we count UMG, Sony, Warner Music, Netflix, Amazon among our customers, and over 250,000 people interact with DISCO each month. Our customers are super passionate about our product.
Location
Remote, Australia
Role
As a Staff Full Stack Engineer on the DISCO team, you will lead the design and implementation of robust and scalable architecture, deliver high quality customer features, and find elegant solutions to complex problems. Ultimately, you will have a huge impact on the architecture, design and user experience of our application.
This role is a great opportunity to employ strategic thinking, collaborate with cross-functional teams and help us build a culture of software engineering excellence. If you are looking to step into a Staff Engineer role, have a strong focus on front end technology and architecture, have a passion for quality, are an adaptive learner of new technologies and enjoy working collaboratively, this role is for you!
Responsibilities
Work with cross-functional teams to develop and implement secure, scalable features that deliver an industry leading experience for our customers
Take an active leadership role in our front end guild and work closely with our platform team to drive front end technical strategy and vision
Set the standard for high quality front end engineering and be a champion for accessibility, usability and performance excellence
Lead technical planning and discussions for complex projects with a focus on delivering value in predictable increments
Advocate for good agile process within the team and assist in writing clear, actionable, estimated epics and user stories
Implement shift-left security principles and participate in security initiatives
Lead incident management and emergency response
Champion initiatives to address existing technical debt and ensure new features are delivered complete including testing, observability and monitoring
Review and constructively critique pull requests
Be an inspiration and mentor for more junior members of the team
Requirements
10+ years of hands on engineering experience across front end and back end
Deep expertise in React.js and Next.js
Expertise using and implementing modern design systems and front end tooling
Expert understanding of frontend architecture in large scale apps, routing, code splitting, performance and bundle size optimisation, semantic markup, HTML5, CSS3 and CSS pre-processors
Comfortable using AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) to accelerate delivery and able to critically review AI-generated code
Full stack software engineering experience, ideally with Django, Python and PostgreSQL
Fluent in written and spoken English
The right to reside and work in Australia
It would be a bonus if you have:
A Bachelors and/or Masters in Computer Science or comparable knowledge and experience
Experience responding effectively to production issues of a heavily used application
Experience configuring or extending AI-assisted development workflows
Experience in DevOps and site reliability
Experience in a startup business
Experience working in a remote development team
Benefits
At DISCO, our employees have told us what benefits mean the most to them, and we've listened. So as a DISCO employee, you will work remotely from home (or a co-working space) whilst being supported by a friendly and fun international team.
In addition, you will receive:
A competitive salary in a fast growing startup
Office set up allowance
Annual learning and development allowance
Paid Parental Leave
A company laptop
Monthly internet allowance or reimbursement
Autonomy to manage your work flexibly in a high trust environment
To apply for this incredible position, please submit your resume and cover letter.
DISCO is an equal-opportunity employer. In addition, we will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals who have disabilities. If you require any reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, please note this in your cover letter and we will reach out to you.
Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Staff Full Stack Engineer (Frontend Focused) position is now open for candidates interested in the Back Office Jobs sector. This role in Sydney offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Back Office Jobs is a plus.
