Software Engineer; Frontend - MakeMusic

Software Engineer (Frontend) - Make Music

Company Summary

Help Shape the Future of Music Creation and Education  Make Music, we believe music has the power to inspire, connect, and transform lives. For over three decades, we’ve been at the forefront of music technology, building tools that help musicians compose, teach, learn, and perform. Our products are trusted by Grammy‑winning composers, world‑class educators, and students in classrooms and homes around the globe.

With Make Music Cloud, we’ve reimagined music practice for the digital age by offering students real‑time feedback, access to an extensive repertoire library, and seamless tools for educators to track progress and personalize instruction.

If you’re passionate about music, driven by innovation, and eager to create tools that empower musicians and educators around the world, then Make Music is the stage you’ve been looking for! All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of gender, race, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical disability, religion, or length of time spent unemployed.

General Summary

As a front‑end Software Engineer on the Make Music engineering team, you will be responsible for creating and supporting the Make Music Cloud product used daily by thousands of students and teachers. Our teams own their applications from inception to production and are responsible for developing, testing and releasing and maintaining our products.

You will develop software solutions and features in collaboration with our Product Management team and will continuously improve the product’s performance, quality, and accessibility by refactoring, addressing bugs, and improving the operational environment. You will collaborate closely with other engineers, and teams across the company, to contribute to our processes and culture.

Core Functions

• Create new features and bug fixes for Make Music Cloud products
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX/UI, Data, and Content to design and deliver delightful user experiences
• Work with other engineers to improve existing architecture, define new architecture patterns, and help to research and implement tools and processes that enhance quality and increase productivity
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• 2–4+ years experience solving front‑end web development problems in complex single‑page applications
• 2–4+ years experience with React JS, with additional experience using some of the following technologies and/or libraries:
  Typescript, Redux, Ember, .NET and SQL
• Solid understanding of Git workflows, JavaScript, HTML and CSS/SASS
• Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and test‑driven development
• Experience working with RESTful APIs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement of yourself and your team
• Degrees are not required; we value all forms of continued education including traditional four‑year degrees, post‑graduate degrees, associates degrees, bootcamps, online training, professional certifications, self‑teaching and more

Desired Qualifications

• Experience developing with modern JS/TS web application frameworks such as React
  
  JS, NextJS, VueJS, Express
  
  JS, Feathers
  
  JS, Koa, etc
• Actively embracing AI‑assisted engineering and exploring concepts such as MCP, RAG, and vectorization
• Background in developing web applications that meet WCAG accessibility guidelines, experience with complex state management in single‑page applications, and/or knowledge of Web Audio, Web MIDI, or Media Recorder APIs
• Familiarity with music education, notation/theory, or with building products for the ed‑tech market

Don’t meet every single requirement? Don’t worry. We still want to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Benefits And Perks

• Comprehensive health benefits: medical, dental, vision, health savings and flexible spending accounts, paid parental leave, employee assistance program
• Accident & Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity insurance available
• Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D; optional Supplemental Life Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• 12 paid holidays annually and discretionary Flexible Time Off
• Free access to our products, corporate discounts and professional development resources
• Access to onsite fitness facility and related amenities
• Access to onsite Music and Podcast Studio

Compensation

The annual salary range for this role in Colorado is $80,317–133,861. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, and certifications. This role is eligible for variable compensation including bonus.

Peaksware adheres to the FLSA Exemption Threshold for minimum wage in all states.

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