Frontend Engineer

We're looking for an experienced Frontend Engineer who can support our frontend team in crafting exceptional user experiences for music makers. You will play a role in making technical decisions, building prototypes, and developing user-facing features. 

If you're passionate about shaping the future of music production, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with audio and backend developers to define the APIs and data structures that the frontend will consume
• Collaborate in cross-functional teams to create prototypes, as well as user-facing features in our products
• Optimize existing web applications to maximize performance and scalability
• Develop performant web applications running on both desktop and mobile browsers
• Build and design libraries and plugins that improve development efficiency and code quality
• Be responsible for developing performance monitoring, error tracking and other efficiency tools to improve troubleshooting efficiency
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement through refactoring and implementing new design patterns and approaches

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• At least 3+ years of experience in frontend development
• Experience in developing audio applications using the Web Audio API and/or highly interactive web applications
• Broad knowledge of various strategies and methods for optimizing browser rendering
• Proficient in HTML/CSS techniques for building appealing UI while maintaining accessibility
• Proficient in Vue, but also in some older UI frameworks/libraries, such as AngularJS, jQuery, etc., or simply vanilla HTML/JS
• Deep understanding of the underlying mechanisms of popular UI rendering frameworks, such as React, Vue, or Svelte
• Experience with modern front-end technologies, such as Vite, Rollup, Parcel, etc.
• Understanding of design principles and user experience design
• Strong analytical and debugging skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and fix complex issues in the frontend codebase
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Location and Benefits

We are a diverse and distributed team, where some roles are tied to specific regions or time zones to ensure effective collaboration. For this role, candidates based in Singapore are prioritized to align with our HQ operations and team schedules.

For those outside Singapore, we can consider remote work within the GMT+2 to GMT+9 time zones.

Singapore HQ benefits:

• Healthcare and dental insurance
• Annual bonus, performance bonus
• Paid annual leave, sick leave, childcare leave, volunteer leave, and maternity leave
• BandLab Technologies staff discount

Remote work benefits:

• Paid annual leave

About BandLab Technologies

BandLab Technologies is a company that designs and develops innovative tools and services for the next generation of music creators: global social music creation network BandLab, digital audio workstation Cakewalk, artist services platform ReverbNation and beat marketplace Airbit.

A division of Singapore-based Caldecott Music Group, which also owns Vista Musical Instruments and NME Networks, the company’s mission is to break down the technical, geographical and creative barriers for musicians and fans worldwide.

BandLab is the flagship product of BandLab Technologies, and a leading social music creation network with a global reach of over 100 million users and growing. Its cross-platform creative ecosystem offers everything from a next-generation digital audio workstation, to an advanced suite of creator tools and features, to niche artist services. BandLab empowers creators to make music and share their creative process with creators and fans on an unprecedented level.

Diversity and Inclusion:
BandLab Technologies commits to fostering diversity and inclusion in all that we do. Regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or any other status protected by law, we offer applicants the equal opportunity to join, belong and flourish in our company.