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We're Hiring!

Come join us.


Next Big Sound is growing its team of engineers. We are a young startup that builds new products and features extremely fast. It’s common to write code and have it running on the live site the same day. We love large datasets and inventing new ways to visualize the billions of fan interactions that happen every day for millions of musicians worldwide. Work with us and help shape the ever-evolving music industry. Oh, and we're based in beautiful Boulder, CO.
photo by Andrew Hyde

NBS employees get health insurance, a 401k plan, stock options, and competitive salaries. All positions are full-time and based in our main office in downtown Boulder, CO.


Software Engineer – Products

Interested in creating great products and tools for the music industry? We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our engineering team.

  • Create web applications primarily using PHP
  • Familiarity with the MVC framework
  • Implement web interfaces using HTML, CSS, & Javascript
  • Working knowledge of PHP, relational databases and SQL (preferable MySQL)
  • Ability to learn and adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies as needed.
  • Ability to identify performance bottlenecks and provide code optimization recommendations
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering is preferred

Software Engineer – Systems

Want to solve large scale, highly complex technical problems? We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our engineering team.

  • Design core, backend software components
  • Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of data collection, storage, and retrieval processes
  • A focus on scaling horizontally rather than vertically
  • Experience designing and implementing custom software for a multi-tier system to aggregate, manipulate, and display large data-sets, making extensive use of Java, PHP, and MySQL
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering

Software Engineer - Operations

We're always looking for the best way to create a reliable experience while scaling our website as efficiently as possible. You're a networking ninja that can debug Linux in your sleep.

  • Monitor the stability and performance of the website
  • Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability and stability of various system resources
  • Resolve technical challenges encountered in LAMP technologies
  • Develop and maintain monitoring tools and automation systems
  • Automate and streamline processes
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering

Interested? Send over your info and any project samples.