Backend Developer — Muse Group

Backend Developer

Sheet Music Plus

Remote

Vacancy Description:

Muse Group

Muse Group empowers music makers. We create the world’s most popular apps for playing, recording, and composing music. Through our innovative learning tools, expansive music catalogs, and free open-source software, we make it easier for millions — from beginners to experienced musicians — to be creative every day. Our talented team of music lovers collaborates all over the globe, from Limassol to Seoul, Boston to Berlin. We’re an ambitious company with the drive and culture of a startup — with many more exciting Muse Group developments to come.

We’re growing the Sheet Music Plus team and looking for a Backend Developer to build a dynamic, powerful ecosystem that empowers millions of creators worldwide through the world’s largest sheet music selection.

What’s in it for you?

High-impact work: Build tools used by millions of musicians globally—from hobbyists to professionals.
Remote-first culture: Work from anywhere.
Growth & autonomy: Work directly with product and design teams, own your results.
Creative synergy: Collaborate with passionate technologists, musicians, and designers in a mission-driven environment.
Musical passion encouraged: If you play, sing, compose, or just love music—this is your place.

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You won't hear water cooler chat about the weather here at Muse, here we are rating our favorite Prince albums and discussing Japanese punk.

Key Responsibilities:

Developing new features for product ecosystem and e-commerce projects
Debugging and resolving technical issues
Writing unit and integrational tests
Deal with technical debt and improve the current codebase

Required Experience:

Extensive experience with modern PHP (we use PHP 8.0), with the ability to leverage the strengths of the language
Ability to design and optimize relational databases (we use MySQL)
Experience working with Yii2
Capability to manage projects independently, from design to release and support
Skill in estimating deadlines, promptly flagging issues, and focusing on results
Understanding of which tasks can be solved "quickly" and which require a more "perfect" solution
Experience in optimizing PHP applications under load
Proven ownership mindset—taking initiative, solving problems proactively, and driving solutions forward
At least B2 level of English
Ability to work overlapping hours with US colleagues is required

Nice to have:

Experience with high-load projects that have a long development history
Experience sending analytical data to services/storage (Clickhouse)
Experience working with search systems (Elasticsearch)
Music background or passion for music

we offer

FREEDOM
FOR ALL

Work remotely or at a co-working place of your choice in your favorite band t-shirt.

CREATIVITY
EVERY DAY

Make inspiring products for musicians, artists and creators – no day is the same.

IMPACTFUL
WORK

Influence the future of the music industry and change the lives of millions worldwide.

Work
set up

Get a generous allowance for work equipment and co-working spaces (for those not in Cyprus).

Growth and
development

Receive specialized training, language lessons, conferences and learning materials.

Team
well-being

Access to therapy whenever you need it, and assistance in difficult life circumstances.

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The way
we work

We believe everyone in the Muse Group team is a leader. That's why our core philosophy is based on our leadership principles.

Leaders focus on daily outcomes. Each day is a small life. Speed and accuracy in planning are the foundation of trust.

We consciously embrace imperfection in work for the sake of speed. Perfectionism slows progress, so it’s essential to move quickly and try new things.

Radical responsibility means taking personal accountability for every aspect of personal and team work, including problems and their solutions. It shifts focus from "we" to "I," where I take full responsibility for the result without blaming external circumstances or other people.

Leaders focus on daily outcomes. Each day is a small life. Speed and accuracy in planning are the foundation of trust.