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.
Key Responsibilities
- Developing new features for product ecosystem and e-commerce projects.
- Debugging and resolving technical issues.
- Writing unit and integration 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.
