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10•duxup•54m ago•6 comments
Open in hackernews

Hiring

https://teachingmadefun.com/
1•TMFkids•1h ago

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TMFkids•1h ago
Contract Backend Engineer – Audio Automation & WooCommerce Fulfillment

Company

Teaching Made Fun™ (Children & Family Education / Digital Media)

Engagement

Contract / Fixed-Bid Preferred

Remote

Duration: 6–10 weeks (MVP acceptable in 4–6 weeks)

Start: ASAP

Project Overview

Teaching Made Fun™ sells personalized digital song bundles for children and families. Orders are placed through WooCommerce and must be fulfilled automatically by assembling personalized audio tracks from pre-built master assets using time-coded insertion markers.

We are not generating songs per order. This is an asset-based audio assembly pipeline designed for reliability, scalability, and fundraiser-level volume.

The complete system specification, milestones, and acceptance tests are already written and will be provided. Your role is to implement exactly what is specified.

What You Will Build

A backend fulfillment system that:

Ingests paid WooCommerce orders via webhooks

Creates batch jobs per order (up to 14 songs per order)

Uses FFmpeg to assemble personalized audio tracks

Inserts:

child names (Regular bundles)

child names + typed legacy messages (Legacy bundles)

Runs automated QC checks

Uploads finished MP3s to object storage

Delivers secure download links to customers

Scales safely during fundraiser spikes

Core Tech Requirements

You should be comfortable with:

Node.js or Python (orchestrator service)

WooCommerce REST API & webhooks

FFmpeg (audio mixing, filters, loudness normalization)

Queues (AWS SQS preferred; Redis/RabbitMQ acceptable)

Docker

S3 or S3-compatible storage

Basic cloud deployment (AWS preferred)

What You Do NOT Need to Build (v1.0)

No admin dashboard

No frontend UI

No mobile app

No per-order song generation

How Success Is Measured

The system passes pre-defined acceptance tests

Milestones are paid only when acceptance tests pass

A 14-song Legacy bundle can be fulfilled automatically without manual intervention

Delivery occurs within the promised SLA (24–72 hours)

How to Apply

Please include:

Brief explanation of how you would approach this build

Relevant past work (media pipelines, FFmpeg, queues, or WooCommerce)

Proposed timeline

Fixed bid or milestone-based pricing

Any clarifying questions after reviewing the provided spec