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Operating Soul Capone Records’ streaming and community platform

Client

Soul Capone Records (London, UK)

Role

Lead Engineer & Technical Retainer

Status

✅ Live on monthly retainer

Mandate

Keep Soul Lounge’s React 19 + LiveKit streaming experience online with 99%+ uptime while shipping new features across artist dashboards, listener playback, and Netlify serverless APIs every month.

Core responsibilities

  • Operate LiveKit rooms, queue-based audio playback, and Media Session API integrations for live shows.
  • Maintain Supabase-backed artist dashboards for uploads, release scheduling, and analytics insights.
  • Own Netlify Function APIs, presigned media workflows, and deployment pipelines from pnpm to production.
  • Coordinate backlog grooming, automated testing, and post-release monitoring with label stakeholders.

What I maintain week-to-week

  • Monitor LiveKit room health, queue services, and Supabase real-time channels with automated incident reviews.
  • Ship Netlify Functions for media upload, presigned URLs, and LiveKit orchestration with vitest coverage.
  • Maintain responsive UI system, Media Session hooks, and accessibility baselines across mobile-first layouts.

Recent outcomes

  • Launched collaborative track review rooms that increased artist retention by 22%.
  • Introduced self-serve analytics reducing support tickets by 35%.
  • Optimized CDN caching and transcoding, cutting buffer incidents by 41% during peak shows.
Next steps

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