Software Engineer

Socket.dev; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Music Group is seeking a backend/full-stack engineer to develop scalable analytics platforms for talent identification. You’ll own features through full development lifecycle and work with AWS, databases, and data pipelines in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to source and integrate data from streaming and social sources, and contribute to an industry-leading tech stack including Ruby on Rails, Postgres, TimescaleDB, Snowflake,

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science.
• 4+ years of backend or full-stack development experience.
• Adept at navigating the open web to source and integrate data.
• Strong debugging, testing, monitoring, and incident management skills.
• Knowledge of AWS or other cloud environments.
• Experience designing APIs and building backend services, databases, and data pipelines.
• Ownership mindset and ability to deliver in a fast-paced setting.
• Desire to learn and master software development; familiar with RoR/JS stack is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Reimagine and build the future of tech for the music industry with scalable solutions.
• Collaborate in a dynamic team to own features end-to-end from design to deployment.
• Develop APIs, backend services, and data processing pipelines with quality and reliability.
• Work with AWS and cloud infra to ensure robust deployments.
• Grow with engineering leadership through mentorship and peer collaboration.

Skills

Backend development

AWS

APIs design

Databases & data pipelines

Ruby on Rails

Postgres

TypeScript

React

React Native

Cloud architectures

Education

Undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Postgres

TimescaleDB

Snowflake

TypeScript

React

React Native

AWS

Job description

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.


• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.


• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

Technology is one of the most important parts of our business. Whether it’s signing up new artists; ensuring we provide the right data to Spotify, YouTube, and other digital service providers; or helping artists use the latest AI tools and make thoughtful decisions with data-driven insights – technology plays an invaluable role in our success. The engineering team at Warner Music Group makes all of it a reality. Check out first‑hand accounts from the WMG engineering, product, design, infrastructure and data teams in our blog!

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

Your Role:

This role is within the Sodatone team that builds an analytics platform that uses AI and machine learning to identify and evaluate emerging music talent. It leverages data from streaming services, social media, and other sources to help our A&R (Artist and Repertoire) teams identify emerging artists, track trends, and make informed decisions about talent scouting and artist development. In other words, you’ll be working on the product that helped identify artists like CYRIL, Teddy Swims, PinkPanthress, and more!

Here you’ll get to:

• Reimagine and implement the future of tech for the music industry


• Work as part of a dynamic and highly effective team


• Own features through full development lifecycle – design, creation, test, deployment, maintenance


• Implement maintainable solutions with high quality and reliability that can scale as our business continues to grow and expand


• Learn and grow as a professional through close collaboration with your team members and engineering leaders, and by being

About You:

• You have an undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science (or related field) with 4+ years of backend or full-stack development experience.


• You are adept at creatively navigating the open web, using unconventional methods to reliably source, extract, and integrate disparate data.


• You have strong debugging skills with a solid grasp of testing, monitoring, and incident management.


• You have knowledge of AWS or other large cloud computing environments.


• You have a strong understanding of developing APIs, backend services, databases, data pipelines, data warehousing.


• You have a high sense of ownership and a drive to deliver impact in a fast‑paced, evolving, ambiguous environment.


• You have a drive to grow, learn, and master the craft of software development.


• Tech stack consists of Ruby on Rails, Postgres, TimescaleDB, Snowflake, TypeScript and React, React Native, and AWS. Experience in this tech stack is a plus, although not mandatory.

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre‑spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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