Data Platform & Operations Engineering Manager

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance

Income protection

Music industry perks

Winter break time off

Job summary

Sony Music Entertainment is seeking an Engineering Manager for our Data Operations team to lead and scale data products. You will nurture a high-performance, agile team of full-stack engineers, collaborating with Directors and product to align technical work with business strategy.

You will mentor engineers, conduct regular 1:1s, review contributions, and drive platform improvements while exploring new technologies to keep our data platforms robust and scalable.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in an engineering management role.
• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining complex software products.
• 5+ years in a scripting language (Python, PHP, JavaScript, etc.).
• Experience in agile teams and code reviews.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate a high-performance agile development team balancing executing new features while maintaining our existing system health.
• Manage a team of full-stack engineers to deliver internal platforms.
• Hold regular 1:1s, mentor engineers, and work with contractors.
• Work with Directors to drive engineering vision.
• Work with product to develop solutions that align with business cases and strategy.
• Constantly improve our platforms.
• Experiment with new technologies and integrate them into our stack when appropriate.

Skills

Agile team experience

Unit/integration testing

Code review

Cross-functional influence

Strong communication

React/frontend JS (plus)

Tools

Python

PHP

JavaScript

Job description

Sony Music Entertainment is seeking an Engineering Manager for our Data Operations team to lead and scale data products. You will nurture a high-performance, agile team of full-stack engineers, collaborating with Directors and product to align technical work with business strategy.

You will mentor engineers, conduct regular 1:1s, review contributions, and drive platform improvements while exploring new technologies to keep our data platforms robust and scalable.