Lead Software Engineer

Sony Music; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to empower artists and record labels. The role involves building products while collaborating closely with teams, producing high-quality user experiences, and mentoring junior engineers. Located in London King's Cross, this position offers a comprehensive benefits package and a commitment to professional growth and inclusivity.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage

401K with employer matching

Voluntary benefits including identity theft protection

Support for pets, mental health, and fertility

Professional growth investments

Qualifications

• 18+ years of software engineering experience in various areas.
• Experience implementing distributed systems and using scripting languages.
• Comfortable with AWS Cloud technologies and writing tests.

Responsibilities

• Build products that empower artists and record labels.
• Contribute to architecture and produce high quality user experiences.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote continuous learning.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Distributed systems

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

GraphQL

Database technologies

AWS Cloud technologies

Agile team experience

Machine learning

Proactive problem solving

Tools

Neo4j

Kafka

MySQL

Snowflake

OpenSearch

Job description

Responsibilities

• Work with a cross-functional team to build products that empower artists and record labels across the globe
• Contribute to all tiers of our architecture to produce high quality, robust user experiences
• Write clean, tested, maintainable code
• Work closely with product management to understand client requirements
• Design, communicate and execute a vision in collaboration with your team and other teams across the technology organization
• Participate in re-architecture, refinement and technical design of various systems
• Mentor more junior engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous learning

Qualifications

• Seeking 18+ years of software engineering experience in the following areas:
• Experience implementing distributed systems
• Experience in a scripting language (we use Python and JavaScript)
• Experience building frontend applications (we use TypeScript, React, and GraphQL)
• Experience with various database technologies and query languages (we use Neo4j, Kafka, MySQL, Snowflake, OpenSearch, and more)
• Familiar with low-latency techniques to help improve page load time and reliability
• Experience with microservices, APIs, and related standards such as REST, HTTP, and OAuth
• Comfortable with AWS Cloud technologies
• Experience using log analysis to investigate bugs and performance issues
• Experience writing unit and integration tests
• Experience working in an agile team, Experience with Shopify development (themes, custom apps, and API integrations) is a plus
• Can mobilize teams around a vision and help lead execution of that vision
• Experience with data modeling and schema design of real world use cases
• Has prior experience with machine learning builds and release at commercial scale
• Defines best practices and standards within the team and helps build tooling to make those easy to follow
• Proactive problem solving
• Experience optimizing tables, schemas and data structures
• Ability to determine sensible KPIs and optimize against them

At Sony Music Entertainment, we fuel the creative journey. We've played a pioneering role in music history, from the first-ever music label to the invention of the flat disc record. We've nurtured some of music's most iconic artists and produced some of the most influential recordings of all time.

Today, we work in more than 70 countries, supporting a diverse roster of international superstars, developing and independent artists, and visionary creators. From our position at the intersection of music, entertainment, and technology, we bring imagination and expertise to the newest products and platforms, embrace new business models, employ breakthrough tools, and provide powerful insights that help our artists push creative boundaries and reach new audiences. In everything we do, we're committed to artistic integrity, transparency, and entrepreneurship. Sony Music Entertainment is a member of the Sony family of global companies. Sony Music's Product, Design, Engineering & Global Operations (PDEGO) team is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within our growing D2C product team in our London King's Cross office. Your work will power the technology that will support our artist, label, and merchandise stores worldwide.

Work environment & Benefits

• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to channel your passion every day
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork empowering you to bring your best>
• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching
• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition, and student loans
• Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community.
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt, and create what happens next
• Time off for a winter recess

As set forth in Sony Music Entertainment UK's Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.