Senior Software Engineer, D2C — Global Music Tech

Sony Music; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global music company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their D2C development team in London. The successful candidate will have over 8 years of experience in software engineering, including distributed systems and frontend applications. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop robust user experiences and also mentor junior engineers. This role comes with a modern work environment, excellent benefits, and the chance to contribute to impactful projects in the music industry.

Benefits

Private medical cover

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance

Income protection

Music industry perks

Time off over winter break

Responsibilities

• Build products that empower artists and record labels across the globe.
• Produce high quality, robust user experiences.
• Write clean, tested, maintainable code.
• Understand client requirements with product management.
• Design and execute vision collaboratively.
• Participate in re-architecture and technical design.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Distributed systems

Python and JavaScript

Frontend applications (TypeScript, React, GraphQL)

Database technologies (Neo4j, Kafka, MySQL, Snowflake, Elasticsearch)

Low-latency techniques

Microservices and APIs (REST, HTTP, OAuth)

AWS Cloud technologies

Log analysis

Unit and integration tests

Agile teams

Tools

Shopify development

Job description

A leading global music company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their D2C development team in London. The successful candidate will have over 8 years of experience in software engineering, including distributed systems and frontend applications. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop robust user experiences and also mentor junior engineers. This role comes with a modern work environment, excellent benefits, and the chance to contribute to impactful projects in the music industry.