Senior Software Engineer - Music Platform & Scale

Sony Music Entertainment China Ltd.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Income protection

Music industry perks

Winter break

Job summary

Sony Music Entertainment in London seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join the PDEGO engineering team. You will build and evolve scalable applications powering global products for artists, labels, and partners.

You will design APIs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers to raise the bar on quality and reliability. The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in TypeScript and React, RESTful APIs, AWS, and a track record in Agile

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience with distributed systems and service-oriented architectures

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve scalable applications powering Sony Music’s global products
• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software
• Collaborate with product and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in code reviews
• Improve performance, observability, and reliability
• Contribute to architectural discussions and modernization initiatives

Skills

8+ years exp

Distributed systems

TypeScript

React

RESTful APIs

AWS

Unit/integration tests

Agile

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

MySQL

Snowflake

Neo4j

Kafka

OpenSearch

REST/HTTP

OAuth

Job description

Sony Music Entertainment in London seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join the PDEGO engineering team. You will build and evolve scalable applications powering global products for artists, labels, and partners.

You will design APIs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers to raise the bar on quality and reliability. The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in TypeScript and React, RESTful APIs, AWS, and a track record in Agile