Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform New

NetVerks Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Music Group is building a next-generation Data Platform to enable accurate, comprehensive data across artists, songwriters, and their works. You will work on ingestion, processing, and serving data for analytics and discovery, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes ownership, fast delivery, and a passion for leveraging data to power music insights and experiences. You will operate in a dynamic environment within Bengaluru, contributing to innovative data products

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in backend development or data engineering.
• Experience building large-scale data processing pipelines or high-availability data stores.
• Passion for music and a drive to provide data to enable great music.
• Strong ownership and ability to deliver in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent coding abilities and empathetic communication with teams.

Responsibilities

• Build the next-generation Data Platform for Warner Music Group.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and analytics teams to deliver scalable data solutions.
• Own end-to-end delivery of innovative backend/data products.
• Continuously learn and grow within a culture of improvement and learning.

Skills

Backend development

Data engineering

Large-scale data pipelines

Strong coding skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE

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:

• We are building the next‑generation Data Platform that sets the standard for freshness, accuracy, comprehensiveness, and ease of use to power Warner Music Group’s business. We are reimagining this platform from the ground up, including:
• How we store, represent, ingest and serve factual data about artists, songwriters, and their works
• How we ingest, process, ETL, and serve data about music consumption across all digital platforms with which we partner
• How we represent the relationships between artists, songwriters, and their works to power next‑generation search and discovery for our analysts and business partners.

Our Data Platform is the foundation of all we do at Warner Music Group, feeding core business processes like marketing optimization, performance tracking, and rights acquisition and distribution; next‑generation capabilities like artist‑fan connection, trend analysis and other machine learning powered applications; and even advanced capabilities like generative AI applications in music.

Requirements

Here you’ll get to:

• Reimagine and implement the future of tech for the music industry, building an all new codebase
• Work as part of a dynamic and highly effective team
• Own the creation and delivery of highly innovative products
• Learn and grow as a professional through close collaboration with your team members and engineering leaders, and by being part of culture of continuous improvement and learning

About You:

• You have an undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related field
• You have 8+ years of experience in backend development or data engineering
• You have built or developed large-scale data processing pipelines and/or large, high‑availability dimensional data stores
• You are passionate about music and have a deep desire to provide the data that will help bring more great music into the world
• 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
• You are an excellent coder and empathetic communicator with great design skills