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About the Role

Join Sony Music Entertainment's Product, Design, Engineering and Global Operations (PDEGO) organization as a Senior Software Engineer in London. You will build and evolve platforms critical to our global business, supporting artists, songwriters, labels, and partners worldwide. This role offers the chance to solve complex engineering challenges at scale, collaborating with product managers and stakeholders to modernize music industry systems.

Responsibilities

Build and enhance scalable applications supporting Sony Music’s global products and platforms
Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software across the full application stack
Collaborate with product managers and business stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into reliable technical solutions
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code with a focus on long-term quality and system reliability
Participate in architecture discussions, technical design, and modernization initiatives across our platforms
Design APIs and services that integrate with internal systems and third-party platforms
Help improve application performance, observability, scalability, and operational excellence
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing
Partner closely with engineering leadership to establish engineering best practices and continuously improve development processes
Troubleshoot production issues using logs, monitoring, and root-cause analysis to ensure platform stability

Requirements

8+ years of professional software engineering experience building and maintaining complex software applications
Experience implementing distributed systems and service-oriented architectures
Strong experience with Python and JavaScript
Experience building frontend applications using TypeScript and React
Experience working with databases and query technologies such as MySQL, Snowflake, Neo4j, Kafka, OpenSearch, or similar platforms
Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and working with HTTP and OAuth standards
Comfortable working within AWS cloud environments
Experience writing unit, integration, and automated tests
Experience investigating production issues through logging, monitoring, and performance analysis
Experience working in Agile development environments
Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams
Interest in learning the complexities of the systems and business processes that support the global music industry
Experience building software for financial, accounting, ERP, payments, e-commerce, content, data, or other highly complex and data-intensive business systems
Experience modeling complex business domains and translating business rules into scalable software solutions
Strong understanding of data modeling, schema design, and relational databases
Experience optimizing application performance, database queries, and large-scale data processing
Passion for improving engineering standards, developer tooling, and technical documentation
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and lead technical initiatives without direct people-management responsibility
Curious, collaborative, and proactive, with a continuous-improvement mindset
Interest in music, technology, and building systems that directly support artists and creators

Skills

Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
React
MySQL
Snowflake
Neo4j
Kafka
OpenSearch
RESTful APIs
HTTP
OAuth
AWS
Unit testing
Integration testing
Automated testing
Agile development

Location

London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Benefits

Private medical cover
Generous pension scheme
Life assurance
Income protection
Music industry perks
Time off over winter break

About the Company

Sony Music Entertainment fuels the creative journey and has played a pioneering role in music history. We work in over 70 countries, supporting a diverse roster of artists and creators. We operate at the intersection of music, entertainment, and technology, embracing new business models and tools to help artists push creative boundaries. We are committed to artistic integrity, transparency, and entrepreneurship. Sony Music Entertainment is a member of the Sony family of global companies.

Equal Opportunity

As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music’s aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. We employ, retain, promote and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants according to their merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We apply this policy without regard to any individual’s sex, race, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition or disability.