Staff Backend Software Engineer - Data Platform

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. About the job:

The role is within the Insights Services team that powers the data products, insights, and APIs used across Warner Music Group’s business applications. We provide meaningful, actionable, fresh, and timely insights to empower our customers to make informed, effective decisions. The Insights Services team owns the production of performance insights. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of a new, high-performing engineering center of excellence and drive significant impact for WMG's technology initiatives.

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+ year's experience in backend development or data engineering

You have built or developed large-scale data processing pipelines and/or large, high-availability dimensional datastores

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