Senior Software Engineer

This is a Full Time Job

Sony Music's Product Design Engineering and Global Operations (PDE GO) Team is looking for a Software Engineer to join our development team in our King’s Cross London Office.

As a Senior Software Engineer with Sony Music PDE GO:

What you'll do:
• Work with a cross-functional team to build products that empower artists and record
labels across the globe
• Contribute to all tiers of our architecture to produce high quality, robust user experiences
• Write clean, tested, maintainable code
• Design, communicate and execute a vision in collaboration with your team and other teams across the technology organization
• Work closely with product management to understand client requirements
• Participate in re-architecture, refinement and technical design of various systems
• Mentor more junior engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous learning

Who you are:

Seeking 8 years of software engineering experience in the following areas:
• Experience with microservices, APIs, and related standards such as REST, HTTP, and
OAuth
• Experience in a scripting language (we use Python and JavaScript)
• Experience building full-stack web applications (we use TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Python)
• Experience with various database technologies and query languages (we use Neo4j,
MySQL, Snowflake, Elasticsearch, and more)
• Experience with low-latency techniques to help improve page load time and reliability
• Experience writing unit and integration tests
• Strong knowledge of AWS Cloud technologies
• Comfortable working in an agile team

What we give you:
• A competitive salary and bonus scheme.
• Free Vinyls, Gig Tickets, Live Shows within our office, and the ability to skip the queue for major UK festivals.
• An office environment built around success (Free Breathwork, Yoga, Pilates Classes), A monthly craft class (Perfume making, Pottery, Sushi rolling), Numerous pub quizzes, album launches, and single launches.
• On-site restaurant for breakfast & lunch On-site baristas across 2 floors.
• Private Healthcare & Dental (You can add your family to this as well)
• 25 Days Standard Holiday Bank Holidays Our Winter Recess
• Weekly get-togethers (drinks, running clubs, football teams, fantasy football drafts, Gigs too obviously, Movie Club)
• Quarterly PDE Specific Socials (Bowling, Formula 1, Karaoke, Bingo)
• Discounts with other Sony Brands (Electronics, Movies)
• Entertainment and Food Discounts through Tastecard, NightKey, and Gourmet Society.
• Numerous opportunities to help with Sony Music's social justice fund.
• You join an inclusive, collaborative, and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork
• An excellent range of benefits, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and income protection, plus loads of music biz perks
• We invest in your professional growth & development

Equal Opportunities

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.

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