Senior Data Engineer, Music Platform

The role

You will own and evolve the full data lifecycle across ingestion, processing, enrichment, and distribution. You will build and lead a platform that manages the music catalogue and ensures artists are paid accurately.

What you will do

• Own and evolve the full data lifecycle using dbt models
• Own features end-to-end from technical design to production deployment
• Take responsibility for the quality, accessibility, and use of the team's data
• Break down complex problems into clean, maintainable components
• Set technical direction and standards for your area
• Mentor other engineers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing
• Collaborate with music teams and stakeholders to translate domain needs into platform capabilities

Required qualifications

• Foundation in both software engineering and data engineering
• Knowledge of software engineering fundamentals: system design, APIs, testing, and CI/CD
• Extensive experience building and operating data platforms in a cloud environment
• Agentic development mindset using AI agents actively in work
• Track record of leading technically in a team
• Clear, direct communication across disciplines
• Comfortable to build clean and future proof data lineages using dbt or similar tools

Nice to have

• Experience with Go and/or Next.js
• A background working with music or sound

About the company

Epidemic Sound is an industry leader with a startup mentality of 400+ innovators. They create and collaborate to transform the sound of streaming, content, and culture.