Principal Software Engineer, Pub Admin

The role

You will build and own a new business vertical within the Royalty Accounting organisation to help rights holders manage and monetize catalogues. You will lead the design, implementation, and scaling of complex distributed systems and partner with product and design teams.

What you will do

• Work cross-functionally across multiple teams to build and own a new business vertical
• Lead design, implementation, and scaling of complex distributed systems end-to-end
• Partner with product management and design to understand client and stakeholder needs
• Design, communicate and execute a vision in collaboration with the wider organisation
• Contribute to all tiers of architecture to produce high-quality and robust user experiences
• Mentor engineers across all levels and contribute to a culture of continuous learning

Required qualifications

• Driven technical strategy and alignment across multiple teams as a principal engineer or equivalent
• Measured success by user and business outcomes
• Designed systems to ensure testability, reliability, and observability at cloud scale
• Shaped a product roadmap or influenced prioritisation
• Led data modelling decisions for complex domains
• Deep expertise in at least one database technology (Neo4j, MySQL, Snowflake, or OpenSearch)
• Worked extensively with microservices, APIs, and related standards such as REST, HTTP, and OAuth
• Built production systems across the full stack (React, TypeScript, Python, and GraphQL)

Benefits

• Vibrant global community
• Modern office environment
• Investment in professional growth and development
• Private medical cover
• Generous pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Music industry perks
• Time off over winter break

Before you apply

• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age
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About the company

Sony Music Entertainment fuels the creative journey and works in more than 70 countries. They support a diverse roster of international superstars, developing and independent artists, and visionary creators.