Senior Software Engineer, Permissions Platform - PDEGO

The role

You will collaborate with the team lead to shape technical direction and deliver products for artists and record labels. You will build scalable solutions and work with Product, Design, and Engineering partners.

What you will do

• Collaborate on technical design and delivery of products within a cross-functional team.
• Develop across the technology stack using clean, tested, and maintainable code.
• Balance scalability, reliability, security, and performance with pragmatic delivery.
• Partner with Product and Design to understand requirements and assess trade-offs.
• Participate in technical design discussions and code reviews.
• Drive improvements to testing, observability, deployment practices, and operational reliability.
• Share knowledge and contribute to a collaborative culture of continuous learning.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Track record of building and delivering full-stack web applications.
• Experience with TypeScript, React, GraphQL, and Python.
• Experience designing microservices and APIs.
• Strong understanding of REST, HTTP, OAuth, and related standards.
• Strong knowledge of AWS cloud technologies.
• Experience building and operating reliable production services.
• Understanding of how to improve application performance, page load times, and reliability.
• Champion automated testing, including unit and integration tests.
• Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical partners.
• Comfortable working in an agile, product-led environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme.
• Music perks including free vinyl, gig tickets, live shows in office, and festival queue skipping.
• Office environment with breathwork, yoga, and Pilates classes.
• Monthly craft sessions including perfume making, pottery, and sushi rolling.
• Pub quizzes, album and single launches.
• On-site restaurant for breakfast and lunch, plus on-site baristas.
• Private healthcare and dental cover, with the option to include family.
• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays and winter recess.
• Regular social activities including drinks, running clubs, football teams, fantasy football, gigs, and a movie club.
• Quarterly PDEGO socials including bowling, Formula 1, karaoke, and bingo.
• Discounts across other Sony brands including electronics and movies.
• Entertainment and dining discounts through Tastecard, NightKey, and Gourmet Society.

Before you apply

• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.

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.