Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer at Warner Music Group building and modernizing the core systems behind its music publishing business — rights management, contracts, royalty processing, and licensing. Day-to-day is full-stack Java/OO development, design docs, code reviews, mentorship, and on-call, working with relational databases and optionally AWS.
- Compensation
- CA$100K–CA$145K / yr
- Location
- Ontario
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Hands-on senior engineer who writes code, conducts code reviews, and participates in setting engineering best practices
- Effective communicator who collaborates well cross-functionally
- 6+ years of experience working in Java or another object-oriented language, with strong full-stack experience
- Strong experience with relational databases and data model design
- Experience building projects with good abstractions and clean architecture
- Strong debugging skills and the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues
- Drive to grow, learn, and master the craft of software development
- Experience writing design docs and serving as design reviewer for peers' design docs
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS
- Familiarity with large-scale data processing systems and event-driven architectures
- High sense of ownership and drive to deliver impact in a fast-paced, evolving, ambiguous environment
Full description
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:
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help maintain, modernize, and innovate the core engineering applications that powers our entire music publishing business lifecycle—from rights management and contract administration to complex royalty processing and global licensing management.
If you love music, thrive on solving complex business issues and scale challenges, and are passionate about building mission-critical systems that songwriters and rightsholders rely on, this role is for you.
Your Role:
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Reimagine and implement the future of tech for the music industry