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 know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter.

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.

About The Job

We are building the next-generation Data Platform that sets the standard for freshness, accuracy, comprehensiveness, and ease of use to power Warner Music Group’s business. We are reimagining this platform from the ground up, including

How we store, represent, ingest and serve factual data about artists, songwriters, and their works
How we ingest, process, ETL, and serve data about music consumption across all digital platforms we partner with
How we represent the relationships between artists, songwriters, and their works to power next-generation search and discovery for our analysts and business partners.

Our Data Platform will be the foundation of all we do at Warner Music Group, feeding core business processes like marketing optimization, performance tracking, and rights acquisition and distribution; next-generation capabilities like artist-fan connection, trend analysis and other machine learning powered applications; and even advanced capabilities like generative AI applications in music.

We need strong backend engineers and data engineers at all levels, who love music, data, and building world-class systems that scale to solve data problems.

Here You’ll get to

Reimagine and implement the future of tech for the music industry, building an all new codebase
Work as part of a dynamic and highly effective team
Own the creation and delivery of highly innovative products
Learn and grow as a professional through close collaboration with your team members and engineering leaders, and by being part of culture of continuous improvement and learning

About You

You have an undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related field
You have 8+ year's experience in backend development or data engineering
You have built or developed large-scale data processing pipelines and/or large, high-availability dimensional datastores
You are passionate about music and have a deep desire to provide the data that will help bring more great music into the world
You have a high sense of ownership and a drive to deliver impact in a fast-paced, evolving, ambiguous environment
You have a drive to grow, learn, and master the craft of software development
You are an excellent coder and empathetic communicator with great design skills

About Us

As the home to 300 Elektra, Asylum, Atlantic, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. We’re the home to WMX – the next generation services division that connects artists with fans and amplifies brands in creative, immersive, and engaging ways – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.

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.

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Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.