Engineering Manager, Royalty Accounting Team New London

Sony Music UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global music organization is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Royalty Accounting Team in London. In this role, you will cultivate a high-performance agile development team, manage full-stack engineers, and work with product managers to develop solutions. The ideal candidate has over 5 years in the software industry, exceptional organizational and communication skills, and a passion for music. The role offers a modern office environment, professional growth opportunities, and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Private medical cover

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance

Income protection

Music industry perks

Time off over winter break

Qualifications

• 2+ years in an engineering management role.
• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining complex software products.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate a high-performance agile development team.
• Manage a team of full-stack engineers.
• Work with product managers to develop solutions.

Skills

Agile environment

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

React/frontend TypeScript

Job description

Engineering Manager, Royalty Accounting Team

London

At Sony Music Entertainment, we fuel the creative journey. We’ve played a pioneering role in music history, from the first-ever music label to the invention of the flat disc record. We’ve nurtured some of music’s most iconic artists and produced some of the most influential recordings of all time.

Today, we work in more than 70 countries, supporting a diverse roster of international superstars, developing and independent artists, and visionary creators. From our position at the intersection of music, entertainment, and technology, we bring imagination and expertise to the newest products and platforms, embrace new business models, employ breakthrough tools, and provide powerful insights that help our artists push creative boundaries and reach new audiences. In everything we do, we’re committed to artistic integrity, transparency, and entrepreneurship.

Sony Music Entertainment is a member of the Sony family of global companies.

Sony Music’s Product Design Engineering and Global Operations (PDEGO) Team is looking for an Engineering Manager (aligning with our Royalty Accounting Teams) to build and evolve our platform within our ever-growing team in our London Office.

What you'll do:

• Cultivate a high-performance agile development team balancing executing new features while maintaining our existing system health
• Manage a team of full-stack engineers to deliver royalty accounting applications
• Hold regular 1:1s, mentor engineers, and work with contractors
• Work with your Director to drive engineering vision
• Work with product managers to develop solutions that align with business cases and strategy
• Constantly improve our applications
• Work with tech leadership to integrate new technologies into our stack when appropriate

Who you are:

• Have experience working in an agile environment
• Strong organizational and analytical skills paired with the ability to drive complex projects
• Interested in music and in learning the intricacies of the music business
• Able to influence cross-functional teams and create a consensus between engineering teams
• Strong verbal, written, and visual communication skills.
• Experience with React/frontend TypeScript is a plus
• 2+ years in an engineering management role
• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining complex software products
• Experience writing unit and integration tests
• Experience reviewing code changes

What we give you:

• You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day
• A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best
• Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next
• We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break

As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music’s aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

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Please note that applicants must be at least 18 years of age.