Engineering Manager jobs in United Kingdom

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 for our Data Operations team to lead and scale our data product space.

• 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 internal platforms.
• Hold regular 1:1s, mentor engineers, and work with contractors.
• Work with Directors to drive engineering vision.
• Work with product to develop solutions that align with business cases and strategy.
• Constantly improve our platforms.
• Experiment with new technologies and integrate them into our stack when appropriate.

• Has experience working in an agile team
• Experience writing unit and integration tests
• Experience reviewing code changes
• 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 JS is a plus
• 2+ years in an engineering management role
• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining complex software products

• 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

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