Software Engineer

About Sony Music Entertainment

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) organization is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team in our London office. You’ll help build and evolve the platforms that power some of the most critical areas of our global business and support artists, songwriters, labels, and partners around the world.

This is an opportunity to solve complex engineering challenges at scale while working closely with product managers, business stakeholders, and cross-functional partners to modernize the systems that support the music industry.

What you'll do:

• Build and enhance scalable applications that support Sony Music’s global products and platforms
• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software across the full application stack
• Collaborate with product managers and business stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into reliable technical solutions
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code with a focus on long-term quality and system reliability
• Participate in architecture discussions, technical design, and modernization initiatives across our platforms
• Design APIs and services that integrate with internal systems and third-party platforms
• Help improve application performance, observability, scalability, and operational excellence
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing
• Partner closely with engineering leadership to establish engineering best practices and continuously improve development processes
• Troubleshoot production issues using logs, monitoring, and root-cause analysis to ensure platform stability