Software Engineering Manager, Data Platform

Your role:

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 with which we partner.

• 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 is 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.  

This role will collaborate closely with our North American Engineering teams to synchronize strategies, processes, and objectives. This is a hybrid position that requires you to work onsite at our Bangalore office a few days per week. As a Software Engineering Manager you will serve as technical people leader where you are hands-on and involved in designing and implementing greenfield projects with your team. 

Here you’ll get to:

Reimagine and implement the future of data for the music industry 
Build, drive and uplift a dynamic and highly effective engineering team
Own the creation and delivery of innovative products 

Responsibilities:

End to end ownership of team deliverables and objectives
Set technical strategy and engineering best practices in collaboration with senior engineers
Provide active career development and technical guidance to engineers
Hiring, team building, and performance management 
Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to ensure successful project management

About you:

• You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related field
• You’re a passionate engineering leader, with at least 2 years of experience leading engineering teams of 5 -10+ software engineers
• You have 4+ years of experience in backend development or data engineering 
• You have built or developed large-scale data processing pipelines and/or large, high-availability dimensional data stores
• You communicate effectively and  have a proven track record of effective hiring and team building 
• You thrive in ambiguity and fast-paced, evolving environments
• You’re an empathetic leader who builds strong teams