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.
What You'll Do:
- Reimagine and implement the future of tech for the music industry
- 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 multi-disciplinary team members and leaders
- Be an active contributor to a culture of continuous improvement and learning
Responsibilities:
- Defining the technical vision of key systems, while driving innovation and improving quality
- Writing clean and maintainable code in TypeScript (React), CSS and HTML
- Helping to establish best practices and patterns, and encouraging their adoption across the wider frontend organization
- Ensuring quality work within your team by leveraging tools such as Playwright and Storybook, and practices such as unit testing, e2e testing, and continuous deployment
- Instrumenting your applications with user and system performance metrics
- Writing clear and thoughtful technical designs
- Participating in an on-call rotation to ensure the reliability of your frontend systems in production
- Mentoring other engineers, pair programming from time to time, and regularly providing insightful code reviews
- Collaborating closely with UX designers and backend engineers to design, build and ship great products
- Collaborating closely with key music industry stakeholders as well as colleagues in NYC, Los Angeles, and Toronto
Requirements:
- You have at least 5 years of experience working as a Frontend Software Engineer
- You have developed excellent frontend applications using React
- You are a great programmer, with particular expertise with JavaScript or TypeScript
- You have a solid understanding of web fundamentals, such as CSS, HTML, HTTP, and web browsers
- You are able to successfully drive optimal and efficient design and development of complex frontend systems
- You have experience with accessibility, internationalization, and frontend performance optimization
- You have developed component libraries or implemented design systems
- You can take static mockups and turn them into a reality
- You bias towards action, and you find ways to deliver better solutions more efficiently
- You’re empathetic and collaborative: you work well in a team environment
- You’re a clear and effective communicator
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 committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
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