Universal Music Group
Senior Developer
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Senior Developer – Royalty & Copyright Product Team
Universal Music Group – AWS, .NET Core, Kafka, Kubernetes
Universal Music Group is the world’s leading music company, and we believe that music is universal. Our passionate and inclusive team spans innovation across every aspect of the music industry—from back-end development to digital platforms, ensuring we lead commercially and creatively.
Our Royalty and Copyright Product Team is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining technical solutions that calculate artist royalty accountings, ensuring accurate and timely payments. You’ll work at the intersection of backend services, serverless architectures, event-driven systems, and scalable cloud solutions.
We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can thrive, regardless of background or neurodivergence. If you need adjustments to apply or disclose a neurocognitive variation, we encourage you to reach out at UniversalMusicCareers@umusic.com.
About the Department
- Global impact: Part of Universal Music Group, shaping royalty calculations for artists worldwide.
- Innovative tech: Engineer backend services using .NET Core/Azure that scale, integrate seamlessly with businesses, and improve transparency in earnings.
- Tech stack heavy hitters: AWS serverless (Lambda, Step Functions), Kafka event streams, Docker/Kubernetes, React/Angular UIs.
The Role
As a Senior Developer, you’ll architect, build, and maintain scalable cloud solutions with a focus on high-throughput, near real-time processing. Work within an agile environment, collaborating across product, data, and engineering teams to enable reliable royalty workflows.
You’ll be part of a team that: ✔ Develops software underpinned by serverless, event-driven principles. ✔ Owns CI/CD pipelines, testing, and deployment. ✔ Advances cloud architectures using modern DevOps practices.
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Key Responsibilities
Technical Excellence
- Design and maintain backend services & APIs in .NET Core/Azure.
- Build and deploy modular web interfaces (React/TypeScript/Angular) and integrate them with APIs.
- Develop serverless architecture on AWS: Lambda, DynamoDB, Step Functions, SQS/SNS.
- Implement message brokers (Kafka MSI or AWS MSK) for real-time data processing like streaming/monitoring.
- Deploy and optimise Docker and Kubernetes workloads.
- Write secure, scalable, and performant code with theright business data optimisations across relational (PostgreSQL/etc.) and NoSQL stores.
- Work with DevOps to enforce automated pipelines, testing, and monitoring.
Collaboration & Quality
- Drive code quality: write maintainable, well-documented, and reusable code.
- Participate in tech reviews, sprints/agile ceremonies, and incident investigations.
- Mentor junior engineers and cross-train team members.
- Troubleshoot production issues, refine error-monitoring, and define SLAs with stakeholders.
- Foster strong partnerships with product/BA teams to shape requirements.
Required Skills & Experience
✅ \Core essentials
- Deep .NET Core (4+ years) experience in backend architecture.
- Hands-on AWS (5+ years), preferable with serverless (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3).
- Event-driven systems: Kafka on AWS MSK (or similar).
- DevOps basics: Git workflows, CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions; Jenkins; Azure DevOps).
- Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL/SQL Server) and NoSQL (DynamoDB/MongoDB).
- Be proficient with Docker & Kubernetes orchestration.
✅ Multitasking mindset
- Agile methodology (Scrum/Kanban).
- Diagnose complex problems, propose solutions, and document decision-making.
- Leverage Kubernetes (EKS/GKE preferred) and modern deployment strategies.
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✅ Soft skills
- Strong problem-solving and ownership traits.
- Aligns with cross-functional teams to deliver timely, commercially valuable solutions.
Nice to Have
- GCP credentials and automation tools (Terraform, CDK).
- Microservices or domain-driven design exposure.
- Any model requirements compliance (e.g., MLOps, pasado software development).
- Structured ways to trace royalties: experience with MCP or similar standards.
Key Behavioural Characteristics
- Catalyst: Identifies inefficiencies and proposes productivity solutions.
- Ambassador: Fits with cross-functional (engineering/Product/BA) teams to build solutions.
- Owner: Takes technical accountability for clarifying ambiguous requirements.
About Universal Music Group UK
We’re the UK’s largest music-based entertainment company, helping artists shape global culture. Our insights, platforms, and connect nurture talent—from emerging stars to A-list superstars.
Bonus Tracks: Benefits
Be part of a team that values your growth while looking out for your well-being:
- Pension (3–9%), private medical insurance.
- 25 days paid leave (additional holiday purchase scheme).
- Transport perks: season ticket loan, congestion charge relief, or bike-to-work schemes.
- Onsite gym (discounted or subsidised) and employee discounts (including sports brands).
- Non-salary benefits: private medical insurance, cycle to work, dental top-ups.
- Work-life balance: subsidised events and physical wellness.
⚠️ This is a guiding role scope. Expect evolving priorities and cross-departmental RIPs with our dynamic team.
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