Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Application Engineer
We are seeking a Senior Software Application Engineer to lead the architectural evolution of some of our most critical business systems. In this role you will analyze existing system and data design, identifying critical areas for optimization – spanning scale, performance, resilience, and cost – and leading efforts to execute that vision.

If you love music, data, and building world‑class systems that scale, this role might be right for you.

Here you’ll get to:

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

Implement maintainable solutions with high quality and reliability that can scale as our business continues to grow and expand

Learn and grow as a professional through close collaboration with your team members and engineering leaders, and by being part of a culture of continuous improvement and learning

Provide mentorship to other engineers, fostering their professional growth and success

Respond to incidents and perform on‑call duties with an eye towards root cause fixes and improvements

About you:

You have an undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another related field

You have at least 6 years of experience in backend or full stack development

You have a deep knowledge of AWS or another large cloud computing environment

You have strong distributed systems skills:
How to make things fast and scalable, how to measure things (e.g., latency, throughput)

You have strong operational excellence best practices:
Testing, monitoring, paging, and incident management

You have a strong understanding of developing APIs, backend services, databases, data pipelines, and data warehousing

You have built or developed large‑scale data processing pipelines and/or large, high‑availability dimensional data stores

You have a high sense of ownership and a drive to deliver impact in a fast‑paced, evolving, ambiguous environment

You have experience in building projects with good abstractions and clean architecture

You have strong debugging skills and the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues

You have a drive to grow, learn, and master the craft of software development

$112,000 – $152,000 a year

Compensation:
This position offers a base salary of $112,000 – $152,000 CAD. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for a performance‑based annual bonus.

Vacancy Status:
This posting is for an active, existing vacancy.

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, 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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