Staff Engineer

We’ve partnered with one of the world’s leading music companies, who are building a brand-new platform that supports artists and creators worldwide.

This isn’t a migration, a rebuild or a revamp. It’s ground-up, greenfield work on a problem with real financial complexity and global scale. It’s also the most foundational build in the organisation right now, so you’ll have a direct hand in the technical vision from day one.

📍London - Hybrid

The role

You’ll join a new team set to become its own vertical, working alongside product, design and research. As a Staff/Principal Engineer, you’ll set technical direction across multiple teams and influence a wider engineering community within the business. This is a technical leadership role in the Staff/Principal sense: shaping direction and standards, while staying close to the code.

• Set the architecture and technical vision for a new platform, from initial design through to global rollout
• Translate strategy from stakeholders and product into clear technical direction
• Work across teams and with third-party organisations, so you’ll be front and centre in the business
• Raise engineering standards across the wider organisation, not just one team
• Mentor and support onboarding as the engineering function scales significantly over the coming months

What you’ll bring

• Strong full-stack, product-minded engineering. Python is used, but any mainstream OO language is fine, alongside React on the front end
• Cloud experience (They use AWS, but flexible)
• A track record of designing complex, scalable systems across multiple teams and services
• Experience in a high-growth environment, ideally one where you’ve helped teams ramp up quickly
• Exposure to larger-scale complexity, not just small-company environments
• Confidence communicating with senior technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have:

• fintech, financial services or other regulated-industry experience; music industry experience.
• Curiosity and a genuine interest in music. The domain is complex, and it helps to care about the people you’re building for 🎙️🎺

Why this one

• Ground-up build: A rare chance to build something completely new rather than inherit someone else’s legacy
• Real impact: Your work supports artists and creators around the world, and accuracy genuinely matters
• Growth: The team is expanding fast, with real scope to shape how engineering evolves
• Backing: A great culture and the stability of a global organisation, with the ownership of a start-up build

If you’re curious, apply or send me a message. I’m happy to share more detail in a quick chat.