Music is Universal
It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.
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Are you interested in working for the music industry? Would you like to help develop unique cutting-edge data science and AI solutions to help drive innovation and creative data-driven strategies across Universal Music?
Universal Music UK is looking for an AI Product Engineer to become part of our UK central data, AI and technology team. The role offers a unique opportunity to join us at the start of a new chapter, where we are looking to grow & expand on the foundation of work we’ve already begun.
The role is perfect for a candidate that is passionate about music, data, AI and technology and has a thirst for acquiring, analysing and communicating knowledge through data. In a creative organisation such as ours, reducing a complex problem into something simple is key, so any experience managing stakeholders, shaping ideas and translating business needs into clear product requirements would also be a strength.
Alongside this, you will be responsible for building and improving AI-powered products, tools and workflows that solve real business problems across Universal Music UK. You will work with stakeholders and product managers to understand user needs, shape requirements and turn ideas into practical technical solutions. Working closely with data scientists, engineers, designers and business teams, you will help take products from discovery and prototyping through to development, launch, adoption and ongoing iteration. As we’re first and foremost a data, AI and technology team, you should be comfortable working with data, APIs, technical trade-offs and modern AI-enabled software development.
As part of the central data, AI and technology team, you’ll have a chance to work across all divisions, including AMS, frontline labels, our catalogue division UMR, and all other central teams, as well as data and technology teams within the wider business. This includes helping shape products from the inception of an idea through to fully working technology that supports & supercharges the labels.
This role will feed directly into our Engineering Lead, where core responsibilities include:
Support product testing, troubleshooting and iteration to ensure solutions are reliable, useful, secure, performant and delivering measurable value.
At the heart of this role is a desire to give us a competitive edge in connecting our artists with audiences across the globe. More will be explained at interview. Rest assured, this is an exciting role as part of an innovative new initiative within the organisation.
Strong experience developing modern web interfaces using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
Familiarity with generative AI tools and coding assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, GitHub Copilot or Codex.
Experience working with AWS, managed databases and DevOps practices, including Git, GitHub, code review, CI/CD, deployment workflows and monitoring.
Familiarity with CloudWatch, Aurora, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure or Microsoft Entra ID would be advantageous.
Ability to collaborate effectively with product managers, engineers, data specialists, project managers and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience working across the full product lifecycle, from discovery and prototype through launch, adoption, maintenance and iterative improvement.
A background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, AI or a related technical discipline would be advantageous.
Just So You Know…
The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement.
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