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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Vice President, Engineering (Content) - **Company:** Sony Music - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £78,931.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Data Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Neo4j, Software Architecture, Systems Development Life Cycle, Snowflake, Technical Debt, Generative AI, Apache Kafka - **Published:** August 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5843166222 ## About the Role * Seeking 18+ years of progressive engineering experience, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles (Director/VP), including managing managers. * Proven success in leading and scaling large, complex distributed systems and multi-product ecosystems. * Deep expertise in modern software architecture, cloud technologies (AWS), and data infrastructure (e.g., Snowflake, Neo4j, Kafka). * Experience driving organizational change, improving engineering practices, and delivering results in an agile environment. * Demonstrated ability to engage with product management and executive stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical strategy. * Experience with talent acquisition, performance management, and building diverse, high-performing teams. * This is a hybrid role, where are teams are in office at least 3 days a week (core Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in-person) in our King's Cross office., * A hands-on, senior leader who can dive into technical details while maintaining a strategic view of the Content domain. * Track record of aligning technical roadmap with key business KPIs and driving measurable results. * Experience with global scale, M&A technology integration, and managing the evolution of the SDLC in new technology environments (e.g., Generative AI). * Can mobilize a multi-disciplinary organization around a unified technical and product vision. * Establishes and enforces engineering excellence and architectural governance across multiple teams. * Experience working in music is a big plus. ## Description Sony Music's Product, Design, Engineering & Global Operations (PDEGO) team is seeking a Vice President of Engineering within our Content product team. * Set the overall technical vision and long-term strategy for the Content product engineering organization which includes client facing tools to create and manage music content. * Lead, mentor, and scale the engineering team, including senior leaders, to ensure high performance and career growth. * Drive technical excellence, operational maturity, and accountability for the systems underpinning our content products. * Partner directly with executive leadership in Product, Design, and Global Operations to define and execute the product roadmap and business objectives. * Oversee the architectural direction, ensuring systems are scalable, reliable, and secure for global operation. * Champion a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and technical debt management across the organization. ## Related Videos - [Fingerboard to Keyboard: Transposing One Profession to Another](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/868-fingerboard-to-keyboard-transposing-one-profession-to-another) - [Putting the Graph In GraphQL With The Neo4j GraphQL Library](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/257-putting-the-graph-in-graphql-with-the-neo4j-graphql-library) - [How to Benchmark Your Apache Kafka](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/76-how-to-benchmark-your-apache-kafka) - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [Unlocking the potential of Digital & IT at Vodafone](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/602-unlocking-the-potential-of-digital-it-at-vodafone) - [Let's Get Started With Apache Kafka® for Python Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/565-let-s-get-started-with-apache-kafka-for-python-developers) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [A call for Guest Writers for the WeAreDevelopers Magazine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/648-a-call-for-guest-writers-for-the-wearedevelopers-magazine)