Songspace is seeking a Data Developer to join our team that is responsible for developing and managing the data tools, applications, models, processes, and workflows that support the efficient and automated management and provision of the company’s data across internal systems and customer products, the ingestion of multimedia files and metadata provided by our clients and 3rd parties, and the exchange of music data with our sister companies and business partners. This role will also analyze and validate data, cleanse and transform data, and create/run SQL queries to deliver information to various teams across the company.This position offers an opportunity to design, build, and manage mission critical data applications and products with an experienced and supportive team in an interesting and fun industry.
Job Responsibilities
Work with data, technology, and operations teams to design, build, test, and implement an automated data ingestion, integration, and exchange platform, and supporting enterprise data model
Design, create, and improve software to monitor, audit, and test data processes, systems, and applications
Process the ingestion of music metadata and multimedia assets provided by music creator, publisher,and record label customers and partners within the timelines and specifications defined by the Client Services Team
Validate, transform, and cleanse data as required
Monitor content delivery processes and queues and troubleshoot/resolve issues and errors
Point of contact for technical data issues for the internal team
Proactively investigate, troubleshoot, and solve technical data issues, escalating unsolved issues to the appropriate team
Create and sponsor concepts and work with internal teams to develop new software and tools that will assist clients and/or internal stakeholders to automate and optimize data workflow and data accessibility
Work with the data and technology teams to plan, prioritize, and manage technical backlog of data deliverables
Perform custom SQL queries and run existing scripts and queries upon request
Create and Maintain scripts to automate daily tasks
Create and Maintain test data, and Perform/Test upgrades, code changes and bug fixes
Create and Maintain documentation of code, scripts, tools, applications, and processes
Train team members in use of internal data tools
Perform other job-related tasks as directed
Requirements
Required
Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills
Must possess strong analytical skills
Must be committed to executing high-quality deliverables within defined scope and schedule
Must be self-driven, proactive, and open to new ideas in problem solving
Must be comfortable working independently and collaboratively with small, distributed teams
Must be curious and invest time to develop and expand knowledge and proficiencies for self and others
Preferred
Experience with MySQL is preferred
Experience with *nix CLI and shell scripting is preferred
Experience with git is preferred
Experience with designing, developing, and using custom ETL code and processes is preferred
Experience creating, implementing, and using REST APIs is preferred
Experience with music data, music data standards (DDEX, CWR, ID3) is a plus
Experience with multimedia management software/tools and multimedia pipelines is a plus
Experience with music production, audio processing, and audio codices (.mp3, FLAC, WAV) is a plus
Experience with provisioning and supporting AWS data implementations (S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda,
Redshift, etc.) is a plus
Experience as a tech support/account manager or client-facing project manager is a plus
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