Job Description: Full Stack Engineer

Position Overview

UMG, the Universal Music Group, is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to join the Global Data Engineering team. This role focuses on designing, developing, and monitoring custom data visualization and write back applications within Looker. The team is committed to leveraging audience, marketing, and eCommerce data to enhance artist branding and fan engagement.

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Requirements

• Experience: Minimum 5-7 years of direct experience in custom BI development and business analytics/reporting.
• Leadership: 2+ years experience in leading a development team and managing a code base.
• Front-End Skills:
  • Strong proficiency in React, Typescript, and Tailwind CSS.
  • Demonstrated ability to build React-based applications that efficiently consume, process, and render large datasets (millions of rows) with minimal latency.
• Performance Optimization: Deep understanding of React performance optimization techniques.
• Data Fetching: Experience with implementing efficient data fetching strategies using libraries like React Query, SWR, or custom solutions.
• Visualization Libraries: Experience with AM Charts, D3.js, or similar charting libraries for creating custom visualizations.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop custom data visualization tools and applications.
• Design, develop, and lead the maintenance of interactive data visualization dashboards using React, Typescript, and Tailwind CSS.
• Implement custom Looker dashboards to enhance the reporting capabilities and data exploration experience.
• Own the end-to-end development process, from requirements gathering (in partnership with product management) to deployment, ensuring delivery of high-quality, scalable, BI solutions.
• Collaborate with product managers, data engineers, data analysts, data scientists, and other stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements and visualization strategies.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior developers, promoting best practices in BI development and visualization design.
• Stay current with the latest BI tools, visualization techniques, and industry trends, continuously experimenting with new technologies to enhance data capabilities.

Application Instructions

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Company Information

UMG is the world’s leading music company. It owns and operates a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. UMG identifies and develops recording artists and songwriters, and produces, distributes, and promotes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.