Software Engineer - Sony Music Entertainment - New York, NY

The Orchard is a pioneering digital music, video and film distribution company operating in more than 25 global markets. As a member of our Technology team, you will have the opportunity to work with other bright engineers and product people to build out our industry-leading digital media content management and distribution platform, develop tools to empower artists and film makers with data-driven insights and analytics, as well as optimize monetization and reach for our YouTube business.

The Orchard is looking for a Software Engineer to join our NYC (East Village) development team.

Responsibilities:
Build amazingly crafted software and systems to provide our clients with a cutting-edge digital media management, delivery, and reporting/analytics suite. Participate in ongoing Sony platforms integration efforts to deliver next generation, full service distribution products. Collaborate with a talented team of engineers and designers. Work with new technology and tools in a highly-collaborative, agile environment.

Qualifications:
Full stack proficiency. We are polyglots, currently using Python, PHP and Ruby but open to the best tool for the job. Checkout http://stackshare.io/the-orchard for a better idea of what we’re using. Familiar with design patterns. Experience with microservices a plus. Agile & results-focused. Ability to work effectively on small, cross-functional teams following agile development methodology (Kanban, Scrum). Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs. The ability to implement XHTML/HTML5, CSS, and Javascript quickly and effectively.

Familiarity with AWS is a huge plus (DynamoDB, Redshift, SWF, Lambda).

Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Love for music and film a plus.

Additional Orch Information: Tech Blog – Check out The Orchard’s tech blog: https://medium.com/orchard-technology . Project Work – At The Orchard, we’re happy to open-source software that helps the community. For instance, a few months ago, we built Garcon, a framework to help write distributed workflows that run on Amazon SWF: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Garcon .

About The Orchard®

The Orchard is an independent music and video distribution company that provides an innovative and comprehensive sales and marketing platform for content owners. With our industry-leading technology and operations, we partner with companies of all sizes to make their music and videos available across hundreds of digital and mobile outlets around the world, and physical retailers too. We work with our clients to maximize their revenue, and provide them with the latest and greatest digital marketing tools and sophisticated sales analytics to help them run their businesses efficiently and effectively.

The Orchard was founded in 1997 in New York City to foster independence and creativity in the music industry. Our headquarters are in New York and London, with operations in more than 25 markets around the world, including France, Spain, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, India, Australia and more. At The Orchard, the focus is to provide a comfortable, social and engaging environment to encourage productivity, creativity and personal/business relationships. From monthly potlucks and game nights to company kickball teams and other staff perks , our employees like what they do and where they do it.

The Orchard is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.