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


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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


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Design, create, and improve software to monitor, audit, and test data processes, systems, and applications


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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


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Validate, transform, and cleanse data as required


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Monitor content delivery processes and queues and troubleshoot/resolve issues and errors


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Point of contact for technical data issues for the internal team


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Proactively investigate, troubleshoot, and solve technical data issues, escalating unsolved issues to the appropriate team


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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


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Work with the data and technology teams to plan, prioritize, and manage technical backlog of data deliverables


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Perform custom SQL queries and run existing scripts and queries upon request


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Create and Maintain scripts to automate daily tasks


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Create and Maintain test data, and Perform/Test upgrades, code changes and bug fixes


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Create and Maintain documentation of code, scripts, tools, applications, and processes


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Train team members in use of internal data tools


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Perform other job-related tasks as directed





Requirements

Required


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Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills


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Must possess strong analytical skills


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Must be committed to executing high-quality deliverables within defined scope and schedule


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Must be self-driven, proactive, and open to new ideas in problem solving


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Must be comfortable working independently and collaboratively with small, distributed teams


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Must be curious and invest time to develop and expand knowledge and proficiencies for self and others





Preferred


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Experience with MySQL is preferred


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Experience with *nix CLI and shell scripting is preferred


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Experience with git is preferred


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Experience with designing, developing, and using custom ETL code and processes is preferred


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Experience creating, implementing, and using REST APIs is preferred


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Experience with music data, music data standards (DDEX, CWR, ID3) is a plus


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Experience with multimedia management software/tools and multimedia pipelines is a plus


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Experience with music production, audio processing, and audio codices (.mp3, FLAC, WAV) is a plus


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Experience with provisioning and supporting AWS data implementations (S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda,


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Redshift, etc.) is a plus


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Experience as a tech support/account manager or client-facing project manager is a plus