Lead Data Architect at Songspace

Job Overview

Songspace is seeking an experienced Lead Data Architect to oversee the design, implementation, and management of the company’s data assets, workflows, processes, models, databases, and technologies. This is a hands-on position with daily activities ranging from strategic planning, to new system development, to department leadership, to customer response. This role will be responsible for maintaining and improving existing data architectures and implementations, with a continuous goal of automating data processes, increasing data workflow efficiencies, ensuring data availability, supporting scalability, and mitigating data security risks. This position offers the ideal candidate an opportunity to be a key leader and influencer in the company’s technology and product roadmap and strategy, working in an interesting and fun industry, with substantial responsibility, self-direction, and autonomy.

Requirements

Job Qualifications

A minimum of 3 years of relevant data architecture, development, and administration experience is required
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a technical discipline such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics is required
Expertise in MySQL and at least one other relational or non-relational data platform (e.g. MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Redshift, etc.) is required
Experience with data modeling, performance tuning, scalability/capacity planning, and backup/recovery is required
Experience designing, deploying, and managing data and data technologies on AWS using at least two of the following AWS services is preferred: S3, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, Lambda, Glue, Elasticsearch
Expertise with SQL is required
Experience with Data Warehouse design, BI reporting, and data visualization tools is required
Experience creating, implementing, and/or using REST APIs is preferred
Experience with Agile/CI software development methodologies is required
Experience with git a plus
Experience with audio, video, and image file indexing, retrieval, and management is a plus
Experience with music data standards (DDEX, CWR) is a plus
Must think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges and opportunities
Must be comfortable working independently and with small, distributed teams
Must be proactive in problem solving
Must be curious – continuously seeking and open to new ideas and solutions
Must be committed to develop and expand knowledge and proficiencies for self and others
Must be proactively communicative and possess strong written communication skills
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States

Job Responsibilities

Lead the company’s Data Architecture, Data Governance, and Data Platform administration & strategy
Evaluate, design, sponsor, implement, and support scalable, cloud-based databases, frameworks, pipelines, and environments that support automated management, workflow, exchange, integration, governance, and integration of structured and unstructured data
Develop logical and physical models as well as data lifecycle strategies and SOP
Create and manage data backup, recovery, and data retirement strategies
Assess, document, and articulate existing data architecture to identify opportunities for improvement and mitigation of technical debt
Maintain, improve, and extend the Songspace music data exchange platform, a music content management and workflow platform for music copyright and sound recording data, and associated multimedia
Identify and promote opportunities to increase data usability, efficiency, and profitability
Collaborate with other internal teams to deliver projects and initiatives such as new products, functionalities, applications, upgrades, and data integrations
Participate with other company department leaders on roadmap strategy and prioritization
Work with the technology teams to plan, prioritize, and manage technical backlog of data deliverables
Collaborate to design, develop, and sponsor proofs-of-concept
Oversee ingestions of music metadata and multimedia assets from creator, music publishing, and record label clients
Manage daily monitoring of content delivery queues and troubleshoot/resolve delivery errors
Act as a data technology subject matter expert for our clients, external data providers, and internal teams
Advise and guide new clients and their technical teams when integrating with the Songspace platform
Create and collaborate with others on the creation and maintenance of technical documentation
Manage and mentor data team members

Benefits
The Songspace company culture is grounded in a shared passion for music, music creators, and technology. We take pride in building and delivering quality products and experiences to our customers. We are a small, collaborative, and inclusive team that encourages and thrives on new ideas, challenges, and opportunities. We believe in ensuring and contributing to a healthy, supportive, and productive work environment for every team member.

In addition, Songspace offers eligible team members the following benefits: