Recently acquired by Believe, Sentric Music is in an exciting phase of significant growth into new markets. Sentric Music Group is a rapidly expanding music publishing company with 80+ employees based across our offices in Liverpool, London, Hamburg, Palma, New York and LA.

The company handles copyright and royalty administration for a large client base consisting of songwriters, record labels and music catalogue owners. Our industry-challenging platform is transforming the traditional models for royalty collection and our client base is consistently growing.

Believe is above all a passion for music, tech, and digital marketing, shared by over 1,700 talented people in more than 50 countries. It is a visionary and entrepreneurial spirit that drives us and makes us a world leader in the digital distribution of music.

Believe is a tribe of experts who successfully meet the challenges of the transformation of our music industry every day. It’s an adventure, a human adventure, and one that is propitious and stimulating for all of us.

Finally, Believe is a story that began in 2005 and that we must continue to narrate, now, and with you. Believe’s mission is to develop labels and artists in the most suitable way, at each stage of their career and development, in all local markets around the world, with respect, expertise, fairness and transparency.

The 'Back End Engineer' is responsible for contributing to the design, maintenance and implementation of back end components of the Sentric Music and Believe Publishing application estate. The role involves working closely with the broader Product Engineering team and other stakeholders to ensure the overall functionality, quality, and performance of the applications.

Key responsibilities include:

Culture and Behaviour:

Honesty: Maintain transparency in all communications. Admit mistakes and seek help when needed. Take accountability for individual contributions. Encourage a culture of integrity within the team.

Originality: Proactively contribute fresh ideas and perspectives. Demonstrate eagerness to learn and innovate. Demonstrate taking initiative in problem-solving and creativity.

Kindness: Maintain respect and cooperation with colleagues. Act as a supportive team member, offering assistance and encouragement to peers. Promote a collaborative team culture.

Progression: Show consistent improvement and take proactive ownership of personal development. Seek and offer mentorship and feedback.

Product Delivery:

• Designing, developing and modifying applications using C#, ASP.NET and relevant technologies.
• Creating and maintaining RDBMS and NoSQL databases and database schemas using SQL, JavaScript and other languages as appropriate.
• Developing APIs and integrating with third-party APIs.

Collaboration:

• Working closely with the Product team, Engineering team, and business stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of changes that meet acceptance and quality criteria.
• Working with the Engineering team to ensure seamless integration of server-side and client-side components.
• Participating in team development methodologies and ceremonies including backlog refinement, story elaboration, and daily stand-ups.

Engineering Practices:

• Configuring and deploying application infrastructure to cloud environments using automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Taking part in code reviews, ensuring code quality and adherence to best practices.
• Creating and maintaining automated tests and technical documentation.
• Supporting efforts towards optimising application performance by analysing and improving database queries and server-side logic.
• Supporting and contributing to incident response activities.

SET THE TONE WITH US

We have two hearts at Believe – our People and our Artists.

We believe in THE POWER OF OUR PEOPLE, who grow every day to develop their potential… We aim to provide our employees with the best environment to thrive.

ROCK THE JOB

• Office-based role in Liverpool. Possibility of two remote working days a week (Tuesdays & Thrusdays for Copyright team members)
• Private Health Care
• Pension plan
• 25 days annual leave, + 1 day for your birthday
• Life assurance and long-term disability cover
• Access a digital mental health and well-being platform
• Tailor-made training and coaching program
• Enhanced sickness pay and maternity/paternity cover

SING IN HARMONY
Ambassador program: an employee volunteering initiative dedicated to all employees interested in having a positive impact on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), wellbeing and the planet.

Believe strongly promotes equal treatment regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies