[Remote] Application Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Warner Music Group is a global collective of music makers and tech innovators. As a Software Application Engineer, you will maintain, upgrade, and support the technical systems that power the company's global operations, focusing on software engineering and site reliability engineering. Responsibilities Write clean, maintainable code in Java or Python (backend) and Angular or React (frontend) Upgrade application frameworks (e.g., Java, Angular) to stay current with security patches, support, and performance improvements Debug and resolve systems errors identified by automated or manual testing Monitor production systems and improve observability to detect and resolve issues proactively Lead root cause analyses (RCA) for outages and implement corrective actions Conduct performance and scalability testing, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimizations Partner with business and operations users to troubleshoot, document, and resolve issues Execute manual workflows (e.g., data queries, AWS resource modifications, job restarts) and automate them for efficiency Participate in the on-call rotation, responding to high-priority production incidents Enhance CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, infrastructure-as-code (IaC)) Contribute to and maintain team knowledge bases, runbooks, and technical documentation Drive continuous improvement through process automation and tooling enhancements Skills Experience in software development, ideally with Java or Python (backend) or Angular/React (frontend) Experience with relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and writing SQL queries Effective communicator who can bridge technical and non-technical discussions Comfortable collaborating in distributed teams across multiple time zones Write clean, maintainable code in Java or Python (backend) and Angular or React (frontend) Upgrade application frameworks (e.g., Java, Angular) to stay current with security patches, support, and performance improvements Debug and resolve systems errors identified by automated or manual testing Monitor production systems and improve observability to detect and resolve issues proactively Lead root cause analyses (RCA) for outages and implement corrective actions Conduct performance and scalability testing, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimizations Partner with business and operations users to troubleshoot, document, and resolve issues Execute manual workflows (e.g., data queries, AWS resource modifications, job restarts) and automate them for efficiency Participate in the on-call rotation, responding to high-priority production incidents Enhance CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, infrastructure-as-code (IaC)) Contribute to and maintain team knowledge bases, runbooks, and technical documentation Drive continuous improvement through process automation and tooling enhancements Experience working with enterprise systems and modernizing them Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage cloud resources, ideally in AWS Ability to diagnose and resolve issues across desktop, network, and web layers Experience being on-call, managing incidents, and meeting SLA commitments Benefits This role is eligible for a performance based annual bonus. Company Overview Warner Music Group is a music company with the interests of recording and publishing music and artist services. It was founded in 1958, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is