Associate Engineering Manager

We’re looking for an Associate Engineering Manager to join Orfium’s most critical team, driving real business impact through YouTube rights management. In this role, you’ll strike the balance between leadership and hands-on engineering, staying close to the code while mentoring and guiding a talented team.
It’s a unique opportunity to grow your management skills in a supportive environment, while building products that directly influence Orfium’s revenue and ensure creators worldwide are paid fairly for their work. If you’re ready to lead from the front, deliver meaningful solutions, and shape the future of music technology, we’d love to hear from you.

Requirements

Responsibilities 

• Lead: A cross-functional engineering team, creating an environment of trust, accountability, and innovation.
• Drive: Architectural and technical discussions in collaboration with Staff Engineers, ensuring scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Inspire: By being a hands-on technical role model and mentor to your team, supporting their continuous learning and career growth.
• Ensure: The successful and timely delivery of high-quality software, using engineering best practices, CI/CD pipelines, and agile principles.
• Communicate: Effectively with Product, Operations, and Business stakeholders to align goals, clarify priorities, and manage expectations.
• Motivate & Coach: By nurturing a supportive and inclusive team atmosphere, celebrating wins, and addressing challenges constructively.
• Improve: Engineering excellence by leading code reviews, championing clean code, promoting technical ownership, assure quality and best practices.
• Collaborate: With Engineering and Product leadership to shape ORFIUM’s strategic direction in the entertainment tech space.
• Develop: Yourself and others by staying current with technology trends, tools, and leadership practices, and applying them thoughtfully.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience leading/mentoring engineers.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture, cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and scalable systems.
• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, DevOps principles, and CI/CD workflows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• A collaborative, empathetic, and curious mindset.

About Us 

We are a global technology leader transforming the music and entertainment industry through advanced rights management and data solutions. With 700+ team members across offices in Los Angeles, London, Dublin, Athens, Sofia, Tokyo, and more, we partner with top-tier clients such as Sony Music Publishing, Warner Music Group, BBC, and Universal Music Publishing. Our mission is to help creators, rights holders, and media companies track, manage, and monetize content across platforms like YouTube and TikTok. At Orfium, you’ll join a passionate, international team of developers, designers, scientists, and music lovers, all working together in a flexible, hybrid environment where innovation, openness, and ownership are at the heart of everything we do. We are looking forward to meeting with you!