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Part of the Global Technology organization, the Music and Advanced Machine Learning Lab (MAML)’s mission is to invent and build state of the art AI/ML tools to support and empower Artists, and industry professionals.
The MAML covers the full research & development lifecycle, from explorative research to prototypes to industrial scale products. It typically undertakes projects with applications such as, but not limited to, content understanding, content augmentation, creative tools, search, recommendation, etc.
We are curious, passionate and committed to push the envelope in AI for music. If you are excited at the idea of working on state-of-the-art AI at industry scale and make an impact, we want to hear from you!
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers developing an intelligent video search platform that enables precise and flexible discovery across UMG’s extensive audiovisual catalogue. You will shape the technical vision, architecture, and execution for a platform that fuses media content processing, AI-driven search, metadata enrichment, to power discovery for our partners and internal creative teams.
Lead and mentor a team of backend, frontend, and ML engineers focused on video intelligence and retrieval systems.
Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture of innovation, technical excellence, and rapid delivery.
Partner with business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical deliverables.
Drive resource allocation, planning, and metrics-based delivery management.
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Own the design and evolution of an AI-driven video search and discovery platform.
Oversee development of scalable ingestion, indexing, retrieval systems, and user-facing application (incl. backend and frontend/UI).
Integrate multimodal ML models (video, audio, and text) to enable deep content understanding.
Ensure system performance, availability, and security across cloud-based infrastructures.
If and when required, make hands-on contributions to the technical development.
Experience with LLMs and associated tools (e.g. LangChain)
Experience implementing high cybersecurity standards
Experience delivering full stack projects
Previous experience in the media, entertainment, or creative technology industries.
Passion for music and/or deep musical understanding
Visionary Technologist: You think beyond immediate problems — connecting data, AI, and creativity to imagine what’s next for video discovery.
Empowering Leader: You bring out the best in your team by creating psychological safety, celebrating wins, and mentoring with empathy.
Curious and Experimental: You’re energized by exploring new tools and ideas, running experiments, and learning fast from results.
Outcome-Oriented: You’re driven by impact — building systems that deliver measurable creative and business value.
Collaborative Partner: You thrive in cross-functional settings, bridging technical, business and creative disciplines seamlessly.
Culturally Connected: You have a genuine interest in music and the role of technology in supporting culture.
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Senior · 7+ years experience
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