Technical Lead - Fully Remote in London

Reporting to: Deputy Director of Content Protection and Enforcement, Development

Location: London Bridge, London (3 days working from the office, 2 days from home)

IFPI is the voice of the recording industry worldwide. IFPI and its National Group network represents the interests of some 8,000 members across the globe. Our mission is to make music thrive by promoting the value of recorded music, campaign for the rights of record producers, and expand the commercial uses of recorded music.

IFPI’s head office is located in London, with additional offices in Brussels, Nairobi, Singapore, Miami, Abu Dhabi and a representative office in Beijing. Our CPE (Global Content Protection & Enforcement) technology team develops tools and systems that safeguard members' rights around the clock — from monitoring online infringement to supporting legal investigations.

A significant and growing part of how we develop software is through AI-assisted development. Working closely with senior management, you will champion best practices in agentic AI development — including how to structure projects, write effective prompts and markdown specifications, maintain coding standards across AI-assisted workflows, and coordinate consistent practices across the team. You will also contribute to defining the guardrails that allow the team to move quickly without sacrificing quality.

Some are small enough to be built rapidly via vibe coding; Provide well-reasoned, defensible decisions about tech stack selection — balancing capability, maintainability, team familiarity, and long-term cost. Evaluate the best architectural approach according to the specific characteristics of each project, using simplicity, efficiency, robustness, and optimisation as guiding principles.

AI-Assisted Development Leadership

• Work closely with the deputy director to establish protocols and best practices when using AI-based coding to roll out team-wide standards.
• Establish conventions for project structure, markdown specifications, prompt design, and code review in AI-assisted workflows.
• Identify where AI-assisted development accelerates delivery and where it requires more careful oversight.
• Ensure AI-generated code meets the same quality, security, and maintainability standards as hand-written code.
• Orchestrate the delivery of production-ready code, from design through deployment.
• Co-coordinate deployment strategies, and release practices appropriate to the team's scale.
• Define standards for testing, code review, and code health that the team can follow consistently.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional software development, with meaningful time in a tech lead or senior architect role.
• Strong proficiency in Python and at least one modern frontend framework (Vue.js, React, or Angular).
• Solid grasp of SQL database design, RESTful APIs, and backend systems.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or equivalent cloud platforms; Practical experience with CI/CD tools and DevOps principles in a production environment.
• Experience with or genuine enthusiasm for agentic AI coding tools.
• Familiarity with agentic AI workflows, prompt engineering, and managing AI-generated code in production.
• Experience with web scraping or crawling systems (relevant to our content monitoring work).
• Experience with data engineering, ETL processes, or ML-adjacent applications.
• AWS certifications, or willingness to obtain them.
• Interest in music, copyright, or the broader creative industries.

We will, having reviewed applications on a rolling basis, seek to conduct interviews with candidates via online or in person.

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