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We make music and media workflow fast, intuitive and simple, directly connecting people and their work to save time. Today we count UMG, Sony, Warner Music, Netflix, Amazon among our customers, and over 250,000 people interact with DISCO each month. Our customers are super passionate about our product.\nLocation\nHybrid, London, United Kingdom\nAs a DISCO employee, you will work remotely from home four days a week, and spend one day per week at a co-working space in London with your local colleagues.\nRole\nAs a Senior Full Stack Engineer on the DISCO team, you will lead the design and implementation of robust and scalable software features, build performant and secure APIs, and find elegant solutions to complex problems. 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