Careers at IFPI

We have a global team of talented employees working collaboratively to represent the interests of the recording industry worldwide.

We aim to excel in all that we do on behalf of our member record companies.

IFPI is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds.

If you are interested in working at the heart of issues affecting the music industry, in a dynamic, creative environment, find out more about our current career opportunities below.

Current Vacancies

Technical Investigator – Content Protection & Enforcement

23 January 2024

Reporting to: Technical Investigations Manager
Start Date: February 2024
Location: London

Background
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 promote 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. We have affiliated organisations in 70 countries, including national groups and music licensing companies that represent their own region’s member record companies.

IFPI’s Global Content Protection and Enforcement (CPE) department delivers 24/7 monitoring and reporting of online infringements, provides technical analysis and investigations and in connection with services that infringe and facilitate infringement of our members’ rights. The department devises strategies and programmes to deter, disrupt and dismantle illegal online activities, which are executed in partnership with law enforcement agencies, intermediaries and administrative authorities.

Role
IFPI is looking to engage a passionate, dynamic, and experienced individual with specialist technical expertise to join the Investigations team within IFPI’s CPE department, to support its efforts to investigate and tackle services that infringe our member companies’ rights.

The ideal candidate will have well-rounded technical knowledge and be capable of analysing and testing infringing services and producing clear and concise written reports. They will also have a solid understanding of OSINT best practices and tools and have experience conducting and documenting investigations. Strong communications skills and an analytical, solution-driven mindset are vital to this role.

The candidate will work within a team of technical investigators and closely with developers and operational staff in the broader CPE department. The role will also involve interacting with the Legal department, law enforcement authorities and representatives from our member record companies.

Given the nature of the role and the services we provide for our members, the candidate must be flexible and able to work out-of-hours and engage in further development and training as required.
This is a unique opportunity to work within the music industry at an exciting time, as we seek to address emerging threats and safeguard our members’ rights in a constantly evolving environment.

General Responsibilities

  • Investigate, test, and analyse technologies and digital services of all types, including mobile applications.
  • Evidence capture, including to support disruptive and enforcement actions.
  • Analysis of the technical infrastructure used to support services and applications including networks and DNS.
  • OSINT investigations into threat actors, their modus operandi, and the broader piracy network / ecosystem. This includes time-sensitive pre-release investigations.
  • Analyse data in relation to piracy, and produce landscape reports, and threat profiles.
  • Produce technical, functionality and investigative reports.
  • Deliver internal and external presentations and training. This will include communicating with a non-technical audience.
  • Assess options for disruptive and enforcement action, prepare related materials including criminal referrals and witness statements, and execute, coordinate, and manage actions/cases.
  • Work with and support technical investigators, development team, operational team, Legal team, and IFPI National Groups, as required.

Requirements

To be considered, the applicant must demonstrate the following:

  • A degree in a computing discipline and/or relevant technical certification(s).
  • Online research skills and prior experience in conducting OSINT investigations.
  • Solid understanding of networks and DNS.
  • Experience of probing and testing network requests using relevant tools (Wireshark, Charles, Postman, etc.).
  • Excellent verbal and written communication.
  • High level of attention to detail and ability to analyse data.
  • An ability to produce clear and concise technical and functionality reports and investigative documents.
  • Initiative, enthusiasm, and willingness to undertake varied tasks.
  • Curiosity and problem-solving skills.
  • Self-starter and ability to work independently as well as, as part of a team.
  • Resilience, ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines and work under pressure.
  • The candidate will need to undertake an Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau (“CRB”) check.

Desirable

  • Additionally, the following skills / experience are desirable:
    Work experience within a brand / content protection organisation.
  • Understanding of and experience analysing iOS and Android app package formats.
  • Experience with cyber security and fraud investigations.
  • Experience with intellectual property enforcement and working with law enforcement authorities.
  • Understanding of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence.
  • An awareness of relevant legislation affecting the music industry, such as copyright, Computer Misuse Act, money laundering and fraud offences.
  • Keen interest in technology, social media, gaming, and the music industry.
  • Familiarity with cryptocurrency tracking using open-source or paid tools.

How to apply
Candidates who can demonstrate that they meet specifications set out above and can prove that they have the right to work in the UK should send an application to recruitment@ifpi.org.
The application should include your CV and a covering letter stating how you meet each requirement.

Interview Process
The interview process will consist of two interviews the first will be conducted online and the second in person.
In order to process job applications, IFPI collects personal information submitted by applicants. By applying for this role, you are consenting to that processing. All personal information is processed in line with our privacy policy set out at https://www.ifpi.org/terms-conditions/

EEO Statement
IFPI is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Developer

23 January 2024

Reporting to: Deputy Director Operations & Technology
Start Date: February 2024
Location: London

Background

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 promote 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. We have affiliated organisations in 70 countries, including national groups and music licensing companies that represent their own region’s member record companies.

IFPI’s Global Content Protection and Enforcement (CPE) department delivers 24/7 monitoring and reporting of online infringements, provides technical analysis and investigations and in connection with services that infringe and facilitate infringement of our members’ rights. The department devises strategies and programmes to deter, disrupt and dismantle illegal online activities, which are executed in partnership with law enforcement agencies, intermediaries and administrative authorities.

Role

IFPI is looking to engage a passionate, dynamic, and experienced individual with specialist technical expertise to join IFPI’s CPE department in its efforts to investigate and tackle services that infringe our member companies’ rights.

The ideal candidate will have well-rounded technical knowledge and be capable of analysing and testing infringing services and producing clear and concise written reports. They will also have a solid understanding of OSINT best practices and tools and have experience conducting and documenting investigations. Strong communications skills and an analytical, solution-driven mindset are vital to this role.

The candidate will work within a team of technical investigators and closely with developers and operational staff in the broader CPE department. The role will also involve interacting with the Legal department, law enforcement authorities and representatives from our member record companies.

Given the nature of the role and the services we provide for our members, the candidate must be flexible and able to work out-of-hours and engage in further development and training as required.
This is a unique opportunity to work within the music industry at an exciting time, as we seek to address and harness emerging technologies and safeguard our members’ rights in a constantly evolving environment.
General Responsibilities

IFPI is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive individual for the role of Junior Content Protect and Enforcement Developer. The role sits within the global Content Protection and Enforcement department, whose mission is to safeguard our members’ content online.

The role will primarily involve:

  • Develop, implement, and maintain web crawlers based on Python, to mine data from infringing web platforms that make available recordings on the internet.
  • Develop and implement solutions to improve systems functionalities.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain solutions that help to improving general activities.

The selected candidate will receive training in specific processes and skills, as required.

Requirements

To be considered, the applicant must demonstrate the following:

  • Experience of Microsoft Office Suite, including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel & Outlook.
  • Proficiency and commercial experience developing solutions in Python, Java and or other high-level object-oriented language(s).
  • Proficiency and commercial experience developing web crawlers and scrapers in Python (Selenium, Urllib, Beautiful Soup, Request, Scrapy, Lxml, XPath, Playwrights). Java (Axios, Puppeteer.)
  • Knowledge in MySQL, MongoDB.
  • Experience understanding websites development technologies such, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and PHP.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and high levels of attention to detail.
  • Knowledge in AWS (EC2, RDS, IAM, Cloud9, DocumentDb)
  • Proficiency on managing Linux environments on terminal.
  • Proficiency and understanding in Front-End development technologies (Vue Js, React, Node, Angular, HTML or TypeScript).
  • An ability to produce reports, documents, and presentations as per business requirements.

Preferable

  • Good knowledge in data mining techniques.
  • Knowledge in AWS services.
  • Interest in technology.
  • Experience in conducting technology research.
  • Knowledge on API’s (REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, or WebHook)
  • Knowledge on Dev/Ops deployment strategies (Canary releases, Blue/green, Feature toggles, or Rolling deployments)
  • Experience in Development security practices (OWASP, SAMM or any equivalent)
  • Experience analysing data.
  • Proactive and empirical person.

How to apply

Candidates who can demonstrate that they meet specifications set out above and can prove that they have the right to work in the UK should send an application to recruitment@ifpi.org.

The application should include your CV and a covering letter stating how you meet each requirement.

Interview Process

The interview process will consist of two interviews the first will be conducted online and the second in person.
In order to process job applications, IFPI collects personal information submitted by applicants. By applying for this role, you are consenting to that processing. All personal information is processed in line with our privacy policy set out at https://www.ifpi.org/terms-conditions/

EEO Statement
IFPI is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds.