EMPIRE is an independent record company spanning label, distribution and publishing, with an in-house PHP/Laravel and React/TypeScript stack powering partner analytics and royalty tooling. Hiring tilts toward finance, legal and director-level roles, and job posts cluster around global tax compliance, cross-border entity setup and fraud controls, which points to back-office infrastructure catching up with international expansion.
Notable leadership hires: Distribution Director
EMPIRE is a privately held music company founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, operating label, distribution and publishing businesses. It focuses on early-stage artist development and works with artists and labels through partnership-style deals. Partners get access to the company's own software for analytics, recoupment and royalties. EMPIRE employs 201–500 people and has teams across Africa, Europe, Asia and South America. Its finance operations run on NetSuite, Bill.com and Brex, and its creative teams use Adobe tools alongside Blender and Cinema 4D.
EMPIRE builds software with PHP, Laravel, React, TypeScript, Jest and React Testing Library. It runs finance on NetSuite, Bill.com and Brex, support on Zendesk, and creative work in Adobe Creative Cloud, Blender, Cinema 4D, Runway and Midjourney.
Yes. EMPIRE's hiring is accelerating and centers on the United States. Openings span marketing, finance, legal, ops and sales, with a strong director-level presence that includes a Distribution Director role.
EMPIRE is implementing next-generation tax platforms and scaling and designing its distribution systems. It is also refining its custom software and putting an internal control framework in place.
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