Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help support and grow our products that help artists get their music into the ears of existing and potential fans. We want to optimize tools and bring Spotify's global scale to allow artists to reach their fans, all while gaining valuable insights to help continually improve our products. Join us in the Creator Studio team, where you’ll be at the center of Spotify’s mission to give artists the opportunity to find and increase their fan base on the platform!

Location

Boston, MA

Job type

Permanent

What you’ll do

Build large-scale batch and real-time data pipelines with data processing frameworks like Scio, Storm, Spark, and the Google Cloud Platform.
Work with Product to conceptualize and then implement new ways of understanding the interplay between user satisfaction, track performance, and artist needs.
Help architect self-learning systems utilizing Spotify-scale data as input.
Leverage best practices in continuous integration and delivery.
Help drive optimization, testing, and tooling to improve data quality.
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, experts, and business partners, taking learning and leadership opportunities that will arise every single day.
Work in cross-functional agile teams to continuously experiment, iterate, and deliver on new product objectives.

Who you are

Have 5+ years of experience in data engineering.
Worked with high volume heterogeneous data, preferably with distributed systems such as Hadoop, BigTable, and Cassandra.
Know how to write distributed data pipelines in Java or Scala.
Knowledgeable about data modeling, data access, and data storage techniques.
Care about agile software processes, data-driven development, reliability, and responsible experimentation.
Understand the value of collaboration within teams.
Care about making your team the best version of itself through mentorship and constructive accountability.

Valid through: 4/27/2021

About Spotify

Spotify Technology S.A is a Luxembourg-based holding company who owns Spotify AB,:43 a Swedish audio streaming and media services provider, founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek. Spotify is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in 17 different countries around the world. It is one of the world’s largest music streaming service providers, with over 345 million monthly active users, including 155 million paying subscribers, as of December 2020. Spotify offers digital copyright restricted recorded music and podcasts, including more than 70 million songs, from record labels and media companies. As a freemium service, basic features are free with advertisements and limited control, while additional features, such as offline listening and commercial-free listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. Users can search for music based on artist, album, or genre, and can create, edit, and share playlists. Spotify is available in most of Europe and the Americas, Oceania, and parts of Africa including South Africa and Mauritius and Asia. By the end of 2021, Spotify is expected to operate in a total of 178 countries. The service is available on most modern devices including Windows, macOS, and Linux computers, iOS and Android smartphones and tablets and AI enabled smart speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home.

Total Jobs:

106

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Average Pay:

$110,802

Total value of jobs:

$24,155,000

% Masters:

33%