Data Engineer - Content Understanding - #1688532

We are looking for a Data Engineer to help us build structured, high-quality data solutions for our Content Understanding teams. Our teams process petabytes of data using tools such as BigQuery and Dataflow, and where needed we develop our own data tooling to support and evolve our music catalog.

What You'll Do

• Take ownership over, maintain and improve data pipelines that are integral to our success
• Evaluate and optimize our offerings for efficiency and reliability at scale
• Identify areas of architectural improvement to remove the potential for human error
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to understand data requirements and create innovative solutions to challenging problems
• Understand the analytics data we collect from our systems and how it relates to the business value being produced
  
  

Who You Are

• Proven experience in data engineering, including creating reliable, efficient and scalable data pipelines for large data sets (especially in Python or Scala)
• Experience in building and maintaining scalable backend systems
• Knowledge of cloud-based data platforms (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Seek to participate in continuous improvement efforts such as software development, planning, estimating, developing and testing
  
  

Where You'll Be

• This role is based in London (UK)
• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home
  
  

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.