Data Engineer, Data Processing

The Data Processing product area enables Spotify to solve complex and critical data engineering problems by providing the infrastructure and tools for engineers to build planet-scale data pipelines. The teams that operate in this space are a group of versatile engineers that build the foundational data processing elements of that infrastructure. The products that we own are used by data practitioners across the company to create some of our most beloved consumer products such as Discover Weekly and Wrapped.

We are looking for an experienced software engineer that shares our common interest in building, maintaining and expanding our data processing technology offering while ensuring their scalability meets Spotify’s ever growing data needs. You’ll help build the tools that empower teams across the company to process data at scale that solves their critical business needs. Above all, your work will impact how the world experiences audio.

• Build large-scale batch and real-time data processing tools on Google Cloud Platform.
• Collaborate with product owners, engineers and other squads to build features and drive improvements in the data processing ecosystem.
• Expand the data processing product and technology offering for Spotify to meet the dynamic and ever changing needs of our customers.
• Enable the data practitioner community by improving and evolving our data engineering ecosystem at Spotify through support, best-practices and standards.

• You have 2+ years of professional data engineering experience.
• You have strong coding skills in a modern programming language and a solid understanding of systems design, data structures and algorithms.
• You know how to work with high-volume, heterogeneous data, preferably with distributed systems in the cloud.
• You have experience with at least one JVM-based data processing framework such as Spark, Flink, Dataflow, Storm, etc.
• You employ sound engineering practices such as continuous delivery, defensive programming and automated testing and care about shipping high-quality code.
• You are comfortable with change and love working in an environment where you experiment, iterate quickly and take ownership of projects from ideation to production.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related fields is a plus.

• Where in the world? This role is based in the NYC metropolitan area.
• Working hours? We are a distributed team and operate within the EST and CET time zones.

The United States base range for this position is $140,246 - $175,308 plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays, paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.