Spotify

Senior Data Engineer - Data Platform

Spotify
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3 months ago
London, United KingdomSenior

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to build and support critical data infrastructure and datasets.
  • Build systems that collect and process user behaviour data at scale.
  • Support Spotify’s personalization and recommendation systems and internal feature-development tools.
  • Design and evolve data architectures for high data volumes and diverse internal users.
  • Improve the reliability, scalability, and usability of data infrastructure.
  • Solve complex data challenges across disciplines.

Requirements

  • Experienced Data Engineer with proficient backend development skills using Java.
  • Experience working with large-scale datasets using SQL and platforms such as BigQuery.
  • Experience with JVM-based data processing frameworks such as Flink, Beam, Dataflow, or Spark.
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, containerized applications, and Kubernetes fundamentals.
  • Experience with data modeling and schema design.
  • Commitment to high-quality code, continuous delivery, and automated testing.
  • Ability to work collaboratively, iteratively, and effectively through ambiguity and open-ended problems.

Benefits

  • London-based role with flexibility to work from home and some in-person meetings.
  • Spotify is an equal opportunity employer and supports reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.

Tech Stack

Apache BeamApache FlinkApache SparkGoogle BigQueryJavaKubernetesSQL

Categories

Data Engineering
Spotify

About Spotify

10,000+ employees

Spotify builds a global audio streaming platform for listeners and creators, offering on-demand music and podcasts across mobile, desktop, and connected devices. The business runs a freemium model: an ad-supported free tier and a paid Premium subscription, plus creator tools like Spotify for Artists and podcast publishing. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Stockholm, it is a publicly traded company on the NYSE (SPOT) serving consumers and rights holders worldwide.

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