Backend Engineer - Data Infrastructure
Spotify
2 months ago
New York, NY, USA
Mid Level / Senior
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$126k - $179k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build, operate, and evolve the data analytics platform including backend services and OLAP data store.
- Develop internal tooling, libraries, and services for seamless integration with the analytics platform.
- Advocate for best practices in service design, data modeling, and contract testing.
- Collaborate with squads across Spotify to iterate and deliver on new product objectives.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience with distributed datastores and backend services.
- Proficient in Java and eager to learn Kubernetes and Terraform.
- Understanding of data modeling, dimensional schemas, and analytical query patterns.
- Experience building internal developer tools or shared services for large engineering organizations.
- Strong sense of ownership of service quality and operational excellence.
- Familiarity with OLAP databases or analytics warehouses, with experience in Druid as a plus.
- Comfort with metrics-driven development and observability stacks.
- Good communication skills and ability to anticipate partner needs.
- Curiosity and eagerness to explore technical and organizational challenges.
Benefits
- Health insurance.
- Six months paid parental leave.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Monthly meal allowance.
- 23 paid days off.
- 13 paid flexible holidays.
- Paid sick leave.
Tech Stack
ClickHouseGoogle BigQueryGrafanaJavaKubernetesPrometheusSnowflakeTerraform
Categories
BackendData Engineering