Engineering data
The platform department builds the technology ecosystem that enables spotify to learn and deliver quickly, while safely and easily scaling to billion customers, and enabling our rapid employee growth around the globeOur team consists of six organizational units that reflect the needs and groupings of our internal customersWe support the craft and practice of designers, engineers, researchers, and data scientists by developing the frameworks, capabilities and tools they need to do their work optimally, quickly, and safelyWe are an amplifier for efficiency, quality, and innovation across all of spotify!
Location
New york or remote americas
Job type
Permanent we are looking for a data engineer to join a team of versatile engineers that craft libraries, tooling and infrastructure supporting data processing at spotifyWe research and develop state of the art solutions, collaborating with other teams within the platform mission to evolve a robust and reliable platformWe enable developers to solve complex technical challenges with the best user experience possible, enforcing standards and ensuring reliability and job efficiencyWe do this by thinking open source first, contributing to large open-source code bases while building up the community around the projects that enable our platform.
What you`ll do:
Work on scio, our open-source scala api for apache beam and google dataflow, influencing it`s api, providing support for additional ios, improving support for different runners (dataflow, flink, spark) optimizing for job efficiency and usability
Research, prototype, implement and drive improvements, focused on solving complex data processing problems across the organization
You will create and update and evangelize standards and documentation that improve the experience for people working with data at spotify
You will contribute features, build up the community and increase the exposure of several of our open source projects
Who you are:
You have experience working with data engineering and a deep understanding of the problem space
You are proficient in scala, java and their tooling ecosystem
You have experience with jvm-based data processing frameworks such as beam, spark, and flinkYou understand their apis and can debug their internals
You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming, and automated testing
You are comfortable with asynchronous communication, being able to work independently while always sharing context with your team members
You are comfortable with ambiguity and enjoy working on open ended problems that require you to think out of the box
You think of open source first, understanding the value of building up a community and contributing back
Where you`ll be:
We are a distributed workforce enabling our band members to find a work mode that is best for them!
Where in the world? for this role, it can be within the americas region in which we have a work location and is within working hours.
Working hours? we operate within the eastern standard time zone for collaboration and ask that all be located that time zone.
Prefer an office to work from home instead? not a problem! we have plenty of options for your working preferences.
Find more information about our work from anywhere options here.
Our global benefits
Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, greenhouseFlexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our successGlobal parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parentsAll the feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hubFlexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefsSpotify on tour, join your colleagues on trips to industry festivals and events.
Learn about life at spotify
Spotify is an equal opportunity employerYou are welcome at spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphonesOur platform is for everyone, and so is our workplaceThe 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 backgroundIt’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008Our 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 creatorsEverything we do is driven by our love for music and podcastingToday, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 345 million users.
This position is not eligible to be performed in colorado.
