Staff Data Engineer — Subscriptions User Understanding
Teknik, data och digitalt · Data, AI och analys · Data engineering
I korthet
Spotify is seeking a Staff Data Engineer in London to define and drive the long-term data engineering strategy for the Subscriptions User Understanding team. This role requires deep technical expertise in building and operating large-scale cloud-native data platforms and a strong understanding of modern data modeling and governance practices. You will partner with various teams to deliver durable data solutions and mentor senior engineers.
Ansvarsområden
- Define and drive the long-term data engineering strategy for the Subscriptions User Understanding domain.
- Design scalable batch and streaming data platforms.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, and Platform teams.
- Lead architectural decisions and establish engineering best practices.
- Design data models and platform architecture for sustainable growth.
- Simplify complex systems and reduce technical debt.
- Mentor senior engineers and foster a culture of knowledge sharing.
Krav
- Extensive experience designing, building, and operating large-scale cloud-native data platforms.
- Deep experience building reliable distributed data pipelines using technologies such as Scio, BigQuery, Dataflow, GCS, SQL, Python, or similar cloud-native tools.
- Strong understanding of modern data modeling, metadata management, governance, and data quality practices.
- Ability to balance immediate business needs with long-term architectural sustainability.
- Ability to influence technical direction through strong communication, sound judgment, and collaboration.
- Effective communication with engineers, product managers, data scientists, analysts, and senior leadership.
- Experience mentoring engineers and helping technical teams grow.
Önskade kvalifikationer
- Enjoy solving broad, cross-cutting engineering challenges.
- Enjoy bringing teams together around a shared technical vision.
- Motivated by building platforms that directly influence Spotify's long-term subscriber growth and business success.
Förmåner
- Extensive learning opportunities through the GreenHouse team.
- Flexible share incentives.
- Global parental leave (six months for all new parents).
- All The Feels employee assistance program and self-care hub.
- Flexible public holidays.
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