Remote Data Engineer I - Licensing

Description:

• Kelp builds and maintains enterprise data products for Spotify’s industry partners, including record labels and audiobook publishers.
• The licensing team plays a crucial role in ensuring Spotify has the content rights necessary to launch new products and grow profitably.
• The Data Engineer I will scope, build, and improve data pipelines and API infrastructure.
• The role involves processing terabytes of data from Spotify’s hundreds of millions of users and billions of daily audio streams.
• The engineer will work with data processing frameworks, technologies, and platforms such as Scala, Scio, Java, Flink, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Responsibilities include improving data and API quality through testing, tooling, and continuously evaluating performance.
• The position requires sharing responsibility for on-call monitoring and incident handling for production systems.
• Collaboration with other software engineers, data scientists, and product owners is essential.
• The role provides an opportunity to gain deep insight into the mechanics of the music and audiobooks industries.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have an understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience in building backend services is required.
• Familiarity with current data engineering practices and a curiosity about new technologies that help derive insights and value from data is necessary.
• A strong value for quality and an understanding of what it means to ship high-quality code is essential.
• Being T-Shaped is a plus, with experience in data science, front end, or data visualization.
• Candidates should be able to take on loosely defined problems and thrive in a team environment with autonomy in day-to-day decisions.
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a relevant field of studies is required.

Benefits:

• The position offers health insurance to support employee well-being.
• Employees receive six months of paid parental leave.
• A 401(k) retirement plan is available to help employees save for the future.
• A monthly meal allowance is provided to support employees' daily needs.
• Employees enjoy 23 paid days off to promote work-life balance.
• There are 13 paid flexible holidays to accommodate personal time off.
• The United States base salary range for this position is $100,705 - $143,865, plus equity, with the possibility of future modifications.