Remote Senior Data Engineer - Personalization

Description:

• The Personalization (PZN) team at Spotify aims to enhance the listening experience by providing tailored recommendations for music, podcasts, and audiobooks.
• The team is seeking Senior Data Engineers to contribute to the development of products like Home, Search, and personalized playlists such as Made For You, Discover Weekly, and Daily Mix.
• Responsibilities include working with large-scale data pipelines using frameworks like Scio, BigQuery, Google Cloud Platform, and Apache Beam.
• The role involves developing, deploying, and operating Java services that impact millions of users.
• Engineers will support machine learning projects to create personalized user experiences.
• Collaboration with other engineers, product managers, and stakeholders is essential, with opportunities for learning and leadership.
• The position requires delivering scalable, testable, maintainable, and high-quality code.
• Sharing knowledge and promoting best practices through mentorship and accountability is encouraged.

Requirements:

• Candidates should be familiar with data modeling, data access, and data storage techniques.
• Experience with distributed data processing frameworks such as Beam or Spark is required.
• A desire to work in a team that employs agile software development processes, data-driven development, and responsible experimentation is essential.
• Candidates should value collaborative work opportunities.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive salary range of $160,091 - $228,702, plus equity.
• Benefits include health insurance and a six-month paid parental leave.
• A 401(k) retirement plan is provided.
• Employees receive a monthly meal allowance.
• The role includes 23 paid days off and 13 paid flexible holidays.
• The company offers flexibility in work location within the North Americas region.