Spotify

Senior Data Engineer, Auction Intelligence

Spotify

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $164,448 - $234,926 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines using tools like Scio and GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow, GCS)
  • Develop high-throughput, low-latency pipelines that support use cases such as budget pacing, campaign performance prediction, and auction bidding
  • Partner closely with machine learning engineers and senior engineers to build data foundations for ML-driven products
  • Improve data quality, reliability, and observability across pipelines to support critical business decisions
  • Contribute to architecture and design decisions, balancing long-term scalability with practical delivery
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code aligned with Spotify’s engineering practices
  • Collaborate across functions with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions

Requirements

  • experience building and operating distributed data pipelines in production environments at scale
  • experienced with data technologies such as BigQuery, Bigtable, or similar systems
  • write production-quality code in Java and/or Scala and have worked with frameworks like Scio or similar
  • worked with orchestration tools such as Flyte, Styx, or comparable systems
  • comfortable working with both batch and streaming data processing
  • approach problems with curiosity and use data to guide decisions and improvements
  • communicate clearly and collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams
  • interested in working closely with machine learning systems or backend services
Benefits
  • health insurance
  • six month paid parental leave
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • monthly meal allowance
  • 23 paid days off
  • 13 paid flexible holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data pipelinesbatch processingstreaming data processingJavaScalaScioBigQueryBigtableFlyteStyx
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingcuriositydata-driven decision making