Data Engineer, Spotify

Financial Engineering

Salary not provided

SQL

Scala

Java

Cucumber

Spark

Junior, Mid and Senior level

London

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Commercial music streaming service

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Commercial music streaming service

1001+ employees

B2CMusicEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaSMobile

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

SQL

Scala

Java

Cucumber

Spark

Junior, Mid and Senior level

London

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CMusicEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaSMobile

Company mission

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 opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You know how to work with large-scale data ecosystems and are comfortable with SQL and distributed processing tools (e.g., Spark, Beam, Scio, or similar)
You are experienced with JVM-based or similar languages (e.g., Scala, Java, or other production-grade languages), and you learn new technologies quickly
You have a deep understanding of data modeling, pipeline design, and how to build reliable systems in a fast-moving environment
You care about using AI as a practical tool — from prompting to agentic workflows — to support engineering decision-making and accelerate delivery
You enjoy collaborating closely with partners, guiding them through end-to-end solutions and ensuring clarity and shared understanding
You have experience contributing to testing and quality practices using frameworks such as Cucumber or comparable tooling
You care about continuously improving how the team works in a constructive way, calling to action and taking the lead on proposed ideas

What the job involves

Design, build, and evolve scalable data pipelines and systems that ensure financial accuracy and integrity at scale
Explore and apply Spotify’s Data and AI ecosystem to solve engineering problems and improve developer efficiency
Partner closely with Finance and Audiobooks stakeholders to understand their needs and deliver financially impactful features
Deep-dive into the Audiobooks royalties domain and support feature development across reporting and payout workflows
Contribute to design discussions, architectural decisions, code reviews, and team-wide engineering practices
Lead the delivery of small projects or workstreams within your first months on the team
Continuously evaluate and improve the team’s tools, quality standards, and ways of working

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.

With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.

Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

23% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4)

Trustpilot (1.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

Jan 2016

$1bn

CONVERTIBLE

Jun 2015

$526m

SERIES G

Total funding: $2.1bn

Company benefits

Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success
Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents
All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub
Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs

Company HQ

Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län

Leadership

Daniel Ek

(CEO & Chairman)

Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.

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