SoundCloud · 2 weeks ago
Senior Data Engineer - Platform Enablement
New York, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $210K/yr
7+ years expSoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their Platform Enablement team, where the engineer will develop and optimize data models, design ETL workflows, and collaborate with business teams to enhance data quality and reporting processes.
AppsAudioAudio Recording and ProductionIndependent MusicMusicMusic Streaming
Responsibilities
Develop and optimize SQL data models and queries for analytics, reporting, and operational use cases
Design and maintain ETL/ELT workflows using Apache Airflow, ensuring reliability, scalability, and data integrity
Collaborate with analysts and business teams to translate data needs into efficient, automated data pipelines and datasets
Own and enhance data quality and validation processes, ensuring accuracy and completeness of business-critical metrics
Build and maintain reporting layers, supporting dashboards and analytics tools (e.g. Looker, or similar)
Troubleshoot and tune SQL performance, optimizing queries and data structures for speed and scalability
Contribute to data architecture decisions, including schema design, partitioning strategies, and workflow scheduling
Mentor junior engineers, advocate for best practices and promote a positive team culture
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or similar roles
Expert-level SQL skills, including performance tuning, advanced joins, CTEs, window functions, and analytical query design
Proven experience with Apache Airflow (designing DAGs, scheduling, task dependencies, monitoring, Python)
Familiarity with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (Pub/Sub, Kafka, etc.)
Knowledge of data governance, schema management, and versioning best practices
Understanding observability practices: logging, metrics, tracing, and incident response
Experience deploying and managing services in cloud environments, preferably GCP, AWS
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset
Benefits
Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources
Robust 401k program
Employee Equity Plan
Generous professional development allowance
Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children
Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office
Company
SoundCloud
SoundCloud is a social sound platform where anyone can create and share sounds.
201-500 employees
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2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$542.82MKey Investors
Sirius XMTwitter VenturesTennenbaum Capital Partners
2020-02-11Corporate Round· $75M
2017-08-11Series F· $169.5M
2017-03-23Debt Financing· $70M
Leadership Team
Eliah Seton
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Eisenberg
Senior Vice President & Head of Global Content Partnerships
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