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About the Role
Every dataset at Spotify, from the data behind creator royalties to the signals powering recommendations, is registered, published and traced through systems our team builds. We're the source of truth for what data exists at Spotify, where it lives, who owns it, and how it flows from one pipeline to the next.
These systems sit on the critical path of the platform. Data teams use them every day to publish and find data, and other platform teams build on them for access, retention, governance and incident response. That means our work is judged on correctness and reliability, because every system built on top of ours is only as good as the metadata we provide.
This is a backend role focused on data management, working on the problems at the core of any large data platform: running a data catalog that stays accurate at scale, capturing lineage across batch and streaming workloads, managing schemas as they evolve, and guaranteeing that consumers only read complete data. We build on open standards like OpenLineage and Apache Iceberg, and define the internal standards for naming, storage and metadata that the rest of Spotify builds against. As the platform takes on new storage technologies and new kinds of data assets, those standards and the systems behind them have to evolve with it, and you'll help decide how.
Key Technical Responsibilities
- check_circle Run and scale a data catalog that remains accurate at scale
- check_circle Capture lineage across both batch and streaming workloads
- check_circle Manage schemas as they evolve over time
- check_circle Guarantee that consumers only read complete data
- check_circle Define internal standards for naming, storage, and metadata
- check_circle Evolve platform standards and systems as new storage technologies and data assets are introduced
Prerequisites & Qualifications
- check Strong background in backend engineering
- check Experience with data management and data platforms
- check Familiarity with open standards like OpenLineage and Apache Iceberg
About Spotify Lever Board
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Spotify Lever Board is a technology and software entity operating in New York, NY, associated with Spotify's recruitment and engineering operations. Spotify is a prominent global audio streaming and media services provider known for its robust software engineering infrastructure, data-driven culture, and large-scale distributed systems that serve hundreds of millions of active users worldwide.