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SoundCloud

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Germany; United Kingdom, Berlin ▼
London

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IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

SoundCloud is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our growing Content Platform team! As a Data Engineer at SoundCloud, we build the infrastructure for products that music listeners and creators love. Our work often involves large-scale distributed systems, parallel computing, and data science. We actively improve our tools and processes to support collaboration and productivity. We cultivate an environment where we can all learn and grow.

Job Responsibility:

Design, build, and maintain high-performance services for content modeling, serving, and integration
Develop data pipelines (batch & streaming) with cloud native tools
Collaborate on rearchitecting the content model to support rich metadata
Implement APIs and data services that power internal products, external integrations, and real-time features
Ensure data quality, governance, and validation across ingestion, storage, and serving layers
Optimize system performance, scalability, and cost efficiency for both backend services and data workflows
Work with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines for deployment and automation
Monitor, debug, and improve reliability using various observability tools (logging, tracing, metrics)
Collaborate with product leadership, music industry experts, and engineering teams across SoundCloud

Requirements:

Proven experience in backend engineering (Scala/Go/Python) with strong design and data modeling skills
Hands-on experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and streaming solutions on cloud platforms (GCP preferred)
Proficient in SQL and experienced with relational and NoSQL databases
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 with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience deploying and managing services in cloud environments, preferably GCP, AWS
Strong collaboration skills and ability to work across backend, data, and product teams

What we offer:

Extensive relocation support including allowances, one way flights, temporary accommodation and on the ground support on arrival
Creativity and Wellness benefit
Employee Equity Plan
Generous professional development allowance
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
Free German courses at beginning, intermediate and advanced
Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 12, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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