Senior Data Engineer - Platform Enablement
SoundCloudNew York, New York, United States • Atlanta, Georgia, United States • London, England, United Kingdom • Berlin, Germany
Posted November 14, 2025
160000 - 210000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
SoundCloud is a multinational company with offices in the US, Germany, and the UK, committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels of the organization.
Job Description
SoundCloud is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their Platform Enablement team. The role involves developing and optimizing SQL data models, designing and maintaining ETL/ELT workflows, and collaborating with analysts and business teams.
Requirements
- 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
- 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