Join a high-impact u.s.-based startup transforming the music industry through automation. As a senior data engineer, you’ll architect intelligent pipelines that help music creators get paid fairly by reconciling millions of rows of royalty data across 15+ streaming platforms. You’ll build the data layer from scratch using modern tools and take full ownership of performance, quality, and auditability.
About you
you have 5+ years of experience as a data engineer working on production-grade etl pipelines.
You’re passionate about clean, reliable data and solving complex transformation problems.
You communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
You thrive in fast-paced environments and love building systems from the ground up.
What you’ll be doing
design and implement an end-to-end etl pipeline to process millions of rows of royalty data per day.
Develop platform-specific csv parsers and build a robust dbt project with clear transformation layers.
Integrate with streaming apis (spotify, chartmetric) for data enrichment and validation.
Ensure high data quality using frameworks like great expectations.
Build monitoring dashboards and set up alerts to maintain pipeline health.
Normalize financial data across currencies and territories and handle song metadata matching.
What we’re looking for
proactivity and a solution-oriented mindset.
Attention to detail in financial data handling.
Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively.
Comfort working independently in a startup environment.
Technical requirements
must-haves:
5+ years of experience in data engineering roles.
3+ years of experience with dbt in production.
Advanced sql and python skills.
Experience with orchestration tools like airflow or dagster.
Strong knowledge of postgresql, including schema design and optimization.
Familiarity with git and ci/cd pipelines.
Nice-to-haves:
knowledge of the music industry or financial reconciliation processes.
Experience with great expectations or similar tools for data quality.
Integration experience with 5+ third-party apis.
Handling of multi-currency and multi-territory data.
Experience with dbt cloud, terraform, looker, or metabase.
Seniority level
mid-senior level
employment type
full-time
job function
information technology
industries
entertainment providers
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