Staff Data Engineer — Subscriptions User Understanding
Define Spotify's long-term data ecosystem direction for subscription insights
The Staff Data Engineer will help define the long-term direction of Spotify's data ecosystem for the Subscriptions User Understanding team. They will build foundational data platforms that enable understanding of conversion, retention, engagement, and subscriber health for over 200 million Premium subscribers. This work supports better decisions across analytics, experimentation, machine learning, and product development globally.
Why This Role?
Influence engineering across multiple teams at Spotify with strategic impact
Key Responsibilities
- Define the long-term direction of Spotify's data ecosystem
- Build foundational data platforms for subscription insights
- Enable better decisions across analytics, experimentation, and machine learning
- Influence engineering practices across multiple teams
- Support understanding of conversion, retention, and engagement for Premium subscribers
Requirements
- Deep technical expertise in data engineering
- Strategic thinking for long-term platform direction
- Experience influencing engineering across multiple teams
- Background in building scalable data platforms
Required Skills
Indonesia Context
- Working Hours Overlap:
- Flexible — work your own hours
Keywords
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Original description from Lever Postings
Spotify is on an ambitious path to reach one billion users and $100 billion in revenue, and the Subscriptions User Understanding team plays a key role in making that possible. Our team builds the foundational data platform that helps Spotify understand conversion, retention, engagement, and subscriber health for more than 200 million Premium subscribers around the world. We enable better decisions across analytics, experimentation, machine learning, and product development. We're looking for a Staff Data Engineer who combines deep technical expertise with strategic thinking. You'll help define the long-term direction of our data ecosystem, influence engineering across multiple teams, and build the foundations that will scale with Spotify's future.
Salary Context
Similar Engineering roles on LokerDollar pay around $215k/yr (range $19.575k–2745.996k/yr, n=426 active listings).
Hiring at Spotify
Spotify has 24 other active roles on LokerDollar and has been hiring here since May 7, 2026 — across Engineering, Data & Analytics, Product.
- Fullstack Engineer - Subscriptions
- Engineering Manager - Data Platform
- Senior Product Manager - User Platform
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- Is Staff Data Engineer — Subscriptions User Understanding at Spotify a remote job?
- Yes. Staff Data Engineer — Subscriptions User Understanding at Spotify is a fully remote role open to candidates worldwide.
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- This is a full time position.
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