Senior Data Engineer

Block MB; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Learning and mentorship opportunities

Development benefits

Job summary

A leading music-tech platform is seeking a Senior Data/Backend Engineer to design and build services that support a global content platform. This role involves developing cloud-based data pipelines, implementing APIs for internal tools, and ensuring data governance and optimization. Ideal candidates will have strong backend development experience, proficiency in languages like Scala or Python, and a collaborative mindset. The company offers a flexible work environment, mentorship opportunities, and attractive benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven backend experience with a focus on design and data modelling.
• Hands-on ETL/ELT and streaming solution development on cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with modern cloud environments and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve services for content modelling and integration.
• Develop batch and streaming pipelines on a cloud infrastructure.
• Implement APIs and services for internal and partner integrations.
• Ensure data quality across various layers of processing.
• Optimize backend services for performance, scalability, and cost.

Skills

Backend experience (Scala/Go/Python)

Data modelling skills

Building ETL/ELT solutions

Strong SQL knowledge

Event-driven architectures

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Job description

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Hiring the top 1% of Data and Software professionals within SMEs in the UK, EU and US - AI Enthusiast - Scaling teams since 2016

Berlin or London | Full-time

The mission

Join a global music‑tech platform building data and backend systems that sit behind hundreds of millions of tracks and a huge creator community. The team owns how content is modelled, moved and surfaced so listeners and artists get the right music, in the right place, in real time.

The role

You’ll be a senior data/backend engineer in a content platform team, designing services and pipelines that power internal tools, external integrations and user‑facing features. Expect large‑scale distributed systems, streaming data and close collaboration with product and industry experts rather than isolated ETL work.

What you’ll do

• Design, build and evolve services for content modelling, serving and integration.
• Develop batch and streaming pipelines on a modern cloud stack using infra‑as‑code and CI/CD.
• Implement APIs and data services that power internal products, partner integrations and real‑time features.
• Own data quality, governance and validation across ingestion, storage and serving layers.
• Optimise performance, scalability and cost for backend services and data workflows, with strong observability and incident response practices.

What you bring

• Solid backend experience (e.g. Scala/Go/Python) with strong design and data modelling skills.
• Hands‑on experience building ETL/ELT and streaming solutions on cloud platforms, plus strong SQL across relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with event‑driven architectures and messaging systems, containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience deploying and running services in modern cloud environments and working cross‑functionally with backend, data and product teams.

Why you might care

• Shape how music and audio content is represented and delivered on a platform used by millions of listeners and creators.
• Flexible, international environment with strong focus on learning, mentorship, DEI and generous relocation, PTO, parental leave and development benefits.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Software Development and Musicians

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