Data Engineer

Join the Utopia Data Team and work together with experienced data analysts and software developers (and music enthusiasts!) to create a music ecosystem that works to the advantage of all participants.

At Utopia, data engineers lay the groundwork for data analysis by building and managing scalable data pipelines and frameworks, designing data warehouses for internal business use, and leveraging big data technologies to transform raw and complex data into actionable insights for better business decision making.

WHAT UTOPIANS DO

We are building a better world for music with innovative big data technology that tracks online music sources and translates them into meaningful music consumption reports for royalty collection. The solution we’re building does not threaten to usurp the role of industry incumbents - it is about bringing transparency in the industry and supporting efficient royalty collection.

WHAT YOUR ROLE WILL BE

You will be working in our Data Team building and continuously improving our data pipeline to process tens of millions of music consumption events per day - and making sense out of it! You’ll work with the engineering team to extract the data and make it available for data analysts to work their magic. You’ll keep your eye on operational excellence as reliable and scalable data pipelines are invaluable.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Work with engineers, product managers and data analysts to understand data needs.
• Build data expertise and own data quality for your areas of ownership.
• Design, build and launch new data pipelines and models in production.
• Define and manage SLA for all data sets in your areas of ownership.
• Support data analysts and scientists to extract new valuable insights form the data
• Work closely with Tech and Analytics teams to bridge the gap and make the data flow much smoother to move towards a more automated product and platform.

THE IDEAL SKILLSET

• 2+ years experience in the data warehouse space.
• 2+ years experience in custom ETL design, implementation and maintenance.
• 2+ years experience working with data technologies like Map Reduce, Google BigQuery or Apache Spark.
• 2+ years experience with programming languages, Python preferred.
• Hands on and deep experience with schema design and dimensional data modelling.
• Ability to write efficient SQL statements.
• Ability to analyse data to identify deliverables, gaps and inconsistencies.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to identify and communicate data driven insights.
• Passion for automation and operational excellence.

THE HIRING PROCESS

• Introductory interview with talent acquisition person.
• Test to show your problem solving skills.
• Technical interview with the hiring manager to discuss your practical data engineering skills.
• Culture fit interview with a team member.

BENEFITS

• Great atmosphere!
• Swedish benefits such as pension, insurances, famous Health care allowance, phone and subscription.
• Lovely office of hundreds of square meters with a pingpong table, playroom, gym in the basement and seriously good coffee. We love our inclusive office culture and daily breakfasts!
• And if you may prefer being on your own and working from home - we’re fine with that too. 
• We are supporting work permits for employees that moved here from countries outside the EU. However, we do not support relocation at the moment.

UTOPIANS

We come from diverse backgrounds and we welcome everyone who identifies with the above to apply. Welcome to Utopia - Where Music Lives! 

We’re eager to meet you! :)