Full-Time

Engineering Manager

Analytics Engineering

Posted on 8/26/2022

SoundCloud

SoundCloud

501-1,000 employees

Digital music streaming platform for creators

No salary listed

Junior

London, UK

Category
Product
Software Engineering
Data & Analytics
Required Skills
Agile
Python
Data Science
Management
SQL
Data Analysis
Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
  • You have already led teams, incl. hiring and people management (2+ years leadership experience)
  • You are a role model for a strong feedback culture
  • You are familiar with strategies to increase diversity and inclusion in engineering and have applied them before
  • You have a solid background in data engineering and data modeling, and you are familiar with engineering best practices (e.g. test concepts, version control, continuous integration, clean code)
  • You are familiar with cloud based data environments (GCP preferred)
  • You know SQL and are familiar with at least one programming language suitable for data analysis (Python preferred)
  • Ideally, you have a solid analytical and data science knowledge (e.g. experience in time series analysis, prescriptive or predictive analytics)
  • You are an agile practitioner and seek impact and outcome, not just output
Responsibilities
  • Own the full scope of foundational analytics engineering at SoundCloud
  • Enable your teams for iterative delivery with short cycle time
  • Build and run high-performance teams based on agile best practices, trust, inclusion and a strong feedback culture
  • Collaborate closely with the Product Manager to align value and feasibility
  • Connect closely with a wide range of internal users and stakeholders (like engineers, product and business managers, analysts and data scientists)
  • Be part of the foundational data organization's leadership team: contribute to define and execute on goals, strategy, success metrics, roadmap
  • Be a leader: enable collaboration, continuous learning, autonomy, and leadership in your team and its individual members

SoundCloud is a digital music streaming platform that allows users to listen to a vast library of over 265 million music tracks for free. Users can access music online, and the platform caters to a wide audience, including individual listeners, artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators. SoundCloud operates on a multifaceted business model, offering a free tier with ads and premium subscription plans like SoundCloud Go and SoundCloud Go+, which provide ad-free listening, offline access, and higher audio quality. Additionally, it features a monetization program called SoundCloud Premier, enabling artists to earn money from their tracks through ad revenue and fan support. This combination of free access, premium options, and artist support distinguishes SoundCloud from its competitors, making it a significant player in the online music streaming market. The company's goal is to enrich the music experience for both listeners and creators while fostering a large community of content creators.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series G

Total Funding

$450.8M

Headquarters

Berlin, Germany

Founded

2007

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What believers are saying

  • Partnership with Ticketmaster enhances artist event promotion and potential ticket sales revenue.
  • Lower-cost distribution plan attracts emerging artists, boosting SoundCloud's competitive edge.
  • Fan Recognition feature strengthens artist-fan relationships, increasing user engagement.

What critics are saying

  • Emerging streaming platforms with better revenue models may attract artists away from SoundCloud.
  • AI-generated music could dilute SoundCloud's library quality, affecting user experience.
  • Reliance on ad revenue is risky due to increasing ad-blocker usage by users.

What makes SoundCloud unique

  • SoundCloud offers a unique social sound platform connecting creators and fans globally.
  • The platform supports over 265 million tracks, one of the largest music libraries online.
  • SoundCloud's monetization program, SoundCloud Premier, allows artists to earn from their tracks.

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Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources

Robust 401k program

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Generous professional development allowance

Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!

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

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

45%

1 year growth

46%

2 year growth

45%
MusicTech
Feb 27th, 2025
"Immortalise" your place in an artist's journey with SoundCloud's new Fan Recognition feature

SoundCloud has launched a new Fan Recognition which highlights your most dedicated supporters on the platform.

Music Week
Feb 26th, 2025
SoundCloud to sponsor Music Week Awards 2025

SoundCloud to sponsor Music Week Awards 2025.

Evrim Ağacı
Feb 25th, 2025
SoundCloud Teams Up With Ticketmaster To Boost Concert Promotions

SoundCloud has recently announced a strategic partnership with Ticketmaster and Universe, aiming to give artists more control and visibility over their live events.

Part of Style
Feb 24th, 2025
SoundCloud Teams Up with Ticketmaster to Showcase Artist Events

SoundCloud teams up with Ticketmaster to showcase artist events.

TechCrunch
Feb 24th, 2025
Soundcloud Partners With Ticketmaster To Let Artists List Events

Music streamer SoundCloud announced a partnership with Ticketmaster and Universe, owned by Live Nation Entertainment, to let artists list events on their profiles in a customized way.The company said it would create more promotion opportunities for artists in the future in partnership with Ticketmaster through a new promotion program but didn’t give any more details.Artists with SoundCloud’s top-tier Pro plan will be able to use the self-serve ticketing platform Universe to list their events on their profile pages without leaving SoundCloud. They will be able to add or modify events on their page depending on what events they want to promote.SoundCloud will pull the artist’s event data from different ticket platforms, like Ticketmaster and Dice. After that, artists can choose what events to display on their page. Artists can also choose to manually add links to other ticketing platforms.The platform said that it will promote these events through a concert discovery widget on the SoundCloud home page, which will be powered by Ticketmaster data. Users can sort through these events by city, time, and genre. SoundCloud takes a cut from any affiliate ticket sales made through Ticketmaster links on its platform.Before this, the audio streaming service had an integration with the music community platform Resident Advisor for three of the artists’ latest events

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