What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Principal Backend Engineer - Data Team - Roon position at HARMAN?
Description & Requirements
About the Role
At Harman International, we are leading the charge in revolutionizing music metadata management and discovery. As a Backend Engineer in our Data Team, you will be at the forefront of building scalable, cutting-edge solutions that power our world-class music metadata services. We are seeking experienced developers with a passion for working with data and backend technologies to drive our continued growth and solidify our position as a global leader in music data.
In this role, you will work with the team to design and maintain core catalog ingestion and processing services, develop machine learning models for personalized recommendation systems, and create search functionality that spans the entirety of released music globally. Your work will ensure users can seamlessly discover the music they love by driving backend services that deliver high-quality, accurate data to our product teams reliably. You will collaborate closely with your colleagues in the Data Team and the broader Harman Software Experiences organization, contributing to the development and deployment of data-driven features that enhance the user experience.
What You Will Do
- Technical Leadership and Mentorship : As a senior member of the team, you'll provide mentorship and guidance to team members, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and excellence. You'll set best practices and raise the bar for the quality of code, design, and overall development processes across the team.
- Strategic Decision-Making : Drive critical technology decisions, assessing and implementing data storage, processing, and delivery solutions, ensuring they align with the company's goals for scalability, performance, and reliability.
- Architecting Data Solutions : Design and lead the implementation of complex data architectures to support scalable ingestion, processing, and delivery of music metadata.
- Technical Versatility - Tackle a wide range of data engineering challenges, including :
Data Ingestion and Processing : Architect, build, and optimize core catalog data ingestion pipelines, utilizing cloud infrastructure to handle large-scale datasets with reliability and efficiency.
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What is Nice to Have
What Makes You Eligible
What We Offer
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129,750 - $ 190,300
Dependent on the position offered, other forms of compensation are also available, such as bonuses or commission.
Pay is based on a wide range of factors, including, without limitation, skill set, experience, training, location, and business need. While the above range is a reasonable estimate of the wage range for this position, please note the disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographical differential associated with the location where the position may be filled.
Benefits HARMAN is interested in the health and wellbeing of you and your family and offers a range of benefits designed to support your needs for holistic wellbeing. Benefits and perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with HARMAN, and may include paid vacation and holidays, paid sick leave, volunteer leave, and paid bonding and care giver leave. Employees may also be eligible to participate in comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, fertility support and adoption assistance, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan with employer match, short and long term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.
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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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Salary : $129,750 - $190,300
