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Sonos Manager, Product Data Engineering in Boston, Massachusetts
At Sonos we want to create the ultimate listening experience for our customers and know that it starts by listening to each other. As part of the Sonos team, you’ll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives.
This role can be done from home
Building the world’s leading sound experience starts with the experience we provide for our people. That’s why we’ve been distributed from the start: initially between offices in Boston & Santa Barbara, and now with additional offices in Seattle, San Francisco & Paris. This role can be done from anywhere in the United States- any of our offices, or remotely from home. It’s about impact, not location.
At Sonos data helps us build a better business, a better product and ultimately helps us make happier customers. By understanding how our customers listen in their homes (and beyond), the Product Data team uses data to guide and influence the product direction and improve the customer experience. Within the software organization, a group of data analysts, scientists, engineers and product managers work to maintain our product data infrastructure.
As the Manager of the Data Engineering team, your team will be responsible for ensuring data quality, designing data models, and developing data pipelines that enable insights and inform product decisions. Through your leadership, your team will collaborate with other teams on initiatives to improve the Sonos customer experience with data at the forefront.
What You’ll Do
Lead and grow our data engineering team, including setting goals, providing guidance, and conducting performance reviews
Work closely with data analysts, data scientists, engineers, and product managers to understand data needs and requirements
Design, develop, and maintain our product data infrastructure, including data models, ETL pipelines, and data storage solutions
Ensure data quality and accuracy through testing, monitoring, and data validation
Collaborate with other engineering teams to integrate data systems and tools
Stay up-to-date with modern data tools and technologies, and make recommendations for improvements and changes as needed
Develop and maintain documentation for data systems and processes
What You’ll Need
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
2+ years of experience leading a team
5+ years of experience in data engineering
Strong knowledge of modern data tools and technologies, including Snowflake, Elasticsearch, dbt, and others
Experience with designing and developing data models and ETL pipelines
Strong communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to handle complex data problems
Experience with agile methodologies and project management
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working with IoT data
Experience working with data to improve customer experience
Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps
Working knowledge of at least one public cloud stack (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
Proficiency in Python
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At Sonos we consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, which may lead individual compensation to vary depending on job related qualifications, skills, and experience. All full time employees are eligible for merit increases, discretionary bonuses, and equity. Our job postings may span more than one career level and the base pay range may be modified in the future based on changing market conditions. The starting base pay for this role for all US candidates is between:
$162,000 and $197,670
Please note that compensation details listed in US job postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.
We also offer a comprehensive benefits program with choice and flexibility in mind to help support the health, wealth, and overall well-being of our employees. Regular full time employees in the US are eligible for benefits on day one, including:
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
A 401(k) plan with company matching and immediate vesting
An Open Time Off policy (OTO) so you have maximum opportunity to disconnect and recharge, with no tenure-based vacation accruals required
80 hours of sick time upon hire, refreshed annually
Up to 12 paid holidays per calendar year
12 weeks of paid Bonding Leave following the birth or adoption of a new child, plus up to an additional 12 weeks of Medical Leave for birthing parents under our Short Term Disability policy
Company-paid Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance
Voluntary benefits, including Voluntary Life, AD&D, Accident, and Pet Insurance
Mental health benefits to support your holistic well-being
A generous employee discount program & paid streaming music services on the Sonos platform
For a holistic overview of our benefits, please visit sonosbenefits.com .
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Your profile will be reviewed and you'll hear from us once we have an update. At Sonos we take the time to hire right and appreciate your patience.
Notice to U.S. Job Applicants: Sonos is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
Follow the links to review the EEO is the Law poster (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf) and its supplement (http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf) . Sonos is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to accommodations@sonos.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
Sonos is a sound experience company. We connect millions of listeners all around the world to the content they want, where and how they want it. Since inventing multiroom wireless audio in 2005, we have continuously innovated the listening experience, designing hardware and software that celebrates sound, empowers our customers, and brings the home to life. Our team is made up of passionate players united by a culture of respect, transparency, collaboration, and ownership who want to inspire the world to listen better.
We have always been focused on impact, not location, and the pandemic has taught us that even more roles can be performed remotely than we’d previously imagined. Having been distributed from the start, we’ve long since been accustomed to having close teammates in entirely different locations and time zones. Whether our people choose to work from an office or remotely, we remind ourselves that our culture is not our offices, it’s us. It’s the way we work together to create amazing products and services, and the way we find connection with one another. Learn more about how Sonos is approaching the new era of working here: The new way of working at Sonos: Intentional Flexibility (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-way-working-sonos-intentional-flexibility-sonos-inc-/?trk=public_post-content_share-article)
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