Data Analyst - 1 year

SoundCloud empowers artists and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers by providing them with the most progressive tools, services, and resources. With over 375 million tracks from 40 million artists, the future of music is SoundCloud.

We're looking for a Data Analyst to join our Platform team in Berlin. With your analytical skills and your ability to derive insights from your analyses, you will contribute to one of our most important missions: Make SoundCloud the most authentic digital streaming platform! By helping us to understand and fight abuse and spam, you will directly help to shape SoundCloud’s Product and Business success and improve our users’ experience.

About the role

You will be part of the Platform product team at SoundCloud which is the fundament for all our client applications. You will be building a deep understanding of the existing and potential future threats and help build a technical and product strategy through in-depth understanding of abusers’ behavior, their content and our products’ huge databases. 

You will be responsible for conducting behavioral analyses, creating analytical frameworks, and designing dashboards in order to inform decision making in a series of complex product and business problems and ultimately elevate SoundCloud’s ability to fight spam and fraud.

On a daily basis you will help guide decisions with quantitative insights into user behavior, content and build automated ways to mitigate and prevent abuse of many forms.

Some topics you might be working on:

• Explore fraudster accounts and behavior to build a deep understanding of the forms of abuse;
• Develop foundational BigQuery SQL queries and use internal data management systems to automate e.g. account suspensions;
• Work hand in hand with engineering teams and product managers to help define data driven tracking and product strategies for the future.

About You

You are a Data Analyst with university-level education or equivalent practical experience in Python and SQL, including but not limited to student projects, personal projects or previous internships. You excel at analytical thinking, and bring strong commercial and product intuition along with sound technical knowledge.

You feel comfortable writing SQL queries and Python code and you are adaptable to  new technologies such as cloud-based applications and have a proactive approach to learning and utilizing new technologies and tools, such as our internal content and user management systems. 

You enjoy working closely with engineering teams, as well as product managers and you want to make a real impact on the company, in the world of music and creative expression.

About us:

• We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London)
• We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodating work from home
• We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone’s voice, perspective and experience is respected and heard
• We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunities

Benefits:

• Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
• Professional development allowance
• Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
• We offer free German courses at beginning, intermediate and advanced
• Various snacks, goodies and 2 free lunches weekly at the office! 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SoundCloud

SoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization. With this foundation, we aim to build a social platform and global community for everyone to create, discover, and share sounds. We acknowledge the challenges in our industry and strive to develop an inclusive culture where individual contributions are valued. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, migration background, national origin, age, disability status, or care-giver status. 

At SoundCloud you can find your community or elevate your allyship by joining a Diversity Resource Group (groups focused on people of color, LGBTQIA+ folks, and women). You may also participate in inclusive workshops, contribute to our Cultural Moments series, vote on organizations for the SoundCloud Community fund’s support, and more!