Backend Engineer
Subscriptions
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Permanent
Stockholm or London
The Subscriptions R&D team oversees the entire user journey on Spotify and ensures we engage with people in innovative ways, every step of the way. Our team grows Spotify’s audience by finding future listeners around the world and delivering the right value to them, at the right time. With research, product development, product design, engineering, and marketing all collaborating in one organization, we’re able to quickly create meaningful features and services for millions of people around the world, resulting in joyful, long-lasting relationships with Spotify.
We're seeking a thoughtful backend Engineer to become part of a truly collaborative team. You'll work alongside engineers within your team, but also from teams across Spotify, all driving towards shared goals. Our current focus is a massive undertaking: launching and scaling the new version of Spotify's free product. Your role spans the full spectrum – from hands-on development and real-world experimentation within our team, to partnering with engineers across the company on cross-team collaborations. This is a fantastic environment to grow your backend development skills while working alongside experienced engineers on a high-impact product. There’s plenty of opportunity to take ownership and practice leadership. The features and functionality you build with us will reach millions of users every day.
What You'll Do
- Help the squad deliver on its goals by working on hands-on feature development in a fast paced environment.
- Collaborate with engineers (Backend, iOS and Android), engineering manager, product manager, designers and data scientists to come up with the best possible solutions for the problems the squad is tasked with solving
- Set up experiments with the functionality we build to help Spotify learn and improve
- Collaborate with key internal partners and stakeholders to determine how to scalably design backend systems and APls
- Participate actively in code reviews (both giving and receiving feedback) to maintain quality and learn best practices
- Contribute to the overall Spotify platform within the backend domain
Who You Are
- You have good communication skills and can articulate your ideas and ask clarifying questions
- You love collaborating with others
- You possess a foundational understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms, coupled with a strong desire to learn quickly, embrace feedback, and continuously improve your technical skills
- You enjoy thinking through problems and collaborating to find pragmatic solutions
- You care about quality and know what it means to ship high-quality code
- You believe in the power of teamwork for achieving goals and thrive on collaborating with colleagues throughout the company
Where You'll Be
- This role is based in Stockholm or London.
- We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home. We ask that you come in 3 times per week.
Learn about life at Spotify
Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.
Our global benefits
Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
Global parental leave, six months off - for all new parents.
All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.