Web Engineer, Spotify
Backstage
Commercial music streaming service
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Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
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 opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it
Role
Who you are
- You are experienced with modern React/JavaScript/CSS/HTML coding, testing, debugging and automation techniques
- You care about the user experience and are passionate about building user-friendly web applications
- You are not afraid of digging into backend technologies, such as NodeJS and Java
- You know and care about sound engineering practices, like continuous delivery and automated testing
- You have impact through your communication skills and love sharing your knowledge with others, helping them grow
- Bonus points if you have a history of contribution or other direct engagement with open-source projects
What the job involves
- We are looking for a mid-level Web Engineer to join the Backstage team, passionate about crafting the best developer experience for millions of developers in the software industry
- Leveraging our thriving open-source developer experience platform, Backstage, our teams are delivering high-impact external commercial products that truly up-level the industry standard of developer experience
- Whether it’s a seasoned tech company that wants to build an internal developer portal using Backstage, or smaller companies that just want to quickly and easily increase developer satisfaction, or anything in between - our teams are shipping solutions that meet platform engineering needs all across the industry
- By joining us, you will help play an instrumental role in improving the experience of developers at our customer companies, in our fast-growing open-source community, and at Spotify internally
- Become a valued member of an autonomous, multi-functional team
- Use your experience of the frontend to design intelligent solutions that include front-end and back-end systems
- Develop and maintain features with TypeScript, React and NodeJS
- Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, potentially including taking part in an on-call rotation
- Collaborate closely with not only product and design partners, but also marketing, business development, customer success, and sales
- Promote sound engineering practices, drive work on technical strategy and roadmaps
- Deliver high-impact and high-visibility projects with the fast-paced style of a startup, supported by the resources of a global company
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.
With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.
Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2016
$1bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jun 2015
$526m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company 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 - fully paid - 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
Company values
- Innovative: We move fast and take big risks
- Sincere: We have no time for internal politics
- Passionate: We revel in what we do
- Collaborative: We recognise that we're all in this together
- Playful: We don't take ourselves too seriously
Company HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
Articles
Leadership
Daniel Ek
(CEO & Chairman)Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.
People progressing
Joined as a Conversion Manager in the Growth Team. Promoted three times over seven years to Senior Director - Head of Growth.
Joined as a Customer Advisor. Since then has had the role titles Senior Advisor, Content Associate, Team Coach, and Operations Manager - Primary Support. Hurst is now currently the Business Operations Manager of Music.
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