Senior Fullstack (Web) Engineer, Spotify
Backstage
$156.3-223.3k
+ Equity
More information about location
Commercial music streaming service
Job no longer available
Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$156.3-223.3k
+ Equity
More information about location
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
- If you want to make a direct impact in helping Spotify become the industry leader in developer experience, this is the role for you
- You have 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
- You are proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript and React, with an interest in Node, Scala, and Java
- You have a solid understanding of systems design, data structures, and algorithms
- You are a passionate, empathetic thought leader who is ambitious and eager to increase your sphere of influence and guide other engineers
- You have experience working within distributed systems and have designed highly-scalable systems across various projects
- You are interested in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise
- You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery and automated testing
- You have good understanding of data structures and algorithms, and understand how to apply them to design pragmatic solutions
- You support peers and engineering teams, as well as foster engineering best practices
- You have impact through your communication skills and love sharing your knowledge with others, helping them grow
- You have a drive to continuously improve team processes
- 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 collaborative Senior Fullstack Engineer to join Backstage squads 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 have been hard at work on 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 squads 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
- This role is on a product-focused infrastructure squad responsible for: Software Catalog, the foundations of Backstage upon which all other services operate; Marketplace, a directory of plugins built and published by Spotify and select third parties; and user-facing pages and data pipelines supporting https://backstage.spotify.com
- Contribute to a cross-functional team on Backstage throughout the development stack, solving problems at scale for our customers
- Collaborate with engineering squads across Spotify, to support their knowledge cataloging needs and assist in their adoption of Software Catalog
- Lead engineering efforts of multi-phase projects internal to Backstage, by facilitating conversations, sequencing work, and offering assistance to other engineers
- Build and operate infrastructure, toolset, and deployment pipelines
- Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, including taking part in an on-call rotation
- Work in an environment that supports your individual growth
- 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
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 HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
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.
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