Site Reliability Engineer, Spotify
Backstage
$132.9-189.9k
Plus equity
More information about location
Commercial music streaming service
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Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$132.9-189.9k
Plus 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
- Cloud Native & AI Curious: Brings hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP or AWS) and IaC tools like Terraform, with an interest in LLMs, RAG, or agents in an operational context
- Systems Thinker: Understands distributed systems principles and how to operate them reliably at scale, specifically addressing the challenges posed by non-deterministic AI workloads
- Polyglot Practitioner: Experienced with at least one modern programming language (e.g., TypeScript, Java, Go, Python) and comfortable navigating codebases where AI-generated PRs are the norm
- Quality & Automation: Prioritizes code quality and reliability, looking for ways to build systems that test themselves and improve through automated feedback loops
- Growth Mindset: Eager to evolve as an engineer in a landscape where the definition of "operations" changes rapidly. Familiarity with open-source projects or building "coding assistant" bots is a plus
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to join the Backstage team at Spotify. We are building the next generation of our developer platform—one that doesn't just manage software, but actively helps create and maintain it through AI-native workflows
- In 2026, SRE isn't just about uptime; it's about symbiosis. As part of our growing engineering team, you’ll help design, build, and operate the cloud infrastructure behind our external developer portal product and our internal fleet of background coding agents
- You’ll collaborate closely with experienced engineers (both human and synthetic) while gaining hands-on experience with real-world scale, observability, and the unique security challenges of an agentic production environment
- This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in a startup-like setting, enjoys working at the forefront of infrastructure-for-AI, and wants to grow their impact by supporting a product that is redefining "developer experience" globally
- Backstage is more than just a platform—it’s a ground-breaking force in the developer community. Born out of Spotify’s quest for better developer tooling, Backstage is now a powerhouse driving the future of developer portals across the globe
- But we didn't stop at catalogs and templates. Today, Backstage is the command center for AI-native engineering. From industry titans orchestrating thousands of autonomous migrations to lean teams using AI to skyrocket satisfaction, our solutions set the new gold standard
- As part of the Backstage team, you’ll shape the developer experience for companies big and small, for our thriving open-source community, and for Spotify itself. You’ll have the unique opportunity to be at the forefront of agentic developer tooling, driving innovation that touches millions
- Orchestrate the Fleet: Maintain and improve Portal’s SaaS infrastructure for reliability, security, and scalability. This covers the runtime environments supporting the platform and workflows powered by large language models
- Modern Infra-as-Code: Collaborate with senior engineers to build infrastructure on GCP and AWS using Terraform and emerging infrastructure-from-code patterns where agents assist in defining the stack
- Support Fullstack Systems: Operate in a modern web stack environment (TypeScript, React, Python). While this isn’t a frontend-heavy role, comfort with debugging fullstack systems and web infrastructure is key
- Reliability Engineering: Participate in on-call rotations to ensure systems meet reliability and availability goals, employing AI assistants to accelerate root cause analysis and incident resolution
- Collaborate & Innovate: Participate in the planning and delivery of technical projects, defining how infrastructure evolves to support the next wave of generative AI features
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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