Backend Engineer, Spotify
Podcast
$103.3-147.6k
+ Equity
Commercial music streaming service
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Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$103.3-147.6k
+ Equity
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 have professional experience building backend systems, with strong experience in Java, and familiarity with JavaScript or Ruby on Rails
- You have hands-on experience working with cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS, along with relational databases like MySQL
- You have an understanding of platform and distributed systems, and experience building APIs or services that operate at scale. Full stack experience is a plus
- You are highly adaptable and enjoy picking up new technologies, moving confidently across different parts of systems and tech stacks
- You are comfortable using AI-powered developer tools such as Claude as part of your development workflow to learn new technologies, accelerate development, and solve complex problems
- You thrive in fast-moving environments, handle change with ease, and communicate clearly with teammates and external partners
What the job involves
- Mission Control is a team within Spotify’s Podcast Platform product area, building the core infrastructure that powers how podcasts and other creator content are processed, uploaded, transformed, and distributed across Spotify. As the creator ecosystem evolves, we are expanding the systems that enable new content formats and experiences, helping creators and partners reach audiences in new ways
- At the center of this work is our Distribution API — a platform that allows creators and partners to manage, distribute, and monetize content on Spotify regardless of where it is hosted
- This API is becoming a key integration point for some of the world’s largest creator platforms. The team is also exploring how advances in AI can shape the next generation of creator and listener experiences, building the APIs and infrastructure that make those possibilities real
- Build reliable backend services that power how creator content is ingested, processed, and distributed across Spotify at massive scale
- Contribute to the development and evolution of the Distribution API, enabling seamless integration for creators and partners
- Expand ingestion pipelines to support new and emerging forms of creator content
- Build APIs and backend systems that enable AI-driven experiences and interactions across Spotify’s creator platform
- Collaborate with product managers, partner teams, and stakeholders to deliver platform capabilities used across Spotify and by external partners
- Participate in on-call and goalie rotations to ensure system reliability and performance
- Work with senior engineers to design scalable systems supporting millions of creators and pieces of content
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.
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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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