- Company: Spotify
- Location: London or Stockholm
- Job type: Permanent
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About the role
Spotify’s Subscriptions team is focused on turning listeners into lifelong subscribers by creating seamless experiences across pricing and customer journeys. As a Backend Engineer, you will join the Commerce Platform team to build the reliable, scalable services that support millions of users. You will work on a collaborative engineering team, solving complex technical challenges while contributing to a high-performing platform that drives subscription growth.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deliver backend capabilities for Spotify’s commerce platform, from initial solution design through to production.
- Develop and improve scalable services that power merchandising, order management, payment orchestration, and purchase flows.
- Work with complex, high-traffic systems to enhance reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Collaborate with engineers and teams across Spotify to deliver solutions that support the listener experience and subscription business.
- Utilise cloud infrastructure, databases, and data pipelines to build and maintain robust backend systems.
- Participate in technical discussions, engineering workshops, and solution reviews to share ideas and learn from peers.
- Help improve engineering practices and foster a collaborative environment focused on knowledge-sharing and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Experience developing and scaling backend services using Java, Python, or similar technologies in a cloud environment such as Google Cloud Platform.
- Familiarity with scalable database technologies like PostgreSQL and an understanding of the fundamentals of building reliable backend systems.
- Exposure to data systems and pipelines, or a strong interest in developing expertise in this area.
- A passion for tackling technical challenges, breaking down complex problems, and finding practical solutions.
- Clear communication skills and comfort with sharing ideas, participating in technical discussions, and presenting work to others.
- A proactive attitude, ownership of your work, and a willingness to learn new technologies and approaches.
- Value for collaboration, feedback, and working with people from diverse technical backgrounds.
- Experience in e-commerce, payments, or financial engineering is valuable but not essential.
Pay and benefits
Spotify offers the flexibility to work where you work best. While there will be some in-person meetings, the role allows for flexibility to work from home. Spotify is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusivity, providing reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process if needed.
How to apply
Apply directly on Spotify’s own careers website. Omadaily never charges job seekers.
