Senior Fullstack Web Engineer - Backstage

Spotify; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading music streaming service is looking for a collaborative Senior Fullstack Engineer to join the Backstage team in London. This role involves crafting the best developer experience for various clients while working with modern technologies such as TypeScript, React, and Node.js. Responsibilities include collaborating with diverse teams, maintaining ecosystem features, and delivering high-quality code. Ideal candidates should have a strong passion for improving developer tools and architecture, alongside excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Inclusive workplace environment

Qualifications

• Solid experience working with modern web technologies such as TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
• Passionate about delivering end-to-end experiences and software architecture.
• Practical knowledge or experience with Backstage or other developer portals.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve impactful problems.
• Build and maintain the Backstage ecosystem.
• Deliver high-quality code and take operational responsibility.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Node.js

Collaboration

Communication

Job description

We are looking for a collaborative Senior Fullstack Engineer to join the Backstage team, passionate about crafting the best developer experience for millions of developers in the software industry.

Spotify Portal for Backstage is our commercial offering built on top of the thriving open‑source Backstage framework and extended with the product capabilities that power world‑class internal developer portals. Our teams are focused on delivering high‑impact, commercial‑grade features that help companies of all sizes transform their developer experience. Whether it’s a large enterprise modernizing its platform engineering stack, or a fast‑growing startup looking for plug‑and‑play productivity gains, our squads build solutions that meet customers where they are.

By joining us, you’ll shape the product experience for Portal customers while also contributing directly to the evolution of the open‑source Backstage framework that underlies it. Your work will improve the day‑to‑day life of developers across our customer base, the wider Backstage community, and Spotify engineering itself. If you want to make a direct impact in helping Spotify become the industry leader in developer experience, this is the role for you.

3>What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with a cross‑functional team of engineers, product managers, and designers to solve exciting and impactful problems, delivering value to Spotify employees and external Backstage users.
• Build and maintain the Backstage ecosystem, internally and externally.
• Deliver testable, maintainable, and high‑quality code, and take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, potentially including taking part in an on‑call rotation.
• Design and maintain fullstack systems, primarily using TypeScript, React, Node.js, and other modern web technologies.
• Contribute to technical RFCs and documentation to align approaches across the team and broader organization.
• Collaborate closely with not only product and design partners, but also marketing, business development, customer success, and sales.
• Mentor team members, share your knowledge and promote best practices.
• Deliver high‑impact and high‑visibility projects with the fast‑paced style of a startup, supported by the resources of a global company.

Who You Are

• You have solid experience working with modern web technologies such as TypeScript, React and Node.js.
• You are passionate about delivering end‑to‑end experiences and care about software architecture across the frontend, backend, and the APIs that glue them together.
• You have practical knowledge or experience with Backstage (or other developer portals) and are enthusiastic about improving developer tooling.
• You have excellent communication and collaboration skills and go above and beyond to ensure alignment across diverse teams.
• You value writing high‑quality, testable code and are comfortable owning your work, from development to production.
• You care about your peers and supporting other engineering teams, as well as improving team processes.
• You are eager to learn, experiment, and thrive in a dynamic environment where priorities and responsibilities can vary frequently.
• If you have a history of contribution or other direct engagement with open‑source projects, that would be a huge plus!

Where You’ll Be

• This role is based in London (UK) or Stockholm (Sweden).
• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in‑person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward‑thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.