Backend Engineer, Commerce Platform - Scalable Payments

Spotify; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 919,000 - 1,576,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/remote work flexibility

Job summary

Spotify is seeking a Backend Engineer to evolve our commerce tech, building reliable, scalable services for merchandising, orders, payments, and purchase experiences. You will work on high-traffic systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and leverage cloud infrastructure and data pipelines to deliver robust backend solutions.

The role offers hybrid work with London or Stockholm bases, with some in-person meetings and flexible work arrangements to support a distributed team.

Qualifications

• Experience building and scaling backend services in a cloud environment (GCP).
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL and reliable backend system design.
• Interest in data systems and pipelines.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Proactive, ownership mindset, and eagerness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deliver backend capabilities for Spotify's commerce platform, from design to production.
• Develop scalable services powering merchandising, order management, payments, and purchase experiences.
• Work with high-traffic systems to improve reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Collaborate with engineers across Spotify to support listeners and subscription business.
• Work with cloud infrastructure, databases, and data pipelines to build reliable backend systems.
• Contribute to technical discussions, engineering workshops, and reviews.

Skills

Java

Python

GCP

Backend

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Spotify is seeking a Backend Engineer to evolve our commerce tech, building reliable, scalable services for merchandising, orders, payments, and purchase experiences. You will work on high-traffic systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and leverage cloud infrastructure and data pipelines to deliver robust backend solutions.

The role offers hybrid work with London or Stockholm bases, with some in-person meetings and flexible work arrangements to support a distributed team.