Senior Backend Engineer - GenRecs - Personalization

Spotify; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 125,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Spotify as a Backend Engineer where you will collaborate with key stakeholders to design effective backend systems and APIs. With your expertise in Java and system architecture, you'll contribute to scaling Spotify's services for millions of users while working in a flexible environment that encourages innovation and inclusivity.

Benefits

Health insurance

Six month paid parental leave

401(k) retirement plan

Monthly meal allowance

23 paid days off

13 paid flexible holidays

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience working with stakeholders on systems and APIs.
• Experience with distributed, high-volume services.
• Deep understanding of system design, data structures, algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders on backend systems and API design.
• Architect and develop Java services for millions of users.
• Drive architecture improvements across the Spotify backend developer community.

Skills

API Development

System Design

Java

Data Processing

Job description

On the Personalization Team, we seek to understand the world of music and podcasts better than anyone else so that we can make great recommendations to every individual person and keep the world listening. Everyday, hundreds of millions of people all over the world use the products we build which include destinations like “Home” and “Search” as well as original playlists such as "Discover Weekly" and “Daily Mix.” We're a team of technologists, product insight experts, designers, and product managers in Boston, New York, Stockholm, and London.

As a Backend Engineer, you will closely collaborate with our internal customers to determine the best API and backend system design to meet their scalability needs. You will build the backend systems that power our application, scale highly distributed systems, and continuously improve our engineering practices. Above all, your work will impact the way the world experiences music.

*Please note, this posting represents multiple roles across various teams*

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to determine how to design backend systems and APIs to meet their scalable needs
• Architect, develop, and operate Java services deployed to millions of users
• Leverage Spotify’s many data sets to create awesome music recommendations
• Be a technical leader and valued contributor in an autonomous, cross-functional agile team
• Collaborate with other engineers, product owners, and designers to identify and solve challenging problems, creating awesome music sessions for users worldwide
• Be a leader of the Spotify-wide backend developer community affecting and driving our architecture across the company
• Work on what you want during regular hack days and bi-annual hack weeks

Who You Are

• You have 4+ years of experience working directly with stakeholders to understand, document and develop APIs and systems to meet their requirements, driving increased adoption and reducing reliance on custom one-off implementations
• You have experience writing distributed, high-volume services and know how to deploy and keep them running in production
• You have interest in big data processing technologies
• You love working in an environment where you constantly experiment and iterate quickly
• You believe data is the most powerful tool for informed decision-making
• You have a deep understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms
• You care about quality and you know what it means to ship high quality code

Where You'll Be

• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the North America region as long as we have a work location.
• This team operates within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.

The United States base range for this position is $125,300 - $179,000 plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays. This range encompasses multiple levels. Leveling is determined during the interview process. Placement in a level depends on relevant work history and interview performance. These ranges may be modified in the future.

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.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is 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 chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.