Senior Software Engineer: Scale Infra & Mentor Teams (Portland)

Spotify; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 123,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Paid growth time

Mentorship

Evenings-friendly part-time option

Job summary

Spotify seeks a Lead Software Engineer in Portland, ME to scale infrastructure for millions of concurrent users. You will own API development, data integrity, and critical tooling that supports core Spotify products.

Bring 9+ years of experience with REST APIs, Django, and mentoring teammates. You will navigate competing priorities and partner with Portland technologists to deliver robust, scalable solutions while maintaining a focus on ownership and impact.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building RESTful APIs.
• Experience with Django stacks.
• Ability to mentor teammates.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core Spotify products.
• Translate CI/CD metrics into a leadership dashboard used every morning.
• Collaborate with technology users in Portland to define needs for the Accountability tool.
• Own edge cases in Jest billing and related tooling.
• Ensure data integrity across Spotify's Django stores to keep Portland numbers accurate.

Skills

Prioritization under deadlines

Mentoring others

Clear thinking under pressure

Team collaboration

Tools

Django

REST APIs

Jest

Job description

Spotify seeks a Lead Software Engineer in Portland, ME to scale infrastructure for millions of concurrent users. You will own API development, data integrity, and critical tooling that supports core Spotify products.

Bring 9+ years of experience with REST APIs, Django, and mentoring teammates. You will navigate competing priorities and partner with Portland technologists to deliver robust, scalable solutions while maintaining a focus on ownership and impact.