Backend Engineer, Core Infrastructure
About the Role
Join Spotify's Platform department, where we create the technology ecosystem that enables our engineering teams to deliver quickly, while safely and easily scaling to a billion customers. Our team consists of eight organizational units, known as 'Studios', which reflect the needs and groupings of our internal customers.
Our mission is to enable Spotify Developers to efficiently and reliably deliver products by removing the effort to deploy. We support our internal customers to ship code faster, more frequently, and with greater confidence. Our goal is to make Spotify’s backend scalable, resilient, and predictable, to the point where operational responsibility is a minimal burden on users.
What You'll Do
- Design, develop, and deploy backend services that scale, are highly available, and are easy to extend.
- Build and operate infrastructure, user tooling, and deployment pipelines. We mostly build tools that deploy Containers to Kubernetes and GKE; the languages we primarily use are Golang, Python, and Java.
- Collaborate closely with other specialists and become a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional team.
- Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, including taking part in an on-call rotation.
- Bring your whole self to work and strive to foster an environment that supports your individual growth.
Who You Are
- You have 3+ years of proven experience working as a backend engineer and a willingness to grow.
- A collaborative team player in a dynamic, autonomous, cross-functional agile team that inspires others.
- Experienced in designing, analyzing, optimizing code, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
- Experienced in writing distributed, high-performance services in Golang or Python.
- Possess a systematic problem-solving approach, effective communication skills, and a strong drive to succeed.
- Enthusiastic about working on a team where you constantly learn, experiment, and iterate quickly.
Where You'll Be
- For this role, you can be within the EST time zone with a strong preference to be in New York.
- Working hours? We operate within the EST zone for collaboration.
Compensation and Benefits
The United States base range for this position is $122,716-$175,308, 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, and paid sick leave. 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.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- 401(k)
- Medical insurance
- Six month paid parental leave
- Monthly meal allowance
- 23 paid days off
- 13 paid flexible holidays
- Paid sick leave
Similar jobs
Last update: 23 minutes ago
Backend Engineer, Content Understanding
Join Spotify as a Backend Engineer in Content Understanding, focusing on APIs, cloud infrastructure, and data systems.
Backend Engineer – Backstage Data Platform
Join Spotify as a Backend Engineer in NYC, enhancing data platform reliability and developer experience.
Backend Engineer - Personalization
Join Spotify as a Backend Engineer in NY, enhancing music personalization with your skills in APIs, databases, and software development.
Backend Engineer II
Join Spotify as a Backend Engineer II to build innovative in-app experiences. Work with Java, AWS, and GCP.
Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer at Spotify, focusing on podcast technology and backend systems. Experience with Java and cloud services preferred.
Backend Engineer II - Amplify at Spotify
Join Spotify as a Backend Engineer II in New York, enhancing ad technologies with skills in Java, Scala, Python, and API development.
Senior Backend Engineer - Advertising
Join Spotify as a Senior Backend Engineer in Advertising, focusing on API design and distributed systems.
Web Engineer - Podcast
Join Spotify as a Web Engineer to build tools for podcast creators, focusing on both backend and frontend development.
Backend Engineer II, Compliance Engineering
Join Spotify as a Backend Engineer II in Compliance Engineering, focusing on scalable solutions for compliance and security.
Senior Fullstack Engineer - Spotify
Senior Fullstack Engineer at Spotify, NY. Expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node, Scala, Java. Leading developer experience initiatives.
Senior Web Engineer - Advertising
Join Spotify as a Senior Web Engineer to enhance ad experiences using JavaScript, React.js, and more.
Backend Developer with Cloud and API Expertise
Join Soundtrack as a Backend Developer to design and build cloud-native services and APIs in a dynamic, music-focused environment.
Software Engineer - Backend (Python, Go)
Join Timescale as a Software Engineer - Backend, focusing on Python and Go, in a remote role with flexible benefits.
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Platform
Senior ML Engineer at Spotify, NY. Develop ML serving platforms, collaborate on projects, design solutions. Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch skills needed.
Senior Backend Software Engineer - Artist Platform
Join TIDAL as a Senior Backend Software Engineer to develop scalable solutions for the Artist Platform.
Junior Android Engineer, Core Experience
Join Spotify as a Junior Android Engineer to enhance our main iOS and Android applications in Stockholm.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Python)
Join Merge as a Senior Backend Engineer. Work with Python, Go, and SQL to build scalable software.
Backend Software Engineer 2
Join Intuit as a Backend Software Engineer 2, focusing on cloud computing, microservices, and innovative software solutions.
Engineering Manager - Podcast
Lead a mobile engineering team enhancing podcast creator experiences at Spotify, focusing on agile development and technical excellence.
Senior Backend Engineer (Python, Go)
Join Hedra as a Senior Backend Engineer to design and deploy backend services for transformative video products using Python and Go.
Senior Backend Engineer with Go and Microservices
Join Solsten as a Senior Backend Engineer in Berlin, focusing on Go and Microservices to build scalable systems.
Backend Engineer (Go) - Embark Studios
Join Embark Studios as a Backend Engineer (Go) in Stockholm, focusing on game development infrastructure.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Python, Go, C++)
Join Ambient.ai as a Senior Software Engineer - Backend to design and scale distributed systems using Python, Go, or C++.
Senior Backend Engineer with Python and Django
Join Spade as a Senior Backend Engineer to develop scalable REST APIs and data pipelines using Python and Django.
