Backend Engineer II
We are looking for talented, engaged backend engineers to join our teams who are passionate about working on highly available, low latency backend services that form the backbone of our search experience for hundreds of millions of users across the globe. In this role, you will play a key part in shaping the future of Spotify’s search capabilities, driving innovation to deliver smoother, more intuitive experiences that help users quickly find and discover the content they love.
What You'll Do
Work across the stack in a cross-functional team that helps deliver a magical experience to all of our users around the world.
Design, develop, deploy and optimize high-efficiency backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency, and scalability.
Deliver testable, maintainable, and high-quality code.
Share knowledge, promote standard methodologies, and collaborate with equally passionate members of your team.
Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, potentially including taking part in an on-call rotation.
Work in an environment that thrives with diversity and one that cultivates your individual growth by exposing you to exciting problems, a network of skilled peers, and the ability to acquire new skills through various mechanisms outside your day-to-day work.
Who You Are
You are an inclusive colleague and a truly phenomenal teammate.
Have a proven understanding of Java and Python.
You are interested in keeping up with current standard methodologies in your areas of expertise.
You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming, and automated testing.
You have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms, and understand how to apply them to craft pragmatic solutions.
You are not afraid to learn new skills in order to help your team achieve its goals.
You are passionate about your work, towards helping your team achieve its goals.
Where You'll Be
We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the EMEA region as long as we have a work location.
Excluding France for now due to on-call restrictions.
This team operates within the Central Eastern time zone for collaboration.
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.
Backend Engineer II
We are looking for talented, engaged backend engineers to join our teams who are passionate about working on highly available, low latency backend services that form the backbone of our search experience for hundreds of millions of users across the globe. In this role, you will play a key part in shaping the future of Spotify’s search capabilities, driving innovation to deliver smoother, more intuitive experiences that help users quickly find and discover the content they love.
What You'll Do
Work across the stack in a cross-functional team that helps deliver a magical experience to all of our users around the world.
Design, develop, deploy and optimize high-efficiency backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency, and scalability.
Deliver testable, maintainable, and high-quality code.
Share knowledge, promote standard methodologies, and collaborate with equally passionate members of your team.
Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, potentially including taking part in an on-call rotation.
Work in an environment that thrives with diversity and one that cultivates your individual growth by exposing you to exciting problems, a network of skilled peers, and the ability to acquire new skills through various mechanisms outside your day-to-day work.
Who You Are
You are an inclusive colleague and a truly phenomenal teammate.
Have a proven understanding of Java and Python.
You are interested in keeping up with current standard methodologies in your areas of expertise.
You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming, and automated testing.
You have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms, and understand how to apply them to craft pragmatic solutions.
You are not afraid to learn new skills in order to help your team achieve its goals.
You are passionate about your work, towards helping your team achieve its goals.
Where You'll Be
We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the EMEA region as long as we have a work location.
Excluding France for now due to on-call restrictions.
This team operates within the Central Eastern time zone for collaboration.
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.