Backend Engineer - Subscriptions
Spotify
Backend Engineer - Subscriptions
Job Description
We are a team working on defining the premium and free value propositions, and are seeking a Backend Engineer to join us.
We own a system to define the product features that all our free, mid-tier and premium products have. We are the central source of truth for all existing and new premium products and own datasets and APls that teams around us can use. We are working on new systems to control pricing and discount availability for our premium products. Besides this we also own a system for capping features (e.g. audiobook consumption, on-demand playback, and more).
We are a mature team and we have a good mix of investigation and implementation work and a lot of opportunities to lead initiatives of all sorts of sizes and complexity. We are very fast-paced and have a culture of helping teams that we work with with what they need.
Locations
- London, United Kingdom
- Stockholm, Sweden
Salary
Salary details available upon request
Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence
75,000 - 120,000 GBP / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Javaintermediate
- Kubernetesintermediate
- Cloud platforms (GCP preferred)intermediate
- BigQueryintermediate
- Data processing pipelines (e.g., Scio or similar frameworks)intermediate
- Autonomy in complex projectsintermediate
- Collaborationintermediate
- Business context understandingintermediate
- Mentoringintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Strong professional experience building and maintaining scalable backend services (experience)
- Strong command of Java and experience with container orchestration using Kubernetes (experience)
- Proficient with cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and hands-on experience with data systems like BigQuery and data processing pipelines (e.g., using Scio or similar frameworks) (experience)
- Dependable engineer who thrives on taking complex, multi-part projects from concept to completion with a high degree of autonomy (experience)
- Strong collaborator who can effectively coordinate with peers to deliver on squad-level initiatives (experience)
- Look beyond the ticket, understanding the business context of your work and making pragmatic technical decisions to match (experience)
- Enjoy sharing your knowledge and find it rewarding to help other engineers on your team grow their skills (experience)
Responsibilities
- Build and deliver end-to-end backend solutions for our core systems, taking responsibility for the quality and maintainability of your code
- Lead the implementation of well-defined projects within the squad, coordinating with other engineers to ensure the team successfully meets its goals
- Contribute to the evolution of our squad's architecture by proposing and implementing improvements to our existing systems
- Work with product managers and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust and scalable technical solutions
- Take an active role in the operational health of our systems, including facilitating incident response and improving observability
- Improve our team's engineering practices through thoughtful code reviews, clear documentation, and mentoring other engineers
Benefits
- general: Flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home
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Backend Engineer - Subscriptions
Spotify
Backend Engineer - Subscriptions
Job Description
We are a team working on defining the premium and free value propositions, and are seeking a Backend Engineer to join us.
We own a system to define the product features that all our free, mid-tier and premium products have. We are the central source of truth for all existing and new premium products and own datasets and APls that teams around us can use. We are working on new systems to control pricing and discount availability for our premium products. Besides this we also own a system for capping features (e.g. audiobook consumption, on-demand playback, and more).
We are a mature team and we have a good mix of investigation and implementation work and a lot of opportunities to lead initiatives of all sorts of sizes and complexity. We are very fast-paced and have a culture of helping teams that we work with with what they need.
Locations
- London, United Kingdom
- Stockholm, Sweden
Salary
Salary details available upon request
Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence
75,000 - 120,000 GBP / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Javaintermediate
- Kubernetesintermediate
- Cloud platforms (GCP preferred)intermediate
- BigQueryintermediate
- Data processing pipelines (e.g., Scio or similar frameworks)intermediate
- Autonomy in complex projectsintermediate
- Collaborationintermediate
- Business context understandingintermediate
- Mentoringintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Strong professional experience building and maintaining scalable backend services (experience)
- Strong command of Java and experience with container orchestration using Kubernetes (experience)
- Proficient with cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and hands-on experience with data systems like BigQuery and data processing pipelines (e.g., using Scio or similar frameworks) (experience)
- Dependable engineer who thrives on taking complex, multi-part projects from concept to completion with a high degree of autonomy (experience)
- Strong collaborator who can effectively coordinate with peers to deliver on squad-level initiatives (experience)
- Look beyond the ticket, understanding the business context of your work and making pragmatic technical decisions to match (experience)
- Enjoy sharing your knowledge and find it rewarding to help other engineers on your team grow their skills (experience)
Responsibilities
- Build and deliver end-to-end backend solutions for our core systems, taking responsibility for the quality and maintainability of your code
- Lead the implementation of well-defined projects within the squad, coordinating with other engineers to ensure the team successfully meets its goals
- Contribute to the evolution of our squad's architecture by proposing and implementing improvements to our existing systems
- Work with product managers and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust and scalable technical solutions
- Take an active role in the operational health of our systems, including facilitating incident response and improving observability
- Improve our team's engineering practices through thoughtful code reviews, clear documentation, and mentoring other engineers
Benefits
- general: Flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home
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