Backend Engineer – Data Platform

🕒 April 14

🏢🏡 London – Hybrid

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Spotify

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 2008

📱 Media

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

Media • B2C • eCommerce

Spotify is a global audio streaming service company that offers its users access to a vast library of music and podcasts. Known for its focus on delivering personalized listening experiences, Spotify employs data scientists, engineers, and client partners across various global locations to continuously innovate and enhance its offerings. The company fosters a strong culture of diversity, equity, and impact, emphasizing belonging and inclusion in its workforce. Spotify is not only committed to shaping the future of audio entertainment but also to making a positive societal impact, with initiatives focused on social and environmental issues.

📋 Description

• Design, build, and improve the infrastructure that powers Spotify’s event delivery systems at global scale • Develop backend services using Java and Apollo, and build batch and real-time data pipelines using tools like Scio and Apache Beam • Work closely with your squad to ensure systems are reliable, efficient, and continuously evolving to meet user needs • Take shared ownership of operational responsibilities, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving system health • Collaborate with other teams across the Data Platform and broader R&D organization to deliver impactful data solutions • Contribute to evolving our use of cloud technologies such as Google Cloud Pub/Sub, GKE, and Dataflow

🎯 Requirements

• You have experience building backend systems and data pipelines using Java and Scala • You understand distributed systems and are comfortable working with large-scale, cloud-based infrastructure • You have a solid foundation in system design, data structures, and algorithms • You are experienced with modern data processing frameworks such as Apache Beam or similar technologies • You care about building reliable systems and are familiar with continuous integration and delivery practices • You are curious and motivated to solve complex technical challenges in high-scale environments • You collaborate effectively with others and value open feedback and continuous learning • You are comfortable working in agile teams and contributing to a culture of experimentation and improvement

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexibility to work where you work best! • In person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.