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Backend Engineer, Music

3 hours, 3 minutes ago
North America, United States
Full-time
Mid Level
Backend Engineer
Software Development
Java Machine Learning Python Scala
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Spotify

Spotify

Spotify is a leading global audio streaming service empowering artists and inspiring fans worldwide with over 70 million tracks. It has 365 million users, including 165 million subscribers, across 178 markets.

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Founded 2006
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Description

  • Own and evolve backend systems that deliver promotion scores to personalization systems (PZN).
  • Build and maintain services that support promotion allocation and delivery at scale.
  • Collaborate closely with machine learning and data engineers to improve signal quality and system performance.
  • Contribute to system design decisions that impact Spotify’s discovery and promotion delivery ecosystem.
  • Improve reliability, scalability, and observability of existing infrastructure.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration with personalization workflows.
  • Gradually expand scope into adjacent areas such as data pipelines or ML-adjacent systems.
  • Operate within a distributed, collaborative team and take ownership of a core piece of infrastructure enabling promotion delivery at scale.

Requirements

  • Experience building backend systems using Java or similar languages.
  • Experience with or exposure to Scala, Python, or data/ML workflows.
  • Comfortable working across systems and interested in learning beyond pure backend (e.g., data or ML systems).
  • Driven to leverage AI to improve systems and identify practical, applied solutions.
  • Demonstrated ownership mindset and motivation to evolve critical systems.
  • Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including personalization and data partners.
  • Ability to work within the North America region and collaborate in the Eastern Standard Time (EST) zone.
  • Willingness to grow into a T-shaped engineer with breadth across backend, data, and ML-adjacent domains.
  • Experience working with personalization systems or serving promotion signals (preferred).

Benefits

  • United States base compensation range $132,949–$189,927 (USD, posted).
  • Flexible work location within North America with collaboration in the Eastern Standard Time zone.
  • Health insurance.
  • Six months paid parental leave.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Monthly meal allowance.
  • 23 paid days off (PTO).
  • Paid sick leave.

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