Senior Backend Engineer - Advertising

2 weeks, 6 days ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
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.

Media
Founded 2006

Description

  • Architect, develop, and operate Java services for real-time ad auction and ranking decisions at massive scale.
  • Build and maintain services that score, filter, and select winning ads across slot types, formats, and multiple demand sources.
  • Design and evolve auction mechanics such as second-price logic, floor price enforcement, bid shading, and guaranteed delivery prioritization.
  • Serve as a technical leader and contributor within an autonomous, cross-functional agile team.
  • Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and data scientists to identify and solve complex problems.
  • Work on real-time systems that evaluate, score, and select ads across Spotify’s global inventory.
  • Develop and own complex technical solutions on ad ranking and auction platforms.
  • Deploy and keep distributed, high-volume services running in production.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer.
  • Experience working with Java; Scala is preferred.
  • Experience building low-latency, high-throughput systems where milliseconds matter.
  • Experience with ad serving, real-time bidding, auction systems, or similar domains is a plus.
  • Experience writing distributed, high-volume services.
  • Experience deploying and operating services in production.
  • Strong system design, data structures, and algorithms knowledge.
  • Comfort working in an environment of experimentation and rapid iteration.
  • Data-driven approach to decision-making.
  • Commitment to shipping high-quality code.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $164,448 to $234,926 in the United States.
  • Equity in addition to base compensation.
  • Health insurance.
  • Six months of paid parental leave.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Monthly meal allowance.
  • 23 paid days off.
  • 13 paid flexible holidays.
  • Remote work flexibility within the Americas region, with collaboration aligned to U.S. Eastern time zone.

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