Backend Engineer - Music
Job Overview
The Music Mission team owns Spotify 's end to end proposition for music creators and the experiences they create for fans. The organization is dedicated to building tools and services to enable creation, promotion, expression, and monetization at scale.
Our team makes music videos easy for fans to discover and meaningful for artists, powered by scalable, intelligent infrastructure that grows with our catalog.
Job Description
What You'll Do Build and run production backend systems that improve how listeners discover and enjoy music videos. Design, develop, and evolve scalable backend services and APIs that support high-traffic parts of the Spotify app.
Develop and maintain Java services and Scio data pipelines used by millions of listeners every day. Partner with product managers and engineers to solve complex problems and create smooth, enjoyable experiences for listeners.
Contribute to system design, code quality, and reliable, well-run systems as part of an autonomous, cross-functional squad. Explore and experiment with AI tools available at Spotify to improve how we build and ship.
You've built and operated distributed, high-volume services in production, ideally on a cloud platform such as Google Cloud Platform.
You're comfortable with system design, data structures, and algorithms, and use data to inform how you design systems and make decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- The organization is dedicated to building tools and services to enable creation, promotion, expression, and monetization at scale.
- We're building personalized music video playlists, sorting videos into meaningful categories, and learning which videos listeners are most likely to love, then helping that content reach the right people.
- What You'll Do Build and run production backend systems that improve how listeners discover and enjoy music videos.
- Design, develop, and evolve scalable backend services and APIs that support high-traffic parts of the Spotify app.
- Partner with product managers and engineers to solve complex problems and create smooth, enjoyable experiences for listeners.
- Explore and experiment with AI tools available at Spotify to improve how we build and ship.
- 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.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- The Music Mission team owns Spotify 's end to end proposition for music creators and the experiences they create for fans.
- As a Backend Engineer, you'll help shape how millions of listeners experience music videos on Spotify, working alongside Data Engineers, Backend Engineers, and partners across product and design.
- Partner with product managers and engineers to solve complex problems and create smooth, enjoyable experiences for listeners.
- Who You Are You have experience with Java or another JVM language, and familiarity with (or interest in learning) data pipeline tools like Scio, Apache Beam, or similar.
- Experience in data engineering or machine learning is a bonus, not a requirement.
- So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background.
Benefits and Perks
- Experience in data engineering or machine learning is a bonus, not a requirement.
- This team operates within the US Eastern timezone for collaboration Compensation Additional Information The United States base range for this position is $151,942–$189,927 USD, plus equity.
- The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six-month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, paid flexible holidays, and paid sick leave.
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Backend Engineer - Music at Spotify is a remote United States position and is listed as Full Time.
The Music Mission team owns Spotify 's end to end proposition for music creators and the experiences they create for fans.
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