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Spotify · 2 days ago

Senior Backend Engineer

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$156K/yr - $223K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Collaborate with key internal partners to determine how to scalably design backend systems and APIs.

Architect, develop, and operate Java services deployed to millions of users.

Be a technical leader and valued contributor in an autonomous, cross-functional agile team.

Collaborate with other engineers, product owners, and designers to identify and solve challenging problems, creating awesome music sessions for users worldwide.

Be a leader of the Spotify-wide backend developer community affecting and driving our architecture across the company.

Qualification

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JavaGRPCGCPBigQueryBigtableAPI DevelopmentSystem DeploymentPodcast Industry KnowledgeProduct DevelopmentData AnalysisSystem DesignData StructuresAlgorithmsProblem-SolvingCommunicationAdaptabilityPostgreSQLRuby on RailsTypescriptReact

Required

5+ years of working experience as a Backend Engineer working with Java

Experience with gRPC, GCP, BigQuery, Bigtable is a plus

Experience working directly with stakeholders to understand, document, and develop APIs and systems

Written distributed, high-volume services and know how to deploy and keep them running in production

Interest in the podcast industry and building products to solve podcasters’ biggest challenges

Love working in an environment where you constantly experiment and iterate quickly

Belief that data is the most powerful tool for informed decision-making

Deep understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms

Preferred

Experience with PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails, Typescript, and React

Benefits

Health insurance

Six month paid parental leave

401(k) retirement plan

Monthly meal allowance

23 paid days off

13 paid flexible holidays

Company

Spotify

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Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital content from a range of record labels and artists.

Founded in 2006

Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, SWE

5,001-10,000 employees

http://www.spotify.com

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