Backend Engineer, Podcast
New York, NY
Engineering – Podcast /
Permanent /
Hybrid
The Podcast Mission is the product and technology team at Spotify responsible for building the best tools for podcast creators. We are responsible for the platforms, tools, and features that deliver a great creator experience, allowing podcasters to host (for free!), create, and distribute their episodes, while making money from their art and growing and engaging with their audience.
Our team is also responsible for innovating on the podcast format and making podcasting on Spotify more interactive and engaging than ever before. Some of the industry-first features we’ve launched for Spotify creators and their fans include interactivity (Q&A, Polls, etc), video podcasts, and monetization offerings that are available to all creators, not just the ones who are big enough to land their own sponsors.
We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join our tight-knit and collaborative team building a best-in-class analytics offering to podcast creators. You will grow your backend engineering and data skills to expand and enrich our analytics offering. Above all, your work will impact the way creators grow and engage with their audience.
What You'll Do
- Work on a multi-functional team of web and backend engineers
- Collaborate with key internal team members to determine how to design backend systems and APIs to meet their scalable needs
- Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain Java services that seamlessly bridge our data pipelines across our creator analytics experience
- Work with your engineering manager and product manager to review product specs and translate them into engineering tasks
- Collaborate on RFCs to design scalable, observable, and maintainable systems
- Use best practices in continuous integration and delivery
- Work in agile teams to continuously experiment, iterate and deliver on new product objectives
- Support and learn from engineers in your domain and across the organization
- Have opportunities to gain expertise in data engineering
Who You Are
- You hold a degree in computer science or similar subject and have at least 2 years of working experience in a similar backend engineering position
- You have some experience with at least one backend programming language such as Java, Scala, Python, or similar (NodeJS experience is also a plus!)
- You're familiar with developing and consuming APIs (e.g., RESTful APIs)
- You possess a basic understanding of database technologies (SQL or NoSQL)
- You're a curious and quick learner, eager to dive into new challenges and technologies
- You value collaboration and communication, and enjoy working as part of a team
- You have a passion for problem-solving and an interest in data and analytics
- You appreciate the importance of great documentation and data debugging skills
- You're excited about Spotify's mission and the podcasting ecosystem
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS), data processing frameworks, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and contributions to open-source or personal coding projects are a plus
Where You'll Be
- This role is based in New York
- We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in-person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home. We ask that you come in 3 times per week
The United States base range for this position is $102,159- $145,941 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, 13 paid flexible holidays, paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.
