Backend Engineer - Amplify

Job Description

Spotify is hiring a Backend Engineer to join our AdTech Team. We work at the intersection of advertising and messaging technologies to connect millions of brands to billions of fans. You’ll help us define and materialize our vision to improve the ad experience for our advertisers alike and grow our AdTech Team to be a market leader. We are looking for engineers that share our common curiosity about distributed systems, their scalability, and continued development. You will collaborate closely with our core ads engineers to figure out the best way to build and scale an external facing advertising/marketing API. You will build the backend services that power ad studio ( adstudio.spotify.com ), scale our Ads API for internal and external usage, guide the design of highly distributed systems, and continuously improve our engineering practices. We’re a truly full-stack team with expertise in mobile, web, and backend, and our culture emphasizes creative problem-solving, fast iteration, and execution.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers committed to improving the functionality and user experience of Spotify’s advertiser-facing business management platform, delivering top-tier booking capabilities for our advertisers
• Work closely with key internal partners to design and develop a scalable, API-first platform, ensuring scalability and adherence to correct permissions and integrations with API clients and the UI
• Drive high-impact, high-visibility projects in collaboration with engineers, designers, product managers, and data science teams to build high-quality products end to end
• Lead the charge in driving tech initiatives and shaping our roadmap. Your ambition is met with our full backing and resources
• Be a valued contributor in an autonomous, cross-functional agile team
• Share your expertise, advocate for best practices, and collaborate with some of the top engineers in the company
• Be a member of the Spotify-wide backend developer community affecting and driving our architecture across the company

Who You Are

• You have solid proven experience with backend development and system design, including proficiency in backend languages (Java, Scala and/or Python), API development, microservices, and distributed systems. Additional nice to haves are experience with graphQL, noSQL, React/Redux
• You understand the crucial balance between delivering products for business success and upholding high standards in code and system development, ensuring that all deliverables meet rigorous engineering practices while contributing to the overarching success of the business
• You view features holistically and can design system architecture for entire features, including rollout plans including logging, metrics, monitoring, and comprehensive communication with key stakeholders
• You prioritize the success of the team and organization, recognizing that our progress is a collective effort. You actively seek opportunities to deepen your expertise, share learnings, and hold peers accountable to uphold best engineering practices
• You thrive in an environment that strikes a balance between autonomy and collaboration, where you receive the necessary support and resources, while also being trusted to influence and drive the success of initiatives.

Where You'll Be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our band members to find a work mode that is best for them!
• Where in the world? For this role, it can be anywhere in the North America region in which we have a work location
• Prefer an office to work from home instead? Not a problem! We have plenty of options for your working preferences. Find more information about our Work From Anywhere options here .
• Working hours? We operate within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.

The United States base range for this position is $122,716 - 175,308.00, 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. This range encompasses multiple levels. Leveling is determined during the interview process. Placement in a level depends on relevant work history and interview performance. These ranges may be modified in the future. Apply for this job