Spotify

Full Stack Engineer - Podcast

Spotify$150K — $189K *
US-AnywhereRemote in New York, NY
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in designing and developing backend applications in Java
  • Strong proficiency in React and TypeScript for frontend development
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver cohesive end-to-end software architecture
  • Experience with infrastructure-related technologies is a plus
  • Agile software development experience with a focus on continuous learning
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Proven mentoring experience and promoting team collaboration

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Java
  • Create and evolve APIs that link user experiences with internal infrastructure
  • Drive enhancements in system architecture and performance
  • Develop and improve the user-facing layer and frontend SDKs with React/TypeScript
  • Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and data specialists across teams
  • Contribute to technical discussions to influence platform decisions

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Six months paid parental leave
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Monthly meal allowance
  • 23 paid days off
  • 13 paid flexible holidays
  • Paid sick leave
Full Job Description
This Backend leaning Full Stack role is part of the New Value area, a cross-functional team working across business, product, design, and insights to identify, evaluate, launch, and scale new content verticals and revenue models. Our ambition is to evolve the Podcast Vertical into a general-purpose creator and publisher platform that delivers meaningful value to Spotify Premium and drives over $1B in incremental revenue.

You'll play a key role within a diverse, distributed squad focused on subscriptions and fandom experiences - including Synced Feeds, the creator tooling that drives subscription awareness and conversion on Spotify; the Spotify Open Access API (SOA), which enables third-party - hosted subscriptions; and new first-party products in the subscription content space. In the year ahead, the squad will focus on building a new, scalable version of Spotify's native subscription offering, enhancing Synced Feeds, and evolving SOA. Put together, these efforts are establishing a strong foundation for creators of all sizes to monetize their fans directly on Spotify.

What You'll Do

  • Design, build and maintain scalable backend services (Java)
  • Be an active part of creating and evolving APIs and services that connect user experiences with internal scalable infrastructure, while applying product requirements
  • Drive improvements to system architecture, performance, and developer experience
  • Develop and enhance our user-facing layer and frontend SDKs (React/Typescript)
  • Collaborate closely with a talented group of engineers, product managers, designers and data specialists across multiple teams
  • Contribute to technical discussions and help shape platform decisions


Who You Are

  • You are experienced in designing and developing backend applications in Java.
  • You have a solid understanding of React, and TypeScript and are passionate about delivering end-to-end experiences and software architecture across the back-end, front-end, and the APIs that glue them together.
  • You have a growth mindset, are curious, and are not afraid to be experimental. You share your ideas and continuously improve yourself and the team around you.
  • Experience with infrastructure-related technologies is a plus.
  • You care about agile software development and a culture of constant learning and improvement.
  • You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and can communicate your ideas.
  • You have experience and passion for mentoring and encouraging collaborative teams.


Where You'll Be

  • We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the North Americas region as long as we have a work location.
  • This team operates within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.


The United States base range for this position is $150,000 - $189,000 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.

About Spotify

Spotify is a Swedish audio streaming and media services provider, launched in October 2008. The platform is owned by Spotify AB, a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange since April 2018. Spotify's primary business is providing an audio streaming platform, with the company claiming that it had 345 million active monthly users and 155 million paying subscribers as of December 2020. Unlike physical or download sales, which pay artists a fixed price per song or album sold, Spotify pays royalties based on the number of artist streams as a proportion of total songs streamed on the service. Spotify distributes approximately 70% of its total revenue to rights holders, who then pay artists based on their individual agreements. Spotify has faced criticism from artists and producers including Taylor Swift and Thom Yorke, who have argued that it does not fairly compensate musicians. Spotify has also faced criticism from artists and producers including Taylor Swift and Thom Yorke, who have argued that it does not fairly compensate musicians.
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2006

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