Backend Engineer, Platform

Requirements

• At least two years professional experience working in a product-driven environment building production software.
• Strong programming skills in Java and/or Scala.
• Experience with cloud platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Ability to work optimally in a remote-first, distributed team environment.
• Track record of designing and driving small to medium-scale automation projects autonomously.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and data pipelines that enable safe use of data across the company.
• Collaborate closely with globally distributed teams to implement solutions that scale to handle millions of requests per second.
• Utilize technologies like Java, Scala, microservices, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Dataflow, and Spanner.
• Participate in operational responsibility for services, including being part of an on-call rotation for critical services at Spotify.
• Drive automation efforts to improve system efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Drive optimization, testing, and tooling efforts to improve the quality of data and systems.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and adopting new technologies.

Perks and Benefits

• Extensive learning opportunities through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
• Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
• Global parental leave - six months off, fully paid, for all new parents.
• All The Feels - our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
• Flexible public holidays - swap days off according to your values and beliefs.