Spotify
Backend Engineer - Core Infrastructure
TLDR
Build and enhance Spotify’s perimeter infrastructure, scaling systems to manage global traffic and enhance security against external threats for millions of users.
What You'll Do
Work closely with your squad to own and evolve Spotify’s perimeter infrastructure, handling traffic between clients and backend services at massive scale
Design, build, and maintain systems that automate and simplify cloud networking, provisioning, and monitoring
Contribute to distributed systems by writing, reviewing, and improving production-grade code
Help enhance traffic protection capabilities, including DDoS mitigation and scraping prevention
Partner with engineers across Spotify to design reliable, scalable services and improve platform usability
Run disaster recovery exercises and prepare systems for real-world failure scenarios
Troubleshoot complex system behaviors and continuously improve performance and resilience
Take part in an on-call rotation and support the operational health of the services your team owns
Who You Are
You have experience working with Kubernetes and understand networking fundamentals across multiple layers of the stack
You are comfortable operating and debugging distributed systems in production environments
You have strong coding skills in at least one programming language and are open to learning others such as Java or C++
You are experienced with systems like load balancing, monitoring, or configuration management
You care about software engineering practices such as testing, continuous integration, and continuous delivery
You enjoy solving complex problems and are curious about how systems behave under the hood
You are comfortable working in a distributed team and collaborating across locations
You bring a thoughtful and methodical approach to solving infrastructure challenges
Where You'll Be
This role is based in London or Stockholm
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
Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.
Spotify is an audio streaming platform that delivers an extensive catalog of music, podcasts, and audiobooks, catering to hundreds of millions of users globally. It empowers artists by providing them with the means to monetize their creativity while offering fans unparalleled access to a diverse array of content, all driven by a passion for sound.
- Founded
- Founded 2006
- Employees
- 500+ employees
- Industry
- Media
- Total raised
- $2.6B raised
Backend Engineer