Are you a seasoned Fullstack Engineer passionate about building highly scalable, resilient, and globally impactful systems? Join Spotify’s Commerce Platform and help shape the future of the Checkout experience for millions of users worldwide. This is a great opportunity to work at the intersection of product and platform, building systems that drive real business outcomes on Spotify’s core revenue systems.
You’ll be part of the Checkout Domain, where we design and scale the systems behind how users purchase Spotify products, whether through subscriptions, one-time purchases, or future offerings. Our work powers the full purchase journey, from pricing and eligibility to payment, confirmation, and post-purchase experience. We focus on building robust APIs, user-facing surfaces, and platform orchestration that support reliable, adaptable, and seamless experiences across web and mobile.
As the space evolves, we are investing in more intelligent and personalized purchase flows by leveraging Spotify’s broader platform capabilities. The goal is to help users engage with the right offerings at the right time. This is a high-impact role at the heart of Spotify’s monetization systems, where product thinking, engineering excellence, and platform scale come together.
What You'll Be
Architect, design, and implement highly scalable backend services (Java/Python) and be active in shaping and evolving our data pipelines that power Spotify’s internal Commerce platform
Develop and enhance our user-facing layer and frontend SDKs (React/Typescript)
Drive the creation and evolution of robust APIs and integrations that connect product experiences with internal Commerce capabilities, balancing Product and Tech Strategy
Drive improvements to system architecture, performance, and developer experience
Collaborate closely with a versatile group of engineers, product managers, designers and data specialists across multiple teams
Lead and chip in to technical discussions, platform decisions, and long-term strategy
Mentor other engineers and help evolve our engineering culture
Who You Are
You have deep experience building and maintaining backend services (Java and/or Python) in large-scale, modern cloud environments (we use GCP)
You’re confident working across the stack, from building scalable APIs to developing intuitive, high-performing, modern frontend applications (React/TypeScript preferred)
You’re skilled in system design, platform thinking, and service-to-service integration
You bring a pragmatic mentality to solving complex problems, while actively connecting the dots across technical, product, and business to inform your approach
You care about code quality, testability, and developer experience
You communicate clearly, take initiative to lead projects and work well in cross-functional settings
You’re interested in Machine Learning powered systems and looking closely at data insights
Having experience in commerce, payments systems, or platform-as-a-service environments is a strong plus
Where You'll Be
This role is based in London (UK)
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 three times per week
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.
