Backend Engineer II
Spotify
Backend Engineer II
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Engineering
Backend
Location
- New York
Job type
Permanent
What You'll Do
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and data scientists to build end-to-end features for millions of users
- Architect, develop, and operate Java services following good design and development practices
- Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle for backend services - from inception and design, through deployment, operation and optimizationParticipate in evolving the team’s technical strategy and product roadmap
- Drive forward technical initiatives, starting within your team and scaling them across Spotify
- Work on what you want during regular hack days and annual hack weeks
Who You Are
- You have an intermediate to advanced understanding of object-oriented programming concepts and architecture patterns
- You have proven experience designing, implementing, and scaling cloud-native software components. Familiarity with providers like AWS or GCP is a plus
- You enjoy working collaboratively on a full-stack team, using agile processes to deliver a project in incremental phases
- You solve problems methodically and can investigate issues in complex systems
- You care about quality, delivering high-quality products and supporting others to maintain a high standard.
- You enjoy learning as well as teaching others. You are passionate about your work, pursuing the goals of the team and, ultimately, the Spotify mission - "giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it"
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 to work in an office environment? Prefer 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.
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Our global 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.
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