Backend Engineer - Music
New York, NY · Boston · Miami, FL · USD 151,942-189,927 · Full-time · Remote · Posted Sep 29, 2026
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- New York, NY · Boston · Miami, FL
- Salary
- USD 151,942-189,927
About the role
- The Music Mission team at Spotify is responsible for the end-to-end proposition for music creators and the experiences they create for fans.
- As a Backend Engineer, you will build and maintain scalable infrastructure to help listeners discover and enjoy music videos.
Responsibilities
- Build and run production backend systems that improve how listeners discover and enjoy music videos.
- Design, develop, and evolve scalable backend services and APIs that support high-traffic parts of the Spotify app.
- Develop and maintain Java services and Scio data pipelines.
- Partner with product managers and engineers to solve complex problems.
- Contribute to system design, code quality, and reliable systems within an autonomous, cross-functional squad.
- Explore and experiment with AI tools to improve development and shipping processes.
Requirements
- Experience with Java or another JVM language.
- Familiarity with or interest in learning data pipeline tools like Scio, Apache Beam, or similar.
- Experience building and operating distributed, high-volume services in production.
- Comfortable with system design, data structures, and algorithms.
- Ability to use data to inform system design and decision-making.
- Collaborative mindset with experience working across team boundaries.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform
- Experience in data engineering
- Experience in machine learning
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Six-month paid parental leave
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Monthly meal allowance
- 23 paid days off
- Paid flexible holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Equity
Skills
- Java
- JVM
- Scio
- Apache Beam
- Google Cloud Platform
