Backend Engineer II

Summary

Join Spotify's ads measurement team and play a key role in shaping the future of advertising. As a backend engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain high-performance systems and APIs powering our advertising platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensuring data accuracy, efficiency, and scalability. This role requires strong programming skills, experience with cloud platforms and data processing frameworks, and a commitment to agile development. The position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and the flexibility of a distributed workforce.

Requirements

• Have proven experience in backend and data engineering, with a balanced skill set in both domains or open to mastering both domains
• Have strong programming skills in languages such as Java, Python, Scala, or Kotlin
• Have hands-on experience with cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure
• Be familiar with API design, microservice architecture, and frameworks like Spring Boot or gRPC
• Have knowledge of data processing frameworks such as Apache Beam, Scio, or Spark
• Have experience with database systems, both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and non-relational (e.g., Cassandra, DynamoDB)
• Have proficiency with orchestration tools like Airflow and streaming tools like Kafka or Pub/Sub
• Be committed to agile software development practices, CI/CD, and test-driven development
• Have excellent problem-solving skills with a passion for optimizing both systems and data pipelines

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs to power Spotify’s advertising platform
• Maintain and enhance Spotify’s measurement pipelines, ensuring they remain business-critical
• Monitor and maintain critical systems and pipelines to ensure high availability, stability, and adherence to SLAs
• Build and optimize ETL workflows to ensure data accuracy, efficiency, and scalability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new features, ensure system integration, and drive impactful outcomes
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following best practices in software development
• Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize existing systems to improve performance and reliability

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Six month paid parental leave
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Monthly meal allowance
• 23 paid days off
• 13 paid flexible holidays