Who you are

• You are experienced in designing and developing backend applications in Java
• You have a solid understanding of React, and TypeScript and are passionate about delivering end-to-end experiences and software architecture across the back-end, front-end, and the APIs that glue them together
• You have a growth mindset, are curious, and are not afraid to be experimental. You share your ideas and continuously improve yourself and the team around you
• Experience with infrastructure-related technologies is a plus
• You care about agile software development and a culture of constant learning and improvement
• You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and can communicate your ideas
• You have experience and passion for mentoring and encouraging collaborative teams

What the job involves

• This Backend leaning Full Stack role is part of the New Value area, a cross-functional team working across business, product, design, and insights to identify, evaluate, launch, and scale new content verticals and revenue models
• Our ambition is to evolve the Podcast Vertical into a general-purpose creator and publisher platform that delivers meaningful value to Spotify Premium and drives over $1B in incremental revenue
• You’ll play a key role within a diverse, distributed squad focused on subscriptions and fandom experiences - including Synced Feeds, the creator tooling that drives subscription awareness and conversion on Spotify; the Spotify Open Access API (SOA), which enables third-party - hosted subscriptions; and new first-party products in the subscription content space
• In the year ahead, the squad will focus on building a new, scalable version of Spotify’s native subscription offering, enhancing Synced Feeds, and evolving SOA
• Put together, these efforts are establishing a strong foundation for creators of all sizes to monetize their fans directly on Spotify
• Design, build and maintain scalable backend services (Java)
• Be an active part of creating and evolving APIs and services that connect user experiences with internal scalable infrastructure, while applying product requirements
• Drive improvements to system architecture, performance, and developer experience
• Develop and enhance our user-facing layer and frontend SDKs (React/Typescript)
• Collaborate closely with a talented group of engineers, product managers, designers and data specialists across multiple teams
• Contribute to technical discussions and help shape platform decisions

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