Backend Engineer – Core Infrastructure, Spotify

Backend Engineer - Core Infrastructure, Spotify

Company Spotify
Job title Backend Engineer – Core Infrastructure
Job location London (UK) or Stockholm (Sweden)
Type Full Time

Responsibilities:

  • Working with Java, libraries, and getting onboarded to Spotify’s own Java framework, Apollo, to continue developing our backend framework.
  • Collaborate closely with other engineers in cross-functional teams.
  • Design, develop, and operate business-critical backend systems with a focus on high availability, low latency, and scalability.
  • Have the ability to impact other squads’ efficiency, across the entire company, defining the future of our service framework
  • Participating in an on-call rotation as part of the operational responsibility for services maintained by the team.

Requirements & Skills:

  • You are proficient in Java for backend development, and you are able to apply your knowledge of the Java runtime environment to help us improve our backend service landscape.
  • You are familiar with modern cloud platforms, preferably GCP, and tools like Docker for containerisation
  • You are interested in contributing to the core Java framework and are meticulously focused on improving the Java backend development experience across Spotify.
  • You are passionate about building high-quality systems and take pride in ensuring they perform at scale.
  • You have excellent communication and collaboration skills, ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams.
  • You care deeply about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, clean code, and automated testing.
  • You are experienced in designing and building distributed and scalable systems and feel thrilled by the idea of seeing millions of users running your code.

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