Backend Engineer, Music

The Rights Systems team at Spotify is developing the technical foundations to enable new content distribution methods across the platform. This involves detecting rights-protected intellectual property and managing rights holders and creators of both protected and secondary content. The team will collaborate with various departments to create and present innovative content datasets to users. As the product grows, the team will expand to cover broader use cases and a larger user base, becoming a key part of Spotify’s video strategy. The team is expected to grow from a single squad to a dedicated product area over the next 2-5 years.

Location

• London

Job type

Permanent

This role is a founding member of a squad focused on Rights data, establishing a new domain within Spotify’s data landscape that will serve as the authoritative source for IP rights ownership of platform content.

What You\’ll Do

• Build and launch backend services and data pipelines to support a new rights database that acts as a source of truth for Spotify.
• Collaborate with product, insights, design, and engineering teams to meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
• Deliver high-quality, scalable, and maintainable backend code.
• Maintain data pipelines supporting the Rights ecosystem.
• Provide timely technical solutions to business needs.
• Promote modern, agile software development practices within the team.
• Coordinate with external teams to enhance consumer video experiences on Spotify.
• Foster a healthy, collaborative team culture aligned with our values.
• Participate in product ideation with team members and stakeholders.
• Engage in continuous learning and development through internal training and hack days.

Who You Are

• Proficient in backend development with a track record of producing scalable, maintainable code.
• Experienced in designing distributed, high-volume services in Java or similar languages.
• Knowledgeable in data solutions using Scio and Scala.
• Familiar with data warehouses like BigQuery, Snowflake, and orchestration platforms like Flyte.
• Experienced in supporting high throughput user-facing systems and handling incidents.
• Owns solutions from conception to deployment and testing in production.
• Practices modern testing, debugging, and automation techniques.
• Understanding of object-oriented and functional programming paradigms.
• Proactive in identifying and prioritizing tech debt.
• Interested in enhancing data skills to become a stronger web developer.
• Values software architecture across front-end, back-end, and APIs.
• Enthusiastic about learning new problem domains and prioritizes team success.

Where You\’ll Be

• Based in London, with flexible working options including remote work.
• Some in-person meetings required.

We offer extensive learning opportunities, flexible share incentives, paid parental leave, employee assistance programs, flexible holidays, and more. Join us to be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace committed to revolutionizing the way the world listens to music and podcasts.

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